- Title: U.K.: MODS AND ROCKERS AT HASTINGS
- Date: 3rd August 1964
- Summary: 1. LV & TV SEASIDE TOWN OF HASTINGS 0.08 2. LV & SV TILT UP HASTINGS CASTLE 0.18 3. GV CASTLE 0.21 4. GV HASTINGS TOWN AND BEACH 0.24 5. LTV & GTV'S MODS ON SCOOTERS (3 SHOTS) 0.35 6. LV TEENAGERS RUNNING DOWN STREET 0.42 7. GV MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE 0.48 8. GV TEENAGERS CROSSING ROAD TO BEACH 0.54 9. GV POLICEMEN FORCING TEENAGERS BACK 1.5 10. SV POLICEMAN PUSHES TEENAGER ACROSS STREET 1.7 11. SV PAN POLICEMEN WITH TEENAGER 1.10 12. SV TEENAGER INTO POLICE CAR 1.15 13. ANOTHER TEENAGER INTO VAN 1.19 14. SV TEENAGER INTO POLICE CAR 1.25 15. SV TEENAGERS AND POLICE IN BEACH 1.31 16. SV DITTO 1.35 17. GV PAN POLICEMEN CLEARING THE BEACH 1.44 18. LV DITTO 1.47 19. GV POLICEMEN ALONG PROMENADE 1.51 20. GV TILT UP EMPTY BEACH 21. GV TRANSPORT PLANE AT AIRPORT 2.0 22. GV's BOARDING AIRCRAFT 2.12 23. SV & GV AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF (2 SHOTS) 2.21 Initials RM/V/MGT/CEM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 18th August 1964 13:00
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- Location: HASTINGS, ENGLAND
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVABNW2NTPJCTFI3KFI2UA0SR4C1
- Story Text: UP TO FIVE-THOUSAND TEENAGE "MODS" AND "ROCKERS" ROAMED THE STREETS OF THE SEASIDE TOWN OF HASTINGS TODAY (MONDAY), FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AND CAUSING OTHER DISTURBANCES.
ALTOGETHER FIFTY-NINE TEENAGERS, INCLUDING TWO GIRLS, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT HASTINGS SO FAR OVER THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
FOR THE SECOND DAY RUNNING, POLICE WERE SENT TO REINFORCE THE HASTINGS POLICE. THE REINFORCEMENTS INCLUDED THE AIRBORNE SQUAD WHICH FLEW FROM NORTHOLT, IN LONDON. THE SQUAD WENT INTO OPERATION FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER THE WEEKEND, FLYING TO HASTINGS.
AT DAWN TODAY, THE BODY OF A YOUTH AGED ABOUT FIFTEEN AND DRESSED IN THE "MOD" STYLE WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE BEACH AT HASTINGS.
THE BODY OF ANOTHER YOUTH WAS FOUND AT MARGATE, FURTHER ALONG THE COAST.
MOST OF THE FIGHTING BETWEEN "MODS" AND "ROCKERS" IN HASTINGS TODAY CONSISTED OF STONE-THROWING.
BY MIDDAY THE POLICE PLAN TO DRIVE THE TEENAGERS OUT OF TOWN BEGAN TO TAKE EFFECT.
(HASTINGS IS ALREADY FAMOUS FOR A BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE THERE IN 1066, IN WHICH THE INVADING FORCES OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR OF NORMANDY DEFEATED THE ANGLO-NIXON ARMY OF KING HAROLD.)
THERE WERE OTHER DISTURBANCES BY TEENAGERS AT SEASIDE RESORTS TODAY, MOST NOTABLY AT YARMOUTH ON THE EAST COAST, AND BRIGHTON ON THE SOUTH COAST. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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