Comments on: Court In The Act: Ely Mods, Rockers & Skins

By: PAUL LAGADEC

PAUL LAGADEC — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:05:06 +0000

Hi Shaun,
Sorry I’m not on facebook, but if its not to much hassle it would be great if you could email some Mod photos. I checked out the Lazy aces sight. My email address is paullagadec@yahoo.com

By: shaun fairhead

shaun fairhead — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:43 +0000

Hi Paul, good to hear from you, if your on facebook request as friend and I will add you, I’ve been adding lots of Ely mod photos from the 80s lately, regards Shaun.

By: PAUL LAGADEC

PAUL LAGADEC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:07:43 +0000

I was a mod (or minimod) in the early 80s it was a real trip down memory lane to see these photos, and I remember a lot of the faces in them, and Shaun. Because I was so young I used to really idolise the older mods with scooters and be really scared of the thought of the skinheads coming to ‘Centre E’ on a Thursday night for a ruck. Most of my mod life revolved around the ‘Centre E’. They were great times. Hi Shaun!

By: shaun fairhead

shaun fairhead — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:46:22 +0000

hi, come on stephen get that photo out, i met up with tanya a few years back and she got some photos of lots of scooters outside centre e in early 80s so if any of you see her try and get them on here , i remember someone taking a photo of all of the nightriders on scooters lined up on the market place , what about when lakenheath skins would ring up the phone box to let us know they were coming over , anyone remember when they came over in a transit van and when it kicked off charlie watson was singing “im a rocka billy rebel” while dancing on the transit roof?

By: Stephen Geraty

Stephen Geraty — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:57:36 +0000

Great too see the photos of the early eighties, can always remember seeing Adam and Heidi riding by St Ovins Green and hanging around with Dave Youngman’s younger brother Alan, if we hadnt we may never have seen Quadrophenia at early age.

Would be nice too see any old sixties ely or littleport mods, I have one photo of my dad and mum [ Paddy and Bubs ] on a SX200 outside centre E at Ely. Will eventually be able too work out how too scan photos on too my computer, so watch this space.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:42:01 +0000

Quite funny really, seems im 13 and know my dad knocked a mod off his scooter and so did my bestfriends dad how hilarious !

By: Rupert Bear (Rupert the Radar)

Rupert Bear (Rupert the Radar) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:55:26 +0000

If Aggro is still around (and if he was my co-pilot) get him to e-mail me, please.

By: Sally Hardingham

Sally Hardingham — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:55:11 +0000

It was so fun to look through this site and see some familiar faces and it seems like yesterday seeing you all buzzing around Ely. Where are you all now? Being terrified? (ha ha )

Someone write back OK… in Seattle USA now.

By: Jimmythemod

Jimmythemod — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:38:24 +0000

Nice website! Would never have happened in Glasgow though, the mods ran riot in the 80’s up there…

By: glasgowmod

glasgowmod — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:18:45 +0000

Brilliant to see these pics, takes me back a bit. I found an old friend of mine from the eighties when we were mods together, together we’re trying to find all the mods from Glasgow and surrounding at that time. He has brilliant videos on youtube, if you want to check them out just search for glasgow mods tribute and glasgow mods tribute 2. They’re really good.

Anyway, just wanted to say hi and if you know anyone who came from Glasgow and was a mod in the eighties, please let them know we’re looking for them all.

By: Shaun Fairhead

Shaun Fairhead — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:29:38 +0000

Great to see some photos of the Ely Mods, I was an Ely Mod between 1980 and up until I moved away in 1990, still riding scooters and have my own Lambretta restoration business up in Manchester, I used to hang out with Andy Kennedy and the younger lads from Littleport, didnt really hang out with your lot much so you might not remember me , I was more of a scooter boy later on and spent most of the time riding with Newmarket and Cambridge mods/scooterists.

I still have all 3 copys of Shadows and Reflections, one came with free floppy record and i have a cutting from the Ely Standard when you got kicked off your scoot after riding through soham.

I will sort some items out for you to include on website if you like, I come down to Ely every couple of months and usually go out somewhere with Andy Kennedy etc, a few of us put a reunion do on in the Kings Arms a few years back , Adam, Heidi, ‘Aggro’ Johnson, plus many others turned up and it was a top night until the end when ML kicked off fighting (some things never change).

All the best, Shaun Fairhead.

By: Phil Treble

Phil Treble — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:49:39 +0000

This is fascinating. Although never a mod, rocker or, for that matter, teddy boy, it’s interesting to see snippets of news about social tribes from years ago. The same on Goths please…