http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk/content/2004/08/lewis.shtml
The clock was turned back almost fifty years when Teddy Boys attempted
to rampage through the city centre following the last minute
cancellation of a Jerry Lee Lewis concert. The concert, at the Colston
Hall, was called off just minutes before it was due to start due to the
singer being taken ill suddenly. An eyewitness who saw events unfold
told That Be Bristle of the angry scenes that greeted the announcement:
“I was walking past the Colston Hall to catch my bus when a large group
of Teddy Boys suddenly spilled out onto the street; well I say boys,
they all seemed nearer retirement age. Suddenly everywhere you looked it
was a colourful drape suits, Brylcream and the smell of TCP - it was
like a geriatric Showaddywaddy get together.”
“There was lots of shouting and the next thing I knew they were ambling
off towards the city centre.” In the end it was only the quick thinking
actions of Avon and Somerset Constabulary coupled with the failing
health of the aging Ted’s that prevented a more serious incident
developing.
"Once we would rock around the clock, now we are in bed by 10 o’Clock
with a cup of Horlicks.”
The SBTBA Chairman
Despite a number of eye witnesses claiming to be all shook up at the
incident, a spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police was quick to play
down the situation. “There was anger at the last minute cancellation,
but it could not be described as a riot. We intercepted a large group of
men as they headed towards the centre, but to be honest most of them
were out of breath by the time they reached us and one man had to be
taken to hospital after suffering an angina attack. It just seems that
time has finally caught up with them.”
The evening ended with only one arrest after a scuffle in the nearby
taxi queue after someone trod on a man’s blue suede shoes. The chairman
of the South Bristol Teddy Boys Association admits their hell-raising
days are numbered.
“Once we would rock around the clock, now we are in bed by 10 o’Clock
with a cup of Horlicks. The only time we stay up later is if the clocks
go forward.” The rearranged concert has since gone ahead and this time
there was no trouble to report, although an angry letter did appear in
the Bristol Evening Post complaining about the cost of tickets. Rock n
Roll! VG
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Hehe !
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Jez
"The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious,
of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society
highly values its normal man.It educates children to lose themselves
and to become absurd,and thus to be normal. Normal men have killed
perhaps 100,000,000 of their fellow normal men in the last fifty years."
R.D. Laing
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