Derek Gardner's Page

"Dont be miss led by their appearance, leather gear ! going round in bunches ! no hair on their heads ! Sounds like a gathering of ' past their best ' gays to me, Step 1........Slap the biggest one, if the others get up to sort you out put…"

"Phil Sounds like a court appearance to me lol"

"do you know I dont think either mattered that much, I ended up with a nice full length leather and not many people wore one then, and the fact my mates were peeing themselves laughing , I remember sticking a pice of 2" black tape on the roof…"

"Now heres a sad story that will certainly make you laugh. Saved up my money and went down  ' The Lane' to get my sheepskin, I thought it looked the dogs danglies so that night off to The White Hart in Acton cant remember who was…"

"Tried the modern Sta press on but for the ' fuller figure' they have too short a rise !! and if you have leg muscles of any size they are so tight is just wrong, however I have found a solution. Have you looked at the new M&S…"

"Today I must have been in a green mood ! Houndstooth tweed jacket cream penny collar shirt green paisley tie plain green pocket hanky bottle green cords brown leather belt brown country brougues dark green socks Started with just a tie selection…"

"Are you not on  Vuze ? almost every Ska compilation is on there and it's free to download."

"Today for me is Solomon Burke Day, this man like Otis is Soul through and through. "

"This picture was taken almost from The Wimpy Bar at Ealing Broadway, our meeting place most evenings, the club was down the steps over to the right just past the ABC cafe and after a very nice little menswear shop who sold Wragnlers, not my choice…"

"Thought it was summer so today.   Light pink needle cord blazer ( 1st time out ) Dusky pink pocket square purple/lilac/white striped Duchamp shirt dark finish Lee's Burgandy tassle loafers Lilac socks Smile ."

"No one has replaced him... RIP"

"Andy, the same has happened to Duchamp, when I first bought ties etc from them they were hand made and damm pricey, but that kept them apart from most other brands and I liked that, not for the fact they cost a lot but they were hand made in…"

"Paul, I have often thought given the chance would I be tempted, probably not as much as I did but yes I would. Never ever got into anything involving needles, and as I have never smoked used any hash, but 1/2 an hour in the Rio you were stoned by…"

"I remember when the black bombers first appeared, bit more money than we were used to but WOW what happeneded to the next few hours, worked well. until I was offered a tab, that changed everything, literally, everything, I had left the Rio in…"

"Paul Nice idea, why not, I am sure there is going to be some things perhaps not spoken about on a public website and may be considered illegal and not politicaly correct so we would have to be very , very careful !   Who gives a…"

"Sold my Healey 3000 for £125 and took a Mini with clubman f/glass front in PX for £75 so I ended up with £50 in my pocket , thought I did well !! But kept my vinyl, left it all at my Mums house as marriage came along, then kids,…"