I simply couldn't afford to be a Leather Boy in 1965. My mates were Leather Boys. Leather Boys are wealthy toffs really. I was Canvas Boy (with Leather gloves & boots, not Canvas boots, don't be silly) and a 250 cc Honda that could make 10,000 rpm I think.
@braxtindarby11 ай бұрын
1950s? But it looks like a 1930s
@derekblaustein6013 Жыл бұрын
So police cars in the 1950's didn't have any flashing lights on them? How would people know where the siren was coming from? Especially at night!
@flashstudiosguy Жыл бұрын
The roofbox that says "POLICE" illuminates at night. It doesn't flash but you can tell, even at a distance because of it's positioning, it's a Police Car.
@nickcox80492 жыл бұрын
I went on the 2009 Ace cafe London to Brighton run on my FZR. After having a seven year break from motorcycling. Brilliant time 🙂
@dantankboy41552 жыл бұрын
nice
@shaunigothictv10032 жыл бұрын
Nowadays most whites kids in London speak English with a hybrid Jamaican dialect which is very different from the anglo saxon dialect of English which is spoken in this cockney film. In the early 2000's, young white kids on council estates in London became JAMAICANISED. This is when they starting speaking with English with a hybrid Jamaican dialect. For example, Essex county is the only place in Britain where the cockney dialect/and or accent is still spoken. TO SUMMARISE: In the 1980's all the national British companies when through a process called national - PRIVATISATION - and then almost - SIMULTANEOUSLY - all the poor - NATIONAL - white kids endured a process called - JAMAICANISATION - which did indeed definitely - LEAD - to all poor - NATIONAL - white girls on council estates quickly - UNDERGO - a process called Jamaican extreme - INSEMINATION - and thus all the young - RESULTING - half cast babies initiated a full - NATIONAL - process called extreme - BASTARDISATION. Remember everyone, that the last point regarding bastardisation is entirely optional, and is not my view but instead is the view of white nationalists.
@samrajeev89633 жыл бұрын
Haaaaaaaa very funny
@TheFarinared3 жыл бұрын
Not dissimilar to the frozen North.by pass racing. Every night
@charliedrake2473 жыл бұрын
I want to go back to these happy days 🏴👍🏻
@koolyman3 жыл бұрын
oh look, it has both Wail AND Phaser ;)
@ikillyou583 жыл бұрын
carnt believe its 10 years , thats me pulling our goldie on its stand and our lass looking on.
@mikey0219844 жыл бұрын
I only watched The Leather Boys this week, have been to Ace Cafe a few times when I've been in London and I love it there, especially when it's busy, I find it interesting to watch the scenes at Ace Cafe and see what has changed and what has stayed the same, also love the biker culture shown in this film. I love the storyline of the film, too
@kubazawadzki71234 жыл бұрын
Sirens from The Loud House
@wesleygonzales20495 жыл бұрын
this vintage stuff is cool as hell!
@florjanbrudar6925 жыл бұрын
The description is wrong; this isn't a 1950s car
@mickronson80396 жыл бұрын
Tinker from Lovejoy was a ton-up boy then!
@b9nnyr4bbit397 жыл бұрын
lol i actually wanted to find british cop car
@benters35098 жыл бұрын
This is a great film to watch in its entirety. North to Aberdeen? I'd be frozen stiff by the time I got to the entrance to the A1! Do my biking in California!
@joeblack89156 жыл бұрын
On a shit Harley Davidson no doubt.
@grindupBaker5 жыл бұрын
We went to the office Christmas party 1968 but it got so cold by midnight my wife got a ride home in the boss's Jaguar. I had to stop every 10 minutes going home to heat my gloves on the tail pipe or gloves couldn't stop my hands freezing for the clutch & front brake.
@benters35098 жыл бұрын
Funny, I remember the 50s in black and white, but the mid 60s, I remember in color. Lots of it. Lots of sunshine, Lots of beautiful new things to do and places to go. When you see it portrayed here in monochrome, it starts me shivering again.
@Mahoromatic8 жыл бұрын
Just the one i was Looking for, a 60's police car.
@angusrhodes90035 жыл бұрын
Noice
@florjanbrudar6925 жыл бұрын
This doesn't look ANYTHING like a 1960s car, but a 1930s car
@xxjonboy8 жыл бұрын
The gay theme only emerges at the end, and contextualises everything else.
@robinhepworth20798 жыл бұрын
we was paid 2pound to ride out of the ace ,when they made this film many moons ago
@geoffboxell39069 жыл бұрын
Anyone wanting to know just what it was like as a London Rocker could buy my novel on the subject Just for Kicks - it is semi-auto biographical. www.smashwords.com/books/view/561718
@Roadghost889 жыл бұрын
I swear this culture is undergoing a revival among youth. Café racer style bikes and rat bikes are in demand right now. Anything kids can cobble together that looks vintage. Insurance companies are trying to get in the way by jacking up rates. The world was a lot more innocent back then.
