"TOE BOP" OUTRAGE AT THE "HOP BINE" !
Reports have reached the "Dance and Entertainment section" of the Duck Flat Cap Society, that long lost footage of Dave"Toe Bop"Duckland, a youthful Wembley Biker, Teddy Boy and Greaser, performing the fabled "slide toe Bop", at the North Wembley public house formerly known as "The Hop Bine".
The Hop Bine public house was a well loved, and now sadly missed, drinking establishment located on the periphery of the famous Wembley Stadium, in the quite suburb of North Wembley.
It was a favourite haunt of associated Bikers, Teddy Boys and other reprobates, but also hosted the Junior Youth Jazz ensemble on Sunday lunchtimes !
However,the venue was also the site of a regular Rock & Roll club that was well attended on most Sunday evenings.
It is at one of these evenings that Dave "Toe Bop" Duckland is alleged to have been filmed by a Cine 8, performing the "Toe Bop" whilst wearing a an oversize pair of Brothel Creepers, Leather Bikers jacket and luminous spandex socks.
Although it was always strongly rumoured that Dave Duckland could perform this extremely tricky routine, it had never been confirmed, although fellow bikers Garth Driveway and Alun Kingdom, have always alleged that he had witnessed Duckland perform the dance at Croxley Green when fishing.
If true, this will be the first time the dance has been captured on film this side of the Atlantic.
This being of particular worldwide importance, due to the global ban placed on the intricate dance maneuver after the "Staten Island incident" in 1979, when 85 assorted Teddy Boys, Greasers, Hells Angels and Rockabillies were trampled to death in an unruly scrum, whilst trying to view a high ranking Hells Angel "Chapter leader" facing off with a "Rockabilly rebel" in a Toe Bopping duel performed on the fabled coastal Boardwalk.
A cinematic film of the events leading up to the face off is due to be released in the future, but post production delays have been caused by the inability of the distributors and production staff to obtain final consent from the elusive Mr Duckland.
Further details will be released as soon as they come to hand.
I used to DJ at the Hop Bine on Sunday evenings in the early seventies. Sitting in that tiny booth and playing rockabilly and rock and roll... great days!
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