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Which decade of British youth culture had the sharpest edge and biggest attitude?
From Teddy Boys to ravers, Britain's youth have always kicked back with style and swagger. But which generation truly defined what it meant to be young, loud and British?
Put the items in your preferred order.
A
The 1960s Mods
Parkas, Vespas and all-night dancing to Motown in Soho clubs. The Mods turned working-class Britain into something impossibly cool.
B
The 1970s Punks
Snarling at the establishment with ripped shirts and Sex Pistols on repeat. Punk gobbed in the face of polite Britain and meant every word of it.
C
The 1980s New Romantics
Blitz Club kids painted their faces and reinvented pop while Thatcher's Britain crumbled around them. Style as rebellion, dressed up to the nines.
D
The 1990s Ravers
Illegal warehouse parties, baggy jeans and a government scrambling to ban 'repetitive beats'. The Second Summer of Love changed British nightlife forever.
E
The 1950s Teddy Boys
Britain's first proper teenage tribe, terrifying parents with quiffs and flick-knives. They invented the very idea of the British youth rebel.
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