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greenonions · 1 year ago

I think with age comes respect...and with this page I am truely touched with the moving on of the 'gangs'
thanks for the inspiration hola!!!
dxx

Charlie · 1 year ago

If its possible Jim to put a request on the jukebox for Shaun,Jackie,
Pek,Billy and wee Div Ken Boothes"Everything I Own" from all of us to them
we're grown up I guess, but never apart a big thanks Jim for making this possible, we're all proud of you,God bless

admin · 1 year ago

Charlie I will put up the song, I am adding another 500 songs to the database so it will be on there today... KTF also today Mick Quinn requested liquidator for his pal Steph Austin.

fred perry · 1 year ago

hi jimmy, this site is great, the jukebox is spot on and the r. i .p page is a nice touch, a lot of hard works went in to it all, well done to you and all involved in making it happen. k t f . mick.

admin · 1 year ago

Hi Mick thanks for the kind words, been burning the midnight candle these past few weeks. all worth it when we see comments like that.

Charlie · 1 year ago

Nice to see a photo of Big Chris, it was Chris and Joe Baz that introduced
Northern Soul to Glasgow FACT, in The Scene Club I can remember Chris
playing Edwin Starrs "Time" the very first time I had ever heard it. Thanks
for the good times Big Yin.

admin · 1 year ago

The last song to be playing when wee Ped was discovered was Build me Up Buttercup by the Foundations. Request respected and is now available.

londonscottish · 1 year ago

I linked up with Ped Burns and all the lads at IOW last August and asked about Ped Smith, who I had a lot of time for(see Globbies site) and Im saddened that he left us in December, as I was up for the LCS/LCGB in September, would have sought him out, as he was one of the faces always on the scene and never snide.,
My feelings go out to his family and his twin who always hung out with us. Also sadness at Chris,s passing

The two stroke smell never leaves yer nostrils, I hope both Chris and Ped are lookin down and excited by how good its gettin now

Bryan Connor

April · 1 year ago

Gladly wee Ped came back into my life a couple fo weeks before he passed on. I met him for the first time in 23 years in sleazy's and it was brill. The look on his face when he saw me was something I'll treasure for the rest of my life. So glad I met him again.

April · 1 year ago

Just one more thing folks, does anyone have any pics of some of the folks here, would be nice to see them.

admin · 1 year ago

To everyone out there, please send us your photos and keep our long lost pals no longer lost, anyone that can send photos of the dearly departed will be very much appreciated....... Lets keep the flame burning......... Thank You and Sincerely.

Rab McNamara · 1 year ago

Like most folk I`ve known ped for a long time. I kept very much in touch, especiaslly in the pub and at friday st, over the last eight or nine years. Ped was very much a charismatic character who gave from the heart when he could. Its ironic he was getting things together at the end of last year. I`m sure he had a sixth sense, when ever he was mentioned he would appear.
He did bring some well known phrases `that`ll be right` `youre havin a laugh` and `I`ll crack the jokes. oknot original material but the delivery was always to a t. Ped mate Keep on dancin`

Rab McNamara · 1 year ago

I hadn`t realised how many friends had gone until I seen them written down. I have to say I`m ****** at myself because I had forgotten another good friend in the form of Gerry McFadgen from Erskine. I heard about Gerrys death a long time ago now but, I wasn`t able to take it in until now. Sad as it may be

Charlie · 1 year ago

Hi Rab,the whole idea behind this,is too make sure they will never be forgotten,
even when we forget,they will always be remembered,All the best Soul Brother

Robert · 1 year ago

Hello Charlie

First I have logged into this part of the site and didn't know that Johnny Allan from Sighthill had died. He was one of the first guys I met when I got my first scooter back in 1980 and also got me into a crowd at the Roostar bar when I didn't know anybody. I don't recognise the other guys name from Sighthill although there was about 6-7 of them at the time and he might be in the photo I sent in. Johnny is in that photo as well as the one outside Mick Oats, so at least on this site he can be remembered

April · 1 year ago

I was in touch with Johnny Allans brother just recently and he didn't mention his brother had died. I do know that Johnny Wallace from sighthill was killed in a house fire. Must write back to Johnny Allans brother again.

