10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TON-UP BOYS»
Discover the use of
ton-up boys in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ton-up boys and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cafe Racers: Speed, Style, and
Ton-
Up Culture
In Café Racers, master photographer Michael Lichter and motorcycle culture expert Paul d'Orléans visually trace café racer motorcycles from their origins in the mid-twentieth century all the way into modern times.
Michael Lichter, Paul d'Orléans, 2014
2
Encyclopaedia of Contemporary British Culture
The menacing biker image cultivated by the ton- up boys owed much to
circulation of publicity shots and movie stills of Marlon Brando as the rebel
outsider Johnny in The Wild One (1954), even though the film itself was banned
in Britain.
Peter Childs, Michael Storry, 2013
3
The Myth of Moral Panics: Sex, Snuff, and Satan
He visited our club to check out the interest for the new club and to invite us to a
church motorcycle blessing . . . Some of our members attended and it made all
ofthe daily papers. Leather jacketed ton-up boys go to church! After that the 59 ...
Bill Thompson, Andy Williams, 2013
4
Maladjusted
Boys (RLE Edu M)
... but in contemporary society we seem to provide only the most rudimentary help
for our teenagers as they make the transition from the exciting behaviour of the '
ton-up' boys to the ordinary adjustment of the twenty-five-year-old married man.
5
The Cafe Racer Phenomenon
An episode of Dixon of Dock Green – a top-rated police drama of the '60s –
showed 'ton-up' boys as speed-obsessed law-breakers, hell-bent on risking
every road user's life. Then on 9th February 1961, the Daily Mirror, the biggest
selling ...
Didn't he know that Wilson's was a greasers' cafe for ton-up boys and their
leather clad girlfriends? No-one over 30 should go there, unless they didn't wash
and could tell stories of beatniks. But the gossips were wrong. True, the cafe was
the ...
7
America in the British Imagination: 1945 to the Present
Originally called “Leather Boys,” because of the leather jackets they wore, or “Ton
-Up Boys,” for their tendency to speed at up to 100 miles per hour, they eventually
gained the name “Rockers” due to their allegiance to rock 'n' roll music.
8
Spacings--of Reason and Imagination: In Texts of Kant, ...
Boys, the Ton-up Boys, the Bodgies and Mods and Rockers of the English,
American, and Australian communities are paralleled, it is said, by the exotic
armies of Halbstarken ( the half-strong ) in Germany, Skinnknutte (leather jackets)
in ...
They were still regarded, thanks to mid-19605 rockers and post-war ton-up boys
before them, as dangerous instruments of anti-social behaviour. For that, of
course, they fascinated me all the more. To the instinctive outsider, motorcycles
were ...
10
Slums of London to South Oxhey
As they often rode at speeds of 100 miles per hour they were known as 'ton-up
boys'. The sped from café to café along the new trunk roads having serious
injuries and death if they had an accident. It was all part of the hard men culture.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TON-UP BOYS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ton-up boys is used in the context of the following news items.
Lynn 'Twinkle' Ripley
The song's subject matter stirred considerable controversy at a time when the violent confrontations between mods and rockers and “ton-up boys” driving ... «The Times, May 15»
28th Annual Seal Beach Classic Car Show presents First Annual …
... “Cafe Racer” comes from motorcycle enthusiasts of the early 1960's who raced from café to café, sometimes exceeding 100 mph (referred to as ton-up boys). «Orange County Breeze, Apr 15»
Triumph Ace Cafe Apparel Collection | Unity of British Giants
Motorcycle traffic at the Ace continued to expand through the fifties and sixties, and the Ace became the home of the “ton-up boys.” It also spawned “record ... «UltimateMotorcycling.com, Mar 15»
Brand Profile: Belstaff Menswear
This year it made a return to London Collections: Men with its AW15 collection, inspired by the Ton-Up boys. “The Ton-Up boys were initially influenced by ... «FashionBeans, Jan 15»
The ”Ton-Up Boys” Make a Comeback in Belstaff's AW15 Menswear
Rock 'n roll, motorcycles, and leather––the “ton-up boys” are back in Belstaff's nostalgic Autumn/Winter 2015 menswear collection. The British luxury brand's ... «FashionOne, Jan 15»
COMUNICADO: Colección otoño-invierno 15 para hombres de …
La colección toma su inspiración de los 'Ton-Up Boys' de los años 50. Dando fuerte al rock'n'roll y sus motocicletas, estos 'greasers' podrían encontrarse en ... «Europa Press, Jan 15»
Belstaff Men's Autumn Winter '15 Collection: Ton-Up Boys
The collection takes its inspiration from the 'Ton-Up Boys' of the 50s. Heavily into their rock'n'roll and motorcycles, these 'greasers' would rendezvous at cafés ... «PR Newswire UK, Jan 15»
London Men's Designer Inspirations: Up, Up and Away
London men's wear designers dipped into several creative wells, ranging from the British “ton-up boys” of the Fifties and the working-class men of northeast ... «Women's Wear Daily, Jan 15»
Royal Enfield Continental GT Test | QuickShift
The new Continental GT may not be the fastest bike in the Ton-Up boys' parking lot, though it is arguably the most stylish and authentic, right down to the ability ... «UltimateMotorcycling.com, Nov 14»
SpeedMaster Now for something a little—or a lot—different.
But how much more exhaust-pipe wrap can you take? And even the most die-hard ton-up boys would have to admit that Pangea Speed's “SpeedMaster” is one ... «Cycleworld, Sep 12»
