Letter: A Crombie Can Get You Arrested

A reader’s letter in response to our old article on crombies has just reached us. We’d like to thank Dave from Liverpool for his anecdote:

“Thanks for the fascinating article.

My first crombie was made to measure from Burtons in early 1971. Just turned 15 and paid my Mum back 10 bob a week from my window cleaning round.

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March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 by Crombieboy Categories: Clobber, Skinhead historyTags: ACAB, Crombie, crombies, Liverpool skins, Spurs skins 1 Comment

Neville Staple at Blow Up, 4 Dec 2015

Of major bootboy interest was Neville Staple’s gig at a legendary Soho pisshole known and reviled as St. Moritz. By what right the Jamaican-born singer was advertised as “the original rudeboy” and “one of the undisputed forerunners of the ska movement” was unclear, so allow me to dispute the undisputed.

December 7, 2015January 18, 2016 by Crombieboy Categories: Clobber, MusicTags: Blow Up, braces, crombies, Neville Staples, Ska Revival, The Specials, Two Tone 5 Comments