April · 1 year ago

I got a mail from Tommy Allan this morning and clipped this bit for you:

"Rest assured oor Johnny is still as grumpy,ugly and bad tempered as ever. He's a bit like a tank .takes a fair bit to knock him oot."

It is Johnny Wallace that died not Johnny Allan. Can you also please note that It is Wallace with two l's. No biggy but just respectful to have his name spelled properly in his eulogy, he was a very good friend of mine.

Also please note that Jim McInch, Jan's brother, is also passed.

Chris C · 1 year ago

Very sad to hear about so many people from the early 80s Mod scene passing away. I knew both Johnny Wallace and Big Doc from school as well as the Mod scene. I knew wee Ped Smith and Big Chris extremely well and it is very sad to hear of their demise; they were all 100% brilliant guys.

Although I ran about with the North Glasgow Mods I came from Sighthill, which must have had the most Mods per square mile in the whole city. Johnny Wallace, Big Doc, Stevie O'Neill, Nolso, Frankie McPhee, Johnnie Walker, Mick Prior, Paul Sexton, Gav and probably some more that I have forgotten.

Well done with the site Charlie. It does the memory of all those cool, hip young guys from a great time proud.

JimmyTheMod · 1 year ago

Hi Chris it is sad but at least we have built a nice memorial here with the music, We are hoping to put up the pictures of each individual. At least the Glasgow Mods have a great website to show the world what we were all about.

Chris C · 1 year ago

Cheers Jimmy

The site is certainly a fantastic idea. Top marks to whoever came up with it. I went about with Big Chris McCrae and Ped Smith as well as all the other Mods who frequented the town centre during the early 1980s. I have some good photographs of those times that feature many, amongst whom are Ped and Chris Mc. If you could make use of them then I'm sure I could find a way to get them to you. It would be a nice touch to have photos of the guys attached.

Sadly, despite coming from Sighthill, I do not have any photo's that feature any of the Sighthill Glory Boys.

JimmyTheMod · 1 year ago

chris I sent you an email on how to get the photos over to me. thanks this is where all the old boys belong. All support to the website is appreciated. You can see who is behind it all here http://www.glasgowmods.co.uk/about/the-editor/

lambretagp125 · 1 year ago

Sorry to hear of the passing of so many of the lads wee Ped (hows Bertie daein ) Jim McInch ,Johnny Wallace n Big Chris have good memories of them all . Had not seen any of them for a long time .

N.G. MODS · 1 year ago

Sadly gone but not forgotten but the images help us too remember those we grew too remember so fondly.

admin · 1 year ago

jackie calder added to R.I.P page, eventually I will put a slideshow together of them all......

N.G. MODS · 1 year ago

Just like too say its 20 years to the day that my big pal Shaun helped to pull me from the Clyde (don't ask), and that I will always remember this fact. R.I.P.

Camey · 1 year ago

R.I.P Big Shaun,, i always thought he was from Adrossan. Gott mit uns.

Charlie · 1 year ago

Hi everyone, the Glasgow Mods website will be around for the next 50 years, its dedicated to everyone who knows us, its our legacy of the times we all shared, then and now,and the years still ahead. It has never been about me and Jimmy, its all of us,our friends who have passed on,will always inspire us, in one way or another.God bless.

lambretagp125 · 1 year ago

Knew most of the Sighthill Glory Boys was Peter Docherty big guy way red hair n drove a white PX way a lot of tail lights.

TYB Civic mod · 1 year ago

R.I.P. fellow hipsters

Fudgie · 1 year ago

RIP Jackie Calder
I went out with Jackie for 5 years and i still think about her every single day.
Gone but Never forgotten.
Fudgie

Fudgie · 1 year ago

In Memory of all my old pals.

Gone But Never Forgotten.

The time has come to say goodnight,
For every road must end,
To the ones who care and are always there,
Our very special friends.

Lets say goodnight to those we love,
And maybe shed a tear,
But before we close,
Lets think of those,
We love who cant be here.

Lets raise a glass to absent friends,
For every road must end,
You`ll always be there in our hearts,
Our special absent friends.

And when its time for us to go,
And our long journey ends,
You`ll never be alone,you see,
You`ll be with absent friends.

GLASGOW MODS.

JimmyTheMod · 1 year ago

Thats a nice poem Fudgie...... thanks mate a lot of people were fond of jackie among others....

jackie · 1 year ago

Thats a nice poem ,not long ago i was on this page, still got a friend on it , take care everyone.

