It was a fashion sub-culture which helped define the rock and roll era.
Leeds spawned a generation of Teddy Boys who will be remembered for drape jackets, crepe-soled shoes, drain pipe trousers and a slow shuffle dance. Yet by the mid-1970s Leeds was a city which had turned its back on movement. Many Teds claimed clubs and pubs turned them away without reason despite their gear costing far more than any of the orthodox clientele. 'We do not cause trouble or carry chains and knives as some people seem to believe,” told one Teddy Boy to the YEP in July 1976.
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