I was an original London mod back in '64-'66 (now 75) and fortunate at the time to live in the West End. A regular at the Scene, Last Chance and Flamingo doing the all-nighters.... Hung up my full length leather and mohair suit long time ago. We Soho mods didn't have scooters main mode of transit was the tube. I am now retired living in the sought of France. Great memories.

Alf Garnett wasn’t happy when you said it was a bit warm for parkas! 😂🤣💀

And we are the rockers lol. 🤘👊

Phil Daniels total legend,brilliant stuff many many thanks for this.

Great video Nick. Best one I've seen of Brighton 23. Actually talking to people and getting some background on them,their scooters, their home towns, their music interests. Too many silent videos with scooters just following scooters down the road going too fast to see what the scooters look like. Brilliant, keep the content coming.

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

Thanks David

Love this film , especially the interviews with normal none celebrities. It's great to hear what people from all over the country and world think. Cheers from a Trojan Skin in Northern England.

Great scoots great scene great music great fashion keep the faith ✊

Im 44 years young and im a mod, infact i was a mod long before i even knew it. Listening to The beatles The stones The kinks The who The small faces Humble pie The flurtations Dusty Sandy shaw Marianne faithful kim weston Skip bifferty Brooker T and the mg's Dobie gray Dr feelgood The secret affair The jam The style council The lambrettas The specials Bad manners. All on vinyl. On 1960's record players and stereograms. Anyone remember a late 70's band called the in mates. The list is flipping endless nine below zero, oh'' yes. Loved it when they were on the young ones. Collecting records and repairing record players. I bought 2 vespas in 2001 a 1996 px200 & a MK1 3 speed 1964 V90. I still have the V90 douglas in powder coated baby blue. Gosh its in my heart so much the passion can make me emotional. I was born too late 78. If only i had a frikking time machine. I'll always be a mod. lovely to see our friend gas pants phil daniels here 😉 Ive met toyah a few times! she signed my quadrophenia dvd. I just wanna add that i wish i could join all you people. I know all about the music of the times. I almost forgot to mention my love of soul/motown. Hows about the punk bands the damned & 999, i got right into them when i was a teenager. I loved it when rod stewart got together with ronnie isley of the isley brothers, the music video of this old heart of mine in a 60's mod themed style, the backing girls' oh'' the backing girls😍 The Fine young cannibals video of their hit song good thing is totally mind blowing. Reasons to be a mod. Gosh im totally inspired😊

@CarlJones-in8pm

9 ай бұрын

Beatles yet no Animals, Art woods or the action

@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse

6 ай бұрын

@@CarlJones-in8pmgive him a break, he’s 44. Their memories start going when they get to that age!

2 ай бұрын

The Move and The Creation were two top mod bands.

@toddblanks

2 ай бұрын

@@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypseBetcha your way older.

@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse

2 ай бұрын

@@toddblanks That’s correct Todd, 57 to be precise…How did you know? 👍😂🤣💀

Love the scooters and the clothes long live mods from an old mod ❤❤❤🎉🤩😊😎🤗

Brilliant I was a smart mod 62 65 danced Ready Steady Go Vespa GS ,Ilford Palladi was my local, I left UK came to NZ with parents left a lovely girl behind 🎉.

@Tcoldsteel

8 ай бұрын

My dad used to go to the Palais in the 60s. I inherited a lot of his clobber in the early 80s. 👍🏻

It's great seeing those lovely old scooters and mod fashion. I'm a biker myself and love the old BSA twins.

@Ian-bq7gp

10 ай бұрын

Have you seen the guy with the lambretta with a Yamaha RD350lc motor in it? It's crazy fast.

@johngilmore697

2 ай бұрын

That's why I'm a Mod, see? I mean, you gotta be somebody, ain't ya, or you might as well jump in the sea and drown

Great video Nick, I was originally into the Two Tone scene, this was my first time at the Mod Weekender, loved it and thank you to all the Mods who brought their amazing scooters and to the Mods that blew me kisses at the traffic lights, made my day 😂😂 … can’t wait for next year !!