Chris C · 1 year ago

How did you manage to get a mention on this page and still be sending in e-mails Jackie ? Are you sending them from above, or is there are booking service available on the RIP section.

All kidding aside, I also (sadly) know quite a lot of people mentioned above, and that was what initially made me register with the site. I knew I had some photos of big Chris and Ped somewhere and I thought it would be good to have photos of the people above featured.

JimmyTheMod · 1 year ago

chris it was a case of wrong information from the glasgow chinese whisper society, its corrected now thank god.

Chris C · 1 year ago

The same thing happened with a guy I work with. He mentioned in a newspaper that he was sorry to hear that someone had died. The following week the paper received a letter from the guy's wife saying that he was in hospital, but very much alive.

disco87 · 1 year ago

just wondering if the admin could remove Pek from this section, cos he's no deed!
hes ma dad n hes alive n well.

JimmyTheMod · 1 year ago

Hi Disco, We are more than delighted to remove Pek from here. we appreciate you correcting us, as you know Glasgow can be fuelled by stories, rumours, We are absolutely delighted to find out that he is around, please ask him to get in touch.

Chris C · 1 year ago

If anyone heard my wife after I had stayed out too long once again they would think that I was dead. But I have somehow survived many a near death experience. I'm sure I share that with a good deal of the male population.

lambretagp125 · 1 year ago

Why has Skeeny not been added to the memorial , he was 1 of the originals.

JimmyTheMod · 1 year ago

send over the details lammy and I will gladly add it.

mr..nobody · 1 year ago

been meaning to add that the name lgp125 wanted added to RIP is Peter McSkeen, aka Skeeny from Mosspark.

Chris C · 1 year ago

When did wee Skeeny die Mik ? He could not have been much of an age !

mr..nobody · 1 year ago

He died about 6-8 years ago

JimmyTheMod · 1 year ago

just added skeeny for you mik

mr..nobody · 1 year ago

Thanks Jimmy

Scott · 1 year ago

Could you add Adam Ferguson (Fergie) to your RIP list. He was one of the original 80's mods and scooterboys from Renfrew. He sadly passed away 20 years ago, when a young guy who had just passed his driving test ran him into a wall.

James T · 1 year ago

thanks for letting us know, I will add it today. If you have a photo of the fella please forward to admin AT glasgowmods.co.uk and I will add it to the slideshow above.

NGMods · 1 year ago

Soulboy is that the same Adam Ferguson who had the two other brothers that were Mods Craig and wee Feeg ? Are you related ? Adam passed away in the late 1980s is that right.

We Are The Mods

Scott · 1 year ago

yeah, that's him, a very good friend he was. No i'm not related, i met Craig and Feeg yesterday, we used to slag the two of them for being plastic mods just because they were younger. Feegs now a biker, makes me shiver just typing it.

Charlie · 1 year ago

Hi Soulboy, if you have a photo of "Fergie" we would be very grateful to add it, for preserving the memories and names, was Adam one of The Wanderers S.C from
Renfrew? I knew alot of Mods from Renfrew, met 2 of them outside Friday Street last
month, I hadn't seen them for over 24 years, small world indeed. Hope to
hear from you soon Soulboy.

Scott · 1 year ago

I'll try and get one for you Charlie, but the sad thing about the 80's is that although they were great days, nobody ever seemed to have a camera. I used to have a couple of photo's from the band stand, a white px with The Zombies painted on the panels is the one that sticks in my mind. I'll need to go to my mums house and see if their still there. Yeah we were the Wanderers, i was still too young at that time to have a scoot, but all my best mates were in it and still talk about it to this day. Who did you meet ?

NGMods · 1 year ago

Soulboy was Adam working as a motorcycle courier at the time of the accident ? I remember travelling back from Perth on my scooter with Livi in 87 and Adam was on his way home from somewhere else and joined us on the way back in the wee small hours. I'm sure I read about it in the Evening Times at the time.

So many great friends from the Renfrew Inchinan Erskine area.

