Back in the day, Edwardians, later better known as Teds, were viewed rather like ‘an alien phenomenon’, claims their chronicler – author and musician Max Décharné. “In the 1950s, working class teenagers found a way of asserting themselves in how they dressed, spoke and socialised on the street,” says Max.
“You could say they were like tomorrow’s people, the first ever style tribe. When people saw Teds, they stepped aside.”
In his latest book Teddy Boys: Post-War Britain And The First Youth Revolution published by Profile, he explores this pioneering, peculiarly British musical movement, a youth cult that was timely in terms of being there in 1954 to champion the first rock’n’roll hit to arrive in Britain, Bill Haley’s Shake, Rattle And Roll. Thanks to his uncle, a fully-fledged Ted,…