Great vid.. fantastic to see nostalgia bursting in Brighton. well done all who took part. great to see it continues today..🇬🇧👍

Of course the times have changed over the years But the music is still amazing loved the Dorset music djs were awesome the music was to die for . The mods from all years looke well smart . The atmosphere was brilliant . We watched the fossil fuels band great cover band danced me socks off . Defiantly be back next year. Great vid thanks .KTF .

Brilliant video keep the faith late 70s Northern scooterist, Pontefract Mods.

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

Thanks mate

Love it thanks so much ❤🎉

"Look Dad! It's the comedy Grandads".

20 in the 70s,70 in the 20s,,the style I coming back around, I was a mod and didn't even know it. Michael.

Brilliant work Nick, so insightful of the scene and why people got into it, thanks, see you in August 👍🏼

0:44 Phil, Phil - brush your hair. It will give you an enormous sense of well-being

@Nigel-Webb

10 ай бұрын

Rudely awoken hair day

Just came across your channel love the video. I was so into the mod scene the fashion the music everything. Scooters are the best bikes ever. Thankyou great vid.

Just amazing. And I see brother Roy is there with his beauty Union Jack Scoot! We Are The Mods! I rode my 64 GT200 from Toronto Canada to Vancouver Canada then down the PCH from the US border with Canada to San Fransisco. well over 8000 Miles in a single trip over 4.5 weeks

Mate absolutely brilliant thank you 👍👍

Great video, you caught the vibe well 👌🏻

Classic banter mate!

I was a Coventry mod and had a brand new Lambretta SX150 in 1967, red and white. I took it to Brighton once. I'm amazed there are so many Lambrettas and Vespas still existing in running condition. I now live in the USA. I never see Italian scooters here, all I see are the Chinese knock-offs and even they are uncommon.

Great video Nick. And that's from a motorbike rider. Even aged 73 I am still too young to have been either a Mod or Rocker but now in my dotage having watched so many video's like yours I think it might be time to sell the bike and get a Scooter. That GP3OO sounds very tempting.

2 ай бұрын

Scooters have small wheels and are very unstable compared to larger-wheeled bikes. The exception is the Aprilia but they are a kind of scooter/bike hybrid.

Good to see some humor back in the scene!

Nice video hope all enjoyed and had a great time

Would be good to get some drone footage of the rideout just to see the sheer scale of it on that coastline. Awesome video, loads of interesting characters.

"BELL BOY!!!!!!"

This is a modern world. ❤❤❤❤

Very interesting and well presented video Nick. It brought back many happy memories of the old days of the Mods of my era in the '60s'. Thank you for your time in producing and sharing this video. Best wishes Vic

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Vic

Top class lads from walsall lm from bloxwich great scoots great sounds keep the faith 😂

Grüsse aus dem Remstal (Germany south) nach BRIGTHON ,an meine MOD Freunde.MODS for ever. SPEEDY VESPA PX 200,VESPA Gts 300 ❤❤❤

Had to be the best dressed music trend ever .. Dapper ❤❤

Nice Video Nick...hope your well🙏

great video

Hairdryers reunited!😂

Awesome

I DlG all this Mod talk!❤🤝

Great video, next year look out for the collibosher birmingham scooter club. Usually a good bunch of lads and lasses. Moondog and Ernie would give you a few stories for the camera

Adrian from 109.30 thank you!

Brill vid m8 ❤

09:42 gotta be Guy Ritchie

@dazmalski

2 ай бұрын

Yeah - t'would be ungentlemanly conduct not too!

SO frustrating to have cars in the Rideout! Otherwise..a GREAT video!❤

‘I ride a gs scooter with my hair cut neat I wear my war time coat in the wind & sleet’

@chrisoffer3074

9 ай бұрын

I've heard them words before somewhere

amelia from darby what a lovely looking modette

Real mods would laugh at these clowns........

