Ralph Lowe

Male

Glasgow

United Kingdom

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About Me:

I GOT INVOLVED IN THE GLASGOW MOD SCENE AS A VERY YOUNG LAD WHILST STILL AT SCHOOL AROUND 1979 the moment...A BLOKE DRIVES PAST ON A SCOOTER COVERED IN LAMPS AND MIRRORS AS I STOOD IN THE PLAYGROUND HE HAD A SCARF COVERING HIS FACE....THAT IMAGE JUST STUCK.. THEN OLDER BROTHER BECAME SCOOTER RIDING MOD ,HE INTRODUCED ME TO MOD THE SAME WAY AS EVERYONE ELSE ( HE SNEAKED ME INTO LOCAL UNI TO SEE SHOWING OF QUADROPHENIA,GOT INTO THE JAM,LOVE OF 60S MUSIC E,T.C) BOUGHT MY FIRST SCOOTER A YEAR LATER EVEN THOUGH I WAS YEARS AWAY FROM LEGALLY RIDING IT ! (LAMBRETTA J125 COST ME £20 STILL NOT SURE IF I OVER PAID ?) HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT TIME... MEETING A CERTAIN MR WELLER (VERY GRUMPY AND RUDE ?) AND RIDING MY SCOOTER (VESPA 90 REGISTERED AS A 50 WELL I WAS 16..SWAPPED THE LAMBRETTA J FOR IT) LEGALLY AT LAST, MANY OF THE LADS AND LASSIES FROM THAT TIME ARE STILL INVOLVED TODAY...ONCE A MOD..AND ALL THAT !
THESE DAYS IM A SOCIAL WORKER FOR LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL BY DAY AND STILL HAVE A SERIOUS OBSESSION WITH RICHARD BARNES "MODS" BOOK, 60S MUSIC, NORTHERN SOUL, LAMBRETTAS, 60S CARS, RICKENBACKERS AND COFFEE ?

Relationship Status:

Married

Top 5 Tunes at the Moment

ANYTHING WITH JANGLY RICKENBACKER,HAMMOND ORGAN OR HORN SECTION...CLASS.
OTIS REDDING...SHAKE.
THE ACTION....I LL KEEP ON HOLDING ON.
TWISTED WHEEL...YOU STOLE THE SUN.
DEXYS...THE TEAMS THAT MEET IN CAFFS.
EVIE SANDS...PICTURE ME GONE.

Favourite Types of Clothing

VINTAGE BIG E LEVI, PAISLEY SHIRTS,SCARF, CORDS, CANDY STRIPE SHIRTS, CHISEL TOE, CORD SHOES,CLASSIC CASUAL MOD LOOK...OH AND A NICE BESPOKE PINSTRIPE SUIT..DOUBLE BREASTED.

Favourite Shops/Sites

MR BENS IN GLASGOW...CHARITY SHOPS AND OF COURSE FLEABAY.

Favourite Club Night

FRIDAY ST, GOODFOOT, GLASGOW MOD NIGHTS. ANYTHING WITH A BIT OF A BIT OF NORTHERN.

Favourite DJs

QUINNY, PAUL, MIKEY.

Favourite Venue

DONT HAVE ONE.

Favourite Event?

EURO LAMBRETTA, MILAN 1997 ALL THE WAY ON MY SX200.

Fave things about ‘The Scene’

FOR ME..RIDING MY LAMBRETTA, LOOKING SMART (OR JUST LOOKING...MOD GIRLS EH !) THE MUSIC.

Vespa or Lambretta or Other?

Lambretta

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