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Vespa scooter on display on Brighton's seafront esplanade on Bank Holiday weekend. Fitted to the frame of the bike are many headlights and mirrors that is the cultural ephemera of the British mod subculture of the 1960-70s. Locked to the front wheel is a beautifully painted helmet with a union jack flag design. Focused on music and fashion, mods have their roots in a small group of London-based stylish young men in the late 1950s who were termed modernists because they listened to modern jazz. Traditionally they gathered at seaside towns on the south coast, like Brighton where clashes with Rockers was a Bank Holiday weekend tradition.

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Vespa scooter on display on Brighton's seafront esplanade on Bank Holiday weekend. Fitted to the frame of the bike are many headlights and mirrors that is the cultural ephemera of the British mod subculture of the 1960-70s. Locked to the front wheel is a beautifully painted helmet with a union jack flag design. Focused on music and fashion, mods have their roots in a small group of London-based stylish young men in the late 1950s who were termed modernists because they listened to modern jazz. Traditionally they gathered at seaside towns on the south coast, like Brighton where clashes with Rockers was a Bank Holiday weekend tradition.
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