Chelsea Skin - Divoké časy mladého skinheada – King Martin (2024)

As the end of the 1960s approached, parents across Britain raised their eyebrows in confusion as their long-haired children suddenly returned home with shaved heads, wearing Levi's jeans and fearsome-looking military boots, asking for three pounds to buy a Harrington jacket. Skinheads were born, and a youth culture swept across Britain that was stronger and more widespread than any previous or later one. Martin King was one of them. Boys and girls embraced the new working-class fashion and music - West Indian reggae, Blue Beat, and the strong sense of identity it evoked in them. For several years, the media reported that England was under siege as young skins paraded in seaside resorts during holidays and later on the terraces of almost every football ground in the country. Against the backdrop of his passion for Chelsea FC and its growing reputation as a skinhead club, King skillfully and humorously describes the intoxicating mix of joys that were part of a teenager's life growing up in working-class South London in the late 1960s. ***** The story of the boy written by Martin King is an amazing book. King, a highly regarded lad from Chelsea and a legend of the football scene, tells his story. Martin King captures what it was like in typical...