uk goths 1984

invitation was made by wire to the ear blog. – spend two hours in the UK. the year is 1984 and your friends all wear black.

this film has been rescued from an old mildewed-and-damaged vhs cassette tape so the quality in the first few minutes is pretty poor, but it settles down fine just in time for the action inside the club itself. the original video was commissioned by the couple who ran the club (annie and pete swallow) and was distributed amongst family, friends and people who frequented it. i can’t remember if there was a charge for it at the time [thanks to the commenter who told us it was £2], probably was. this is the complete full length video as originally presented. – patrick torsney