Scott · 1 year ago

He was yeah, he had actually finished his shift when they asked him to do one more drop and that was his last. Are you from the Renfrew area ?

tuc · 1 year ago

could you add donnie stewart irvine mod died 2 weeks ago, god i just noticed shaun rennie,s name

James T · 1 year ago

no problem tuc I will add him as soon as I get the chance, the jury is still out on sean at the moment tuc, we havent as yet had an official confirmation, but were fairly certain that he has sadly passed on, I personally hope that we are wrong the big man is remembered in the fondest of terms.

tuc where was he from ?

Charlie · 1 year ago

Can't remember their names, they were just passing Friday Street, celebrating
a 40th Birthday and they stopped to take photos of Stu and Mitchy's Scooters parked
across the road, we got chatting and I knew the faces but not the names, then
the penny dropped, it is a small world, but it made my night.

Especially the Wanderers S.C. I ended up at one of their parties, or should I say
woke up at one of their parties didn't have a clue were I was, let alone who I was??
That was one strange planet I used to visit most Weekends on Planet Mod,before
life got serious with us all. There is plenty of pictures of everyone on the Site Map
you may even see yourself in aongst them, especially Jackie Murrays photos,
titled Jackie nee M New Photos. Al the best

Scott · 1 year ago

Ha ha ha ha, that was my 40th b'day night oot. It made my night aswell. I really thought the wife was getting me a scoot for my big day, but it never happened, been on at her constantly since, think i'm wearing her down. Aye, ive been to a good few of those parties, i was probably at the same one as you.

jackie · 1 year ago

Hey soulboy your wife sounds just like my hubby he dosn't understand either i keep on at him about scooters as well but its not working never keep trying.

Scott · 1 year ago

Thanks Jackie, don't you worry i'll wear her down. The fact that i never got one for my big 40 has made me even more determined. I think she's now realising what it meant to me. I take it your hubby wasn't into the mod scene ?

jackie · 1 year ago

Hi Soulboy no my hubby most defiantly not into the mod scene even though he knew i was one i had been very quiet about it and not bothered much over the years until i found this great website and now its all i go on about my music is on all the time and i will keep going on about scooters i will get there one day.

Scott · 1 year ago

Ha ha ha, you sound like me, i go through phases. I don't bother for a while, then i'm dusting out the mod gear and going to rallies with some mates, but a weekend camping makes you realise how old you are. I hadn't bothered for a while, then i found this site. Took my boys to Reuken glen park today, Fred perry polo, fredperry jumper, levis, fred perry trainers. Northern Soul blaring in the car. My wife was like not again.

jackie · 1 year ago

omg your house sounds like my house been out and got a suit,dress,skirt all mod style even got some shoes,hats and bags got my music in the car as well even got my oldest daughter singing along to Quadrophenia the other day but still the other half oh no not scooters again haha i love it!!

Scott · 1 year ago

ha ha ha, you can't beat it, once the mod thing gets a hold of you it doesn't let go. I'll get a pic of my wifes face and you get one of your hubbys and i bet they've got the same expression.

jackie · 1 year ago

you are dead right there once a mod always a mod, they would probably get on well together lol.

NGMods · 1 year ago

Nah I'm no from Renfrew, just spent alot of time in that area, parties, underage drinking and getting a hard time of the Polis frae Renfrew, they knew me better than myself !!! "Always a case in scooters" talk about being prejudged, still know his name to this day, one off those past up for promotion brigade.

Do you know if Mandy Barrett still stays in Renfrew, she used to live in the tenements next to the cop shop facing the park, mind you it over 20 years ago.

Scott · 1 year ago

was that stretch by any chance ? The polis hated us, we looked good and we were mobile, they couldn't keep up with us, used to piss them right off. She does i seen her the other day. we went through school together.

Charlie · 1 year ago

Knew it was you, waiting for you to say, welcome, been, nipping your Mrs. head for a Scooter since then? Never leaves you eh?

Scott · 1 year ago

It does not Charlie, i even tried my Fred Perry jacket on today. lol
I've been nipping her head for a scoot for years, but there always seems to be something more important. She's younger than me and doesn't understand, When we were at our Mod peak, her mum used to tell her to stay away from those boys on scooters, i wish she'd listened. lol

Charlie · 1 year ago

Its moths to a flame when mothers say that to their daughters, "stay away from him, he is no good for you" lol! Their fate is signed,sealed and delivered!!!

