Valued exposure: Seaside invasion

Mods invading the beach at Margate, Kent

Mods invading the beach at Margate, Kent waving sticks and throwing bottles at retreating Rockers, 18 May 1964.

Scores of youths were given prison sentences following a Whitsun weekend of violent clashes between gangs of Mods and Rockers at a number of resorts on the south coast of England.

Photo: Keystone/Getty Images


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