Comments on: Sharpies: The Early Years, 1967-1969

By: LfLanigan

LfLanigan — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:28:52 +0000

Shane or John flaps or whatever.. My dads name is John Flanigan grEwp up in prahran.. My pop owned a hotel in around their somewhere aswell, know him?

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:54:45 +0000

Hello chris o h from Ronnie mascara

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:50:44 +0000

Any body remember Ronnie m from Burwood or Peter Anderson ??

By: Noel

Noel — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:51:40 +0000

Nice Calvin, i share your memories from 1965

By: Calvin McClure

Calvin McClure — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:38:12 +0000

I live in Newcastle now as i came here to be with my girlfriend Lorraine Millen … this is my last port of call as im not going back to Vic again i love all the sharpie comments here as a 15 year old sharpie in 1965 its a long far cry from 2012 may our sub culture never die as it will be talked about for many years to come its really a Melbourne well loved story of the sharpie era …. i will always remember till i die of some of the toughest guys that shared the streets with me in West Richmond , Collingwood, onya Peter Forbes… Chocko…. Steve… Allan…Dickie Desmond…. and many more …. Egan St boys …. they grew tough … we are now all in our 60′s now but hey keep up the comments as some stories here do ring many bells …..;)))

By: rapology

rapology — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:16:16 +0000

check youtube and type in ‘the fight for stokes st part 2′ , it covers a well known melbourne sharpie. check it

By: shane

shane — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:03:43 +0000

JOHN K.A,K.A FLAPPERS THE MAN WITH THE TATT ON HÉ’S LIP NEW YOU WERE OUT THERE. how are mate? mate alot of the boys are stale bread,[dimo] [spike] [briscoe] and more mate and more, a few said i would be dead early to.a few who might have hoped. so they did’nt have to bump into me later on. and i have bumped into a few over the years. as a kid i was pretty wild but you now this thats y some hoped i never rememberd but i did. you were and are a big part of my life mate i always looked up to you as kids. you were worth looking up to your a good bloke john solid staunch and only those who know and have proven them selfs can tell another this. AND I HAVE ITS ALL I HAVE. remember i use to ask you to do some ink on me. and youd go know fucking way. no wonder you said no with perents as mad as mine lol. as for prahran i went down there just to feel that feeling i only get when im there [home] its a fucking mess mate. you remember mate the blokes who made it a hard place for you they made it hard for many but it was the way.it should’nt have been for you as your as prahran as any.the spainyurd was a hard and pretty tuff cunt[back]he gave me a hard time now and then but not any more mate its been a long time since any one gave me a teast. but there was a pride there un like any other joint i new. and for anyone reading this who might think im saying prahran is or was better than where you grew up im not just different. what your reading is me talking to a bloke who is part of my family and that without me typing sharpies into the old google may not have seen or spoken to again. so im greatfull for that chance. look it was like this in prahran in my day if you wanted to be a sharpie or in a [gang] or use a needle it was’nt on. to bad so sad. i know as i use to tell em all to get fucked sharpies nock abouts surfies in my book even as a boy i could’nt give a fuck who you ran with as long as you were a good bloke and did’nt lash or lag. then sweet. me old man use to say to me dont worry about what any other cunts doing just run ya own race. and my old man was hard blue stone hard i use to stand at he’s leg in the duke of york most days it was there mostly there i got to shake hands with some of the best it was a time long gone now. growing up in prahran was the best. all i wanted like most louts was to be a good fighter a hard man respected. one day me dad said so you go alright hey.being a good fighter dont make ya a good bloke just agood fighter. its better to be a good bloke who dont need to fight than a good fighter who needs to fight cuse he’s no good, im a dad and a grand farther these days. flappers the only true prahran sharp i know. nice to know your still up and about john. lets catch up? p.s remember me old man he use to say tell flippers or fucking flappers to come inside and get he’s own fucking tea whats a matter with the boy. he was a scary cunt but.

By: john k flappers

john k flappers — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:59:56 +0000

i grew up in prahran and because i was a sharp i grew up the hard way..i tryed to re put prahran sharps back together didnt work just got in to punch on s and bad vibes from the flats i lived in simmons street

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 02:39:44 +0000

As I enter my mid fifties I sometimes see other. blokes around my age in the suburb streets and a mild nod of recognition passes between us. I was never a hard core sharpie and probably no one on here would know me but the memories of Melbourne and her suburbs are strong for all of us. It seems as we’ve aged we realize we have more in common than we ever imagined at that time.
I wonder if this skins and sharps thing has more historical merit than is acknowledged. I’m sure many young kids would be fascinated by the whole thing if they saw the fashion first hand worn by other young kids today. Image a stand at the Royal Melbourne Show or other Melbourne events manned by the good folk of the skins and sharps.

By: shane

shane — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:32:50 +0000

whats up jhonno? i seen your comments and that of some others on this site about [prahran] and sharpies. and your right mate they were the days the days where a bloke could test himself and see if he could be solid!you said you grew up there prahran i new a bloke or two by that name one of witch had he’s nick name tattooed on he’s lip? if not you then thats sweet. i miss prahran. i was born there and me and me family grew up there mostly in the walk up’s for stories. and in a few houses in prahran me old man was butcher in the market. i loved that joint. you know you can find shitman every where even prahran. but staunch good men every where nar prahran had more than most. sharps to as i said i new a couple out of there . as a kid i got have me coat pulled and a whisper in me ear by some of the best.in there company you could see & feel it self pride layolty manners respect, fuck i wanted that feeling as well. anyway enough edgar from me. funny i dont see it as looking back its just another test you all know it the one of time, sharpies ya up forit. to you johnno and your boy all the best. like me old man said your a long time dead.