A seven-part history of the British teenager
1: Nothin' Shakin'
'The ideal is, of course, today, that a young man look respectable and solid, without being boring.'
'The New Look was banned at school. We weren't allowed to let down our gymslips.'
'If my mother had seen me in a full teddy-boy outfit she'd have gone berserk.... I used to blacken my cheeks with burnt cork to go to choir practice.' 'When I heard "Heartbreak hotel", I just thought "I dedicate the rest of my life, for as long as it shall be, to whatever that is."' Researcher MICHELLE ROWLAND Producer PETER EVERETT BBC Manchester
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