Chavs in the 80s/90s

[80sChav]

I know this like a general chat board but I think Chavs had a meaning (that became over-hyped by the 90s) and that the term stood for style in the 80s ...... in a different name if nothing else!

I know I was always proud of my style in my earlier-life and still am ..., be it wearing Sportswear casualy in the day, wearing a Ben Sherman Shirt and smart Shoes/Trousers to a Club at night. I just feel a lot of us (par those who were punk rockers had Chav-ness in them and may-be still do in a way). What do other members think?, it'd be be cool to have any replies regards say Chavs now or in Yesteryear

[vanhelsing]

Re: Chavs in the 80s/90s

Chav or equilevant from the eary 80s...
Please don't tell me you've never seen Made in Britain.
In the early '80s we had the neo-nazi boot/bovver boy' skinheads.

[Richard1978]

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I remember scallys around a lot in the 1990s, normally in shellsuits or the Proto-Ali G American sportwear look with puffer jackets.

[Trickyvee]

Re: Chavs in the 80s/90s

I can't remember seeing what I would class as a chav until the late 90's, although they must have been around in some shape or form before then. I fear I might have been a bit chavvy myself in the early 90's - I was fond of cheap gold jewellery, wore my shell suit top as my normal jacket, liked big trainers and yearned for a wet look perm...but so did most of my friends. I'm not sure if it was an age thing, a style thing, or if I was looked upon as a chav by others outside of my school/friend microcosm at that time.

[80sChav]

Re: Chavs in the 80s/90s

I can't remember seeing what I would class as a chav until the late 90's, although they must have been around in some shape or form before then. I fear I might have been a bit chavvy myself in the early 90's - I was fond of cheap gold jewellery, wore my shell suit top as my normal jacket, liked big trainers and yearned for a wet look perm...but so did most of my friends. I'm not sure if it was an age thing, a style thing, or if I was looked upon as a chav by others outside of my school/friend microcosm at that time.

there is nothing wrong in that you dressed as this I think though Trickyvee. To me it's just the press that jump on the bandwagon and thing's get out of context then ...

[vanhelsing]

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Blame the newspapers. It was rthem that were mostly responsible for the video nasties scare of the early middle 90s).

[80sChav]

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Blame the newspapers. It was rthem that were mostly responsible for the video nasties scare of the early middle 90s).

True I totaly 100% agree! It was the same around about 2003 too I feel/think.

[Richard1978]

Re: Chavs in the 80s/90s

There was also the video nasty scare in the early 1980s &, the film nasty scare in the early 1970s, (about the time A Clockwork Orange, The Exocist, Straw Dogs were out).

More recently there were 1 or 2 scares about violent computer games.

Also almost every thing Mary Whitehouse complained about, which almost need a seperate thread.

[Sly]

Re: Chavs in the 80s/90s

Things that got banned is actually a really good idea for a thread.