@27.10 the guy talking about Long John Baldry. I worked with his nephew years ago and I was on the phone to a buyer arranging a meeting with our managers. When I said the name of our manager the guy on the phone said ha ha Long John Baldry. I'd never heard of Long John Baldry so the joke was lost on me. His nephew overheard my call and asked " were they talking about my uncle?" That's how I found out who Long John Baldry was!

The Rockers are Missing ;-)

@leavemyrightsalone

10 ай бұрын

They're waiting around the corner....

@eddybluesteel758

10 ай бұрын

With their walking sticks and three-wheeled mopeds lol

@Ian-bq7gp

10 ай бұрын

They go along the seafront with customised bikes. What great mods, true British workin class culture at its best. So good to see some of you coming so far on scooters. Great to see the older generation. I love the small faces, mine below zero .

Didnt know The Specials were a mod band.

Great Vid,I'm the guy from Macclesfield.

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

at 59:19. Yeah nice one Neil. Next time let's get an interview?

@Tridentman121

10 ай бұрын

@@driftwoodtv ,sure.

1:07:51, that's me 🏁

A good video presentation overall but missing one important factor.....The Music. some scenes inside the clubs would only add to the Mod scene at Brighton.

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

Definitely. Next year we cover the clubs too!

HELP!!! Do any of you know a scooterist Stephen 'Spider' Webb originally from SE London? He had an accident years back and lost the use of his right arm due to a spinal injury (Brachial Plexus Avulsion) I was a friend of his 45+ years ago, a motorcyclist who lost the use of his right arm due to a BPA! I I eventually put a trike back on the road but he stuck with scooters and apparently was quite a face on the scene! Any help in putting us back in touch would be much appreciated...

Wish I could have my 61tv s2 back, will Mansfield monsters sc!!!

OUR CULTURE

1964 : 16 year olds, classic scooters and clothing 1979 : 16 year olds, classic scooters, some classic clothing, some Carnaby Street stores 2023 : 60 year olds, twist and gos, Ebay mass-produced clothing

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

Try Jump the Gun Brighton 2023 and theres plenty of youths getting involved. Watch properly.

@Ridersonthestorm8899

9 ай бұрын

Roger a bit snotty there

@CarlJones-in8pm

9 ай бұрын

Oh the Jurassic Mod ,Fred Perry Ben sherman suits

@jorjicostava6657

9 ай бұрын

getting a classic scooter in 1964 was obviously easier than in 2023 though. tailoring prices went over the roof and I'd argue that mass produced clothing nowadays is better quality than what you could find in the 80s

@CarlJones-in8pm

9 ай бұрын

@@Soulkid65 Brighton rally use to be that way now looking more like the old CCI rallies back in the day before the split and the pirate rallies.

they were not all pofs but because they loked it people just assumed i knew several who were not

wheres the Ace face? He must be at the Grand bell boying!

Mod or greaser. I was a mod. Better birds

GUY RICHIE probably

Anyone watching this go to Whitby for the Battle of Whitby Abbey 1980? I was a biker camping up there. We gave you some stick 😆

I wonder how many of these old mods still take speed??? One or two I reckon.

2 ай бұрын

Probably mostly on blood pressure and cholesterol pills.

Middle class mods the 'authentic' side of working class culture

Proper dress up

Who is this @ 6:47 , i cant think of his name

There is only 2 real Lambrettas 1964 B reg TV/GT 200s and 1967 E reg SX 200... Brighton to be seen, and who remembers The Florida Ballrooms at The Aquarium... I lost my 2 front teeth on those steps tripped on 2 pints of Red Barrol and a Rum and black 😢😂

2 ай бұрын

I remember the TV175 being very sought after. My 1967 SX150 was plenty fast enough for me.

What is this ? the bikes are cool with the chrome, i especially like the thin one. It seems like a mindset to be a mod ? this kind of strange skinny clothes. Was this what they did in britain in the 80's ?

Ha Ha ,my starter motor's bigger than these bumble bee's.Are they even powerfull enough to carry all the extra mirror's and light's.Perhap's it's to see all the traffic there holding up!

