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Yes. Lots of it was transient but there was something nasty about certain types of skins/Nazis which wasn't going to fade in time.
Right. In the UK, in the early 1980s, I managed to get beaten by a gang of skins. I'd been on an ANL demo, & ran into this group who were targeting ethnic minority people on Liverpool Street Station (in London). They didn't take kindly to badges & slogans I was naively wearing.
It was my first real insight into the fact there were people capable of violent acts that I simply would not be able to inflict upon a person. No amount of posturing or youthful feelings of invincibility could make up for the difference.
There used to be a really heavy NF presence at NUFC at around that time, my team, and there was a lot of reaction to it. Majority were appalled - quite rightly. The violence was similar - attacks on individuals or small groups. Never hear anything like that any more.
Yeah, it was Chelsea & Millwall in London. But the lot who went after me were British Movement (which was fairly short lived, I think). Newcastle has a fairly strong left-wing tradition, doesn't it?
Yes. Lots of it from the mining communities and their education programmes going back to the first world war. And due to the poverty and joblessness since the 70s. Quite a kind and friendly place when i grew up. Also seemed to be much more of a giggle than kids have these days.
I absolutely love Newcastle. I holidayed there for a few days a couple of years ago! :)
It's a great place for food, drinks, art at times, but lacks good music venues.
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