ABSTRACT
Just at the start of the school year, it was dead thoughtful of the Government’s FRANK drug service to supply a guide to teenage ‘tribes’. Teachers, after all, grew up when it was only Mods and Rockers, or Punks and New Romantics. A few, nearing retirement, may possibly have been Teddy-boys. But a worrying number of us are probably old enough to remember a time when it was OK just to be an individual – albeit an unpolished one – and adults did not yet cower in respectful awe at the ‘culture’ of yoof. Some may even naïvely feel that it is possible for a 16-year-old to like several different kinds of music, and even clothing.
