In the 60s, in places like Rye Lane or Peckham, where I come from, and even up west, the shop to go to was called Revels. They sold the fashionable Italian shoes and they cost a week’s wages. It was around then that they first brought out the driving shoe as well—the one with the buckle that went right up the back. I never wore lace-ups. And then you had the skinheads. At that point it was all Royals and Doc Martens with them.


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