@geoffboxell390610 жыл бұрын
Happy days! I didn't get to the Ace till late 1964 ut it was still THE place to go, though I was a Chelsea Bridge & Bernies of Mordon Rocker myself.
@veegreene39149 жыл бұрын
Geoff Boxell I was a Chelsea bridge girl myself.
@geoffboxell39069 жыл бұрын
Vee Greene Ha - what years? The Bridge gets a lot of mentions in my novel Just for Kicks. See: www.smashwords.com/books/view/561718
@veegreene39149 жыл бұрын
Geoff Boxell 1966-67 I hung with a bunch of boys from Battersea. My guy and I rode a BSA Rocket Gold star. Bob had a Triumph and Vic an Ariel. We built bikes and rode all over the southern counties. It was wonderful.
@geoffboxell39069 жыл бұрын
Vee Greene Battersea? All my grandparents lived at Clapham Junction with others in Archer House Old Battersea.I always regarded Battersea as my second home. What School did you go to? I don't suppose the Rocket Gold Star had a blue fibre glass tank perchance?
@user-xj5ls6nd2v10 жыл бұрын
very very wonderful Rokers and Ace cafe
@Kuntyful10 жыл бұрын
a great film...
@falconoilcompany10 жыл бұрын
Great post and a great bit of editing. If youve never seen the film I recommend it, very atmospheric and accurate, I should know, I was fifteen in 1961. Enjoy your life and stay clean.
@50YearOldTeenager10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing these great clips. London to Edinburgh in a day on these bikes, very dubious. And how would that Ariel Arrow keep up with the 650s I see 'Dodgy' pronounces it KAFF and not Café at 3:26. Whats more there is no French accent over the e. So lets say Kaff and not Kaffey haha.
@SpeedTriple599 жыл бұрын
50YearOldTeenager Good call since the Yank programme on Sky Café racers..we have been overrun with the term Café racers like yourself its down the Caff if the Yanks try to re invent this then they should have been called Dinner racers...
@ste12345675410 жыл бұрын
my dad was a lorry driver back in the early 60s been in the ace cafe many times with him fun days for me then great memories
@59158511 жыл бұрын
what is the 2nd sound ?? bell sound ??
@marcjboy111 жыл бұрын
No...really! That's amazing! I also remember him in a popular TV series 'A Family at War'. Great actor.
@123Chevyman11 жыл бұрын
After the war I think they were happy to have pre-war cars
@itgetseasierlessitry11 жыл бұрын
60s British Kitchen Sink Drama at its best.
@rosewhite349511 жыл бұрын
They don't go much faster than the ThamesTrader truck in the background.
@grindupBaker6 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Good point. I can't tell whether they speeded the film up. Sometimes the cars going the other way do a funny jerky action.
@rodtemplar11 жыл бұрын
lol
@theevilladypandora11 жыл бұрын
Nice to see how it is meant to be, not a load of chavs on hairdryers
@redrock19653 жыл бұрын
ooooo cheeky ha ha
@endorno11 жыл бұрын
Hi Eric - appologies for the late response. I'm really pleased you like this version. You can get the same copy from the Ace Cafe itself (that's where I bought it). If you can't get up their in person I'm sure you'll be able to get their merchandising department to post you a copy. I'm not sure of the price but it's not the earth. Cheers, Steve.
@harryrose74367 жыл бұрын
endorno
@lalomcnombres11 жыл бұрын
You stayed on the runway! I've had worse x-wind landing when learning to fly. Looks like you may have ran out of rudder, just needed a bit more left aileron to stop the drift.
@BillCompo11 жыл бұрын
2:40 - 3:35 the honeymoon is over.
@EricWatts8711 жыл бұрын
Endorno, Where did you get a copy of this on DVD? Bought a copy a while back and it was naff quality whereas this is brilliant! Stuck with the VHS version at the moment but would be nice to get it on DVD for my Dad.
@FatZane12 жыл бұрын
this is a cool cult movie!!!
@Fletch182112 жыл бұрын
This could almost be "Quadrophenia" filmed in black-and-white! LOL
@davemister99912 жыл бұрын
they are old two tones, best sound ever, they are different as they are older, these days fire appliances use electronic type sirens. like you said if they knew anything about fire stuff theyd know this.
@hairypunk12 жыл бұрын
Was in the ace cafe a couple of years ago,nearly all the staff were eastern european,should have expected that,but didnt.....
@endorno12 жыл бұрын
Ditto my comment to your similar comments 3 and 11 months ago......some people!.....give me strength!!
@phelps1247112 жыл бұрын
Actually the 30's.
@RockyM300312 жыл бұрын
Can someone upload the whole movie somewhere and link me? haha.