Whats happened to Tradex?

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 04 Nov, 2008 4:40 pm

I remember reading skinhead and suedhead, but not the last one.

simong · Post by **simong** » Tue 04 Nov, 2008 6:16 pm

Chrism wrote: Aye, by Richard Allen. British made pulp fiction, they're quite collectable now. There was a larger collected set of the Skinhead/Suedehead books that I found in a bookshop in London about ten years ago and never got around to buying. It's very out of print now. Richard Allen was a pseudonym for James Moffat, who was employed by New English Library, and churned out other 'youth culture' potboilers, including ones about bikers, mods and rockers, hippies, and glam rockers under a variety of other names. They tried a couple about punks later on but the magic had gone. They can often be found at car boot sales and charity shops if you know what you're looking for. The writer Stewart Home played quite a large part in reviving them and is trying to do so again.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 04 Nov, 2008 6:22 pm

There's some on ebay selling for between £10 and £30 and more. So if you see any at car boots grab 'em and shove 'em on fleabay.http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/__Richard- ... m14&_pgn=1

Si · Post by Si » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 8:35 am

simonm wrote: I remember reading skinhead and suedhead, but not the last one. Chopper was about Hell's Angels. I remember the cover was a close-up shot of a bloke wearing a German helmet with mirror shades and a swastika tatooed on his face. I don't know who wrote it.Err....what happened to Tradex on the What Happened to Tradex thread?!Sorry, gone off topic somewhat.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 11:48 am

Welcome to the shopping channel

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 12:01 pm

It's better when threads go well off topic, more variation. I think we established what happened to Tradex!

simong · Post by **simong** » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 12:47 pm

Si wrote: simonm wrote: I remember reading skinhead and suedhead, but not the last one. Chopper was about Hell's Angels. I remember the cover was a close-up shot of a bloke wearing a German helmet with mirror shades and a swastika tatooed on his face. I don't know who wrote it. Richard Allen, possibly under a different name! The books naturally seem to make their way from second hand shops to the pile next to the toilet, that's the best place to read them.

Si · Post by Si » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 1:00 pm

simong wrote: Si wrote: simonm wrote: I remember reading skinhead and suedhead, but not the last one. Chopper was about Hell's Angels. I remember the cover was a close-up shot of a bloke wearing a German helmet with mirror shades and a swastika tatooed on his face. I don't know who wrote it. Richard Allen, possibly under a different name! The books naturally seem to make their way from second hand shops to the pile next to the toilet, that's the best place to read them. I never read books in other people's toilets.......splashing.