Was in the level one history paper this year and was wondering if anyone on here was one back in the day
Motorcycling Wanabee
Was in the level one history paper this year and was wondering if anyone on here was one back in the day
The instructions are simple...
Johnny-come-lately...I was in the mid-70's.
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
Motorcycling Wanabee
thats cool. it was really intereesting read, going on about bogdins or something aswell. pretty much sums up to the emos and goth of today in my opinion. readical hair and clothes etc
Forum whore
I deny everything. And don't listen to anything Mr Motu tells you either. They never proved anything (well, they did in his case).
Originally Posted by skidmark
Forum whore
Bogdins? Bogdins? WTF is a bogdin? Do you mean bodgies? And wotz radical about leather jackets and jeans?
Forum whore
Milk Bar Cowboys were early in the piece,more early '50's....as my foreman was one.Bodgies and Widgies were late '50's and early '60's....late '60's to late '70's it was the Bikies.Late '70's the Maori gangs came into power....and then we had Hoodies.
In and out of jobs, running free
Waging war with society
Motorcycling Wanabee
probably, i want paying much attention in the exam.they made them out to be a lot more radical in the paper. u just cant trust the government these days... but when could u ever?
Forum whore
Hang on a minute. Just hang on there. Woddya mean "Was in the level one history paper this year"? History? Woddya mean history. That's not history, history is stuff that happened a long time ago, milk bar cowboys and bodgies and rockers (y' left out the mod and rocker wars, Mr Motu), that's not HISTORY, can't be history if I was there. Bloody cheek I reckon, next thing they'll be declaring me and Mr Motu (not to mention the OLD guys on the site) as historical relics.
Motorcycling Wanabee
Level one history is really quite pathetic, all history is pathetic. WWII, Black Civil Rights, NZ Diplomacy etc etc
Highway Biker
I'm not old enough to be a MBC, but my father started calling me a Milkbar-cowboy so had to ask him what the hell one was, and that led me to reserve the domain name milkbarcowboys.com which me and a bunch of mates were toying with for a bit, kinda stalled, as these things do. Open for suggestions as far as using it tho?
A Ship in Harbour is Safe, but that is NOT what ships are built for
Buttered Chicken
That would make agreat Gay website...I imagine.I'm not old enough to be a MBC, but my father started calling me a Milkbar-cowboy so had to ask him what the hell one was, and that led me to reserve the domain name milkbarcowboys.com which me and a bunch of mates were toying with for a bit, kinda stalled, as these things do. Open for suggestions as far as using it tho?
For whom the bell tolls
i thought that was already the general consensus on the topic?
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
Forum whore
you'll keep sonny, you'll keep. Bloody jazzers.
Just faidin away!
Yes I was a milk bar cowboy and rode with the Hutt Mob in the fifties!
It was pretty pathetic press really run by the "Truth" news paper about the behaviour of the "juvenile delinquents" of the day!
Because we rode motorbikes and cavorted with the "sexually active" girls from Hutt Valley High school and Petone Tech and hung around the milk bars in the weekend, they made it very big news, pretty tame stuff really but it was fun at the time.
I only found KiwiBiker because I was trying to locate some of my old friends from back in those days.
I think our own Elliot Ness hails from that time period too judging from some of his infrequent but enlightening posts.
The 50's were a very good time to be young, bikes were improving and money was not too hard to come by, plenty of work, sexual revolution just beginning, then it all went to shit with the hippies and drugs.
I think kids have got it tough today by comparison, too many distractions too much loss of real freedom, despite plentiful consumer items but loaded down with stupid bloody rules and regulations.
Just a few thoughts about the times that you asked about. Cheers John.
Forum whore
Bit before my time. Those guys would be in their 70's by now. The Milk Bar Cowboys were akin to the Bodgies and Widgies. This would be in the mid fifties. All very English in those days. Even Marlon Brando rode a British bike.
The standard riding gear in those days were Wranglers and Bomber Jackets. Gloves were gauntlets. Have not seen a pair of them for years. Lot of guys were silk dress scarves. I nicked my old man's. But it went missing years ago. Been trying to get one for sometime now.
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Free Scott Watson.
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