Презентация, доклад к уроку английского языка на тему Субкультуры (Тедди-бои) (10-11 класс)

shock their parents' generation. It consisted of an Edwardian style drape jacket, much too 'camp' (вычурный) for a working class man, suede (замша) Gibson shoes with thick crepe (натуральный каучук) soles, narrow 'drainpipe' trousers, a smart shirt and a loud tie - usually of the 'Slim Jim' or bootlace type.

Some teenagers gangs appeared in the East End of London; they were called the Cosh boys. It was very easy to recognise them. They wore long jackets with velvet collar and cuffs drain-pipe trousers like under the reign of Edward VII (1901-1910), bright ankle socks and a slim Jim tie. These Cosh boys terrified the English society : razor attacks, fights between gangs but also against the police, robberies ... Press needed a new term to describe these gangs which number increased each day. The word chosen was Teddy Boy(s) and Teddy Girl(s), Ted(s)
It seems that the first newspaper that used the term Teddy Boy was the Daily Express on September 23rd 1953.

Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and British artists like Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard and the Drifters (then the Shadows) became the teenagers' idols.