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British Style Genius
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How Frank Knuckles became a Ted

His first glimpse of the style

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Everyone respects a Ted

Frank Knuckles on the impact of his look

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Frank Knuckles on moving on

How he merges the 50s and modern day

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The importance of clothes

The Teddy Boy and Girl obsession with their look

Original Teddy Boys and Teddy Girl

Frank "Knuckles" Lacey is an original Teddy boy from the mid 50's. Frankie remains a devout Ted and now even manages the Comets, the legendary band that backed Bill Haley on "Rock Around the Clock."

Rosie Shine is an original Teddy girl, one of the very first in fact. She lived in the Notting Hill area in the 50s and was captured by the film director Ken Russell in a series of photographs depicting the young Teds of the time. She has worked in a primary school in west London for many years. Ted Burton is one of Rosie's cousins, and one of the boys in the photographs by Ken Russell.

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