Scott · 1 year ago

you could be right mate. where else on the sight can you leave posts? I don't want to leave them all under R.I.P, don't want yous all thinking i'm a ghoul .lol

James T · 1 year ago

soulboy you can leave post on any of the articles, generally speaking it's designed so that you leave the comments discussing the article, but there is no hard fast rules, find a page where your interested and start a conversation from there......

Charlie · 1 year ago

You can leave a comment on any the Recent Post,if you like , its your choice, that will give you a chance to see the bigger picture of the content of our wee website.

tuc · 1 year ago

soulboy get a campervan fek the camping

Scott · 1 year ago

Ha ha, think i'm more of a b&b man now. Us old mods like our home comforts and the finer things in life like a bed and a shower. lol

AlgieEEM78 · 1 year ago

Stayed close to big Elky right until his tragic death in India.Still miss the Bigman,a true gent ,we had many great times on scooter runs and up the SceneClub .His funeral was one of the saddet days in a long time.Also sorry to hear about the passing away of some others on your memorial J.Walker ,P docherty.J Mcinch.
Algie East End Mods

Chris C · 1 year ago

Although I only knew Elkie to say hello to I knew he was a great big guy. I remember his scooter too, a beautifully polished black PX or PE. One night we were coming home on the late bus and these neds started on me and another of the guys. We were a bit younger than them but we weren't going to let them away with taking the piss. Elkie was on the bus as well, with another Mod from Springburn called Sam. (I think) They came up to see what the hassle was and the neds started on them, but they got a bit of a hiding.

It is sad to hear of so many of the people that we knew passing away. I came from Sighthill and knew a lot of the Mods from there fairly well. Good to hear from one of the older 79 Mods on the site, and Stevie fae Cranhill will grateful that another Eastender has tuned in . Mick Paton and Andy Mulvie tune in now and again, and Snod also has the occasional post.

AlgieEEM78 · 1 year ago

Cheers for your comments Chris,that was big Elky all over.Good to hear Mick Paton,Andy mulvie&Snod are all well and tune in sometimes ,how is Wass Paton ?I knew them all pretty well from the early days at the Rooster in Glassford st &the Scene Club ,they were all dedicated Mods.Last time i seen Snod was mid Ninetees in London.I still see quite afew of the old East end crew Jeff Black ,Jamie Hay, Dobie,Rab Fraser ,Macky . Going up in the loft shortly tosee if i can dig up some old pics and memos i know are up there somewhere .If i can iwill post them on the sight and hopefully bring back some good memories for afew punters.Aii the Best . Algie EEM . Ps does Bobby Black from Govanhill ever tune in.

Chris C · 1 year ago

Good to hear that you are still in contact with some of the old EE Mod crew. I knew all the guys you are referring to, but only on nodding tems. The same applies to yourself, I met you a few times back in 81 and 82. I still see some of the guys, and only a couple of weeks ago I bumped into wee Mitchie from Easterhouse. He still goes about with Stu who was also from the top end, the same place as Geordie Stein.

I went about with Wass, Mick, and all the Paton crew, Jim McInch, Eddie Cunningham, Croney, Chaz, and a lot of others too many to mention from the north. Wee Wass is living down in Essex, but he is still right into the Mod scene and goes around with a scooter club called 'The Specials.'

It would be brilliant if you could uncover some photo's for the site Algie. The one thing that is missing a wee bit is photo's from the early days. In fact the only photo's we have of the Scene Club are the few I took around September 82. You could also name all the faces you know from that Evening Times article outside Mickey Oates from 81. I named most of them as I remember (yourself included) but there are about two or three who I did not know at all. And I have not seen Bobby B for a while, but Mick ran into him a while back and I think he came down to one of the mod nights down at Friday Street.

CharlieM · 12 months ago

Been a year today since "Ped" Smith passed away,and to all the names mentioned here who are remembered by each and everyone of us, with our respect and our silent prayers to your memories, you'se will never be forgotten, god bless.

Chris C · 12 months ago

It was sad to hear about wee Ped passing away. And it was that, and the knowlege that I had a few snaps with him in them that made me come on to the site in the first place. I know all the one's who I knew who are no longer with us will be up there partying like it was 1981.

CharlieM · 11 months ago

Wee Jackie C, whit a lassie, god bless you, a total diamond xxx