2 ай бұрын

A 150cc Lambretta will do 65 mph with 2 people on it.

How long before Brighton council ban these scooter rallies on environmental grounds - especially the two-strokers...?

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

I doubt it. If they did an economic impact assessment as to how much visitors spent on Mod Weekend ! Must be a £10million impact at least...

@tedthesailor172

10 ай бұрын

@@driftwoodtv I'm told that the annual London/Brighton Mini-car rally and the annual London/Brighton commercial vehicle rally have both been cancelled...

👍🛵

Where's the real bikes?

I ride a gpz 750 air cooled 4 ......oops ! sorry ,wrong video !

Brighton has gone way to commercial now went a few years ago never again sadly massively diluted cash in scene but there are still some decent events around if you know where to luck 😉

Real mods died young.

What is the culture in Brighton these days?

2 ай бұрын

Multi

people used to laugh at the mods, the nancy boys with andogynous looks and feminine clothes not all were homosexual but a lot sure were lol

2 ай бұрын

It takes one to know one.

Brighton is dog rough nowadays.

@driftwoodtv

10 ай бұрын

Nah. Its still good. Just visit the right places.

His hair is way too long and he's got a tash 😮

Wears rokers for ding-dong 😂

Old men look daft on scooters

2 ай бұрын

They look daft anywhere so they may as well look daft on a scooter.

I've always liked the mod fashion but their bikes not so much..

What group do you like , what a stupid question!

Never liked mods … Always liked motorcycles….

@andypeterson3070

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that.

@ashleymarkrhodes1571

10 ай бұрын

There's a Ghost in his House

Jam or the Who FFS. I love both bands but hardly Mod music is it.

Only old People The mods were à youth mouvement That makes no sense

2 ай бұрын

Being a mod was about the music and fashion. Never a youth movement.

Drinking and riding not cool...................

Sorry...but these people are not mods. The mods I knew from the late 80s to early 90s wore sharp clothes that weren't so loud and stripey. Not a badge or patch in sight...and didn't take scooters that seriously. The few scooters around were plain with no mirrors or lights.Our main mode of transport were classic sports cars. These folks are strange. More a parody of mod than the real deal. That said...if it makes them happy...

2 ай бұрын

The real mods were in the 1960s. The 80s was a revival but not the same.

A man who thinks the same at fifty, as he did at twenty, has wasted thirty years of his life.

@donnasmyth45

9 ай бұрын

My mother was a mod in the late '60s. I got into it in the '80s ..drifted away from it ..and came back to it in my 30s.. ditched it again. I remember my mother criticising the aul dolls and aul lads running about doing the mod thing in their 40s and 50s.. she said they needed to wise up and grow up 😊

@WinstonSmith22

9 ай бұрын

@@donnasmyth45 Same Donna. I was Mod in the eighties too. Your mum sounds like a wise lady. Too much narcissism and snobby elitism for my tastes now. I love the music, clothes, scooters and such. But too many of the Mods were insecure and stuck up their own exhaust. 👍

@donnasmyth45

9 ай бұрын

@@WinstonSmith22 you are spot on Winston! I found it the nastiness, backstabbing clique ever. Take care.

@WinstonSmith22

9 ай бұрын

@@donnasmyth45 Same Donna. All the while protesting how "right on" they are! We are better out of it. The same snootiness drove me out of the culture too many years ago lol! Nice to meet you. 👍

@donnasmyth45

9 ай бұрын

@@WinstonSmith22 And you, Winston. 😊

Jesus what a bunch of fashion victims

@andypeterson3070

10 ай бұрын

It's a mod thing you wouldn't understand.

@billywatts4689

10 ай бұрын

@@andypeterson3070 A fashion victim is a fashion victim

@albaxter8711

10 ай бұрын

..and a ballbag is a ballbag! 😂

@paulbarrett22

10 ай бұрын

Wish I could be like Billy watts

Nice little line green J series at about 1:10. 🛵🛵 One of these days..