This photograph from 1980 of a group of punks outside the former Virgin Records and Tapes shop on Broadmead features in an exhibition and book celebrating 40 years of Virgin Records:
Does anybody recognise their mum or dad?
www.virgin.com/music/virgin-records-the-exhibition-40-years-of-disruptions
Hey, great picture, I can’t even remember this being taken. I must have been 15 or 16 I would think. I’m third from the right with my friend Sue Knight standing next to me. We went to Virgin Records every Saturday, that was our day. We would hang out outside, sitting on the ledge, buying gig tickets and records, just hanging out or sitting on Castle Green having fun… amazing picture, I look so young and that hair!! … I used to use so much soap to get it to stay up and what a nightmare if it rained!! … it would go frothy
I have to say, the years have gone by but I still feel punk, just older and a little bit more respectable… my poor dad used to despair at the time.