British Walkers Page #11

What up bwb? life once again we gotta treat dis dude like dat other cat don't even give'em nor thought.holla.keep diggin yall we hittin things.j-cape I lived in hempstead b4 also on the drive.i'm 42 though.but i know some cats your age too. you lived on the heights or the hills?.peace nat,life,neek,double p,ink,wave,ocie.if i missed anybody no malice intended.yo wave i got a picture of the cat wit a black cortefiel with a white fur collar it's black and white though imma get it to you.(TNTC)

jcapeverde, I've seen your name before, you post on the "P." I used to post on there years ago - people also know me as BigWill. Nice to see a fellow househead that loves the old skool gear. You've posted some good history here on the old skool stores.

I live on the Hill. Some of my closest boys was from the Drive - Honeys too! LOL Yeah Big Will, I'm still on the "P", though not as much as I used to be. I'm gonna post a pic I found of a Blye label so you know what it looks like if you ever come across one. This got me thinking about old shoe stores. A ssomeone mentioned before, Florsheim was was the Playboy spot in Hempstead when I came up. Some of the Drive bros broke in & wiped out every pair back in 1970! LOL Lefcourt Shoes on Madison also had some sweet shoes. They also had reissued Playboys in the late 70's early 80's. Around the same time as McCreedy & Schreiber. I was thinking about the old Orchard Street. There was a old Black tailor, Mr. Brown on Allen Street. He'd make any kind of pants for $35 & put any kind of flaps on too. The criss cross, gun holster, round corners, hidden buttons, etc. What I miss are the wide wale corduroys with the Persian Lamb pocket flaps. Some people don't even know what Persian Lamb is! I went into Below The Belt years ago & asked a guy about putting it on a leather. This so-called "salesman" didn't know what the f**k I was talking about. Chump! Also anybody remember the Omega pants? No belt loops with the tab that had the Omega sign on them? Used to get them Uptown in Mohair, also on D street & Reval Knox on Jamaica Ave. I hated pants with belt loops. All my pants had to be western pockets in front, flaps on the back pockets & NO BELT LOOPS! It seems like tailoring is a lost art. Guys with felonies could be in business for themselves if they knew how to sew! Double Promo, you remember Grad's Cleaners on the Heights on Clinton across from Brierly Park? That old cat could sew his azz off! He did work on some leather pants for me. They were a little too peg leg. He split the seam, took a piece of the cut off hem & placed it in widening the leg. Perfect!

jcape, you're building here like Mike Barnes does (LOL/my man) ...... I don't know much about LI spots as I was born and raised in the South Bronx, and you're a dime older than me so you're mentioning spots I know my older cousins were up on. My early days of shopping were @ Florsheim on 149th Street off of 3rd Ave in the Bronx and all the spots on 3rd Avenue (back in the days of Alexanders and Crazy Eddie's). I also used to shop on Fordham Road (Martin Brothers was the spot - had to get the Lee jeans with the stitched in creases and the ONYX patch on the back pocket). I can't remember exactly when or how I got my first Playboys or British Walkers - didn't have much dough and somewhat resorted to "finding" sneakers and shoes back then. I remember getting my first pair of AJ Lesters from the AJ Lester store on 125th Street (I used to love that store). Was it true that the people that owned AJ Lester also owned Reval Knox and the same type of clothing store that was in Albee Square Mall (I forget the name)? Do you remember the hoodie sweaters that were sold on Jamaica Avenue in the early 80's that had iron-ons of whatever your initial letter was with the Playboy bunny with fake diamond in the eye and your name in chinese letters on the other side of the jacket?

Yo jcape, That's some crazy history man. I only remember a couple of the stores you mentioned and that's only because my uncle used to talk about them all the time. I would love to see one of those Blye shirts, My uncle was just talking about them joints saturday said he used to rock them joint too. I heard about McCreedy's matter of fact I went down there last year they were on 51st and... I think 6th or 8th Ave...somewhere around there. Outta' business now. Who remembers this joint(store) called Dehardest Hard on 125th and what you used to can get outta there :-). Yo Ink, I saw those Davanzatis, those joints are nice just might get them joints. KID,MOOK,ICE,LIFE,DOUBLE P,INK,NEEK, BIG JIZZY,and my man OCIE, HOLLA!!

DAAAAAMN Double P, I remember them iron on letter's and da playboy bunny, was that the same joints kids used to rock wit da iron-on lightning bolts? I had one done that said M.C. Ricky O. LOL. Prome when's the last time you been on Southern B. and Simpson street. They used to have a jew man shop on simpson that used to sell the Lee onyx jeans, the stradlers and the twills. I was up on Fordham day after thanksgiving brought back alot of memories. not much has changed,just the style of gear most of the stores are still there.

What up? crew I'm Back from vacation and back to my computer

Peace, Love and Chicken wings to my BWB's. Sorry Im not engaged much, just got a tenant and trying to get this house together for the move. MooK, KID, the JUICE ALLNAT, NEEK, Big J, Double P, INK, and all others, much love to you all. Have anyone came up with a spot we can post pics, I want to put some faces to the names. For me, Born in Brooklyn, raised in East Orange NJC, but now in VA. All the stores I shopped for the gear was in NJC, and i believe you all are right. the first pair of playboys and BW's were from the Florsheim. Wow, back in the Day. Guess what I just ordered? Some Cazal's 607 Joints.. Can you believe it. Just picked me up a couple of Stetson's, and going to grab a few more playboys and wallabees soon. My wife think i have flipped, i told her, me and my BWB's are just doing what we do. It may look crazy to her but it sure feel good. Much love to all yall. Lets get this summer bash together.

I remember Dehardest Hard alright! LOL I even had a Harlem All Stars tee with that on it! There's a picture of a V neck Blye I found, but it's not what was popular back in the day. They were finer quality wool Italian knits with suede and/or leather trim and designs. I last saw one in Reval Knox years ago that they must have found in the basement. Lime green 3/4 length, with suede playing card symbols. Spade, heart, club & diamond on the chest and near the waist on either side. One symbol on each section. Leather trim around the collar with a fly front also trimmed in lime green leather. Green leather on the cuffs and trim around the bottom. They wanted $1000 for it, but came down to $600 when I showed some interest. I might've gave them $300, but even that was a lot for a 15-20 year old shirt that they just happened to find. Reval Knox, London Character, Superfly Playboy, Lefcourt shoes had the half gators, which were more affordable, but still expensive compared to regular shoes. They had a gator top and heel (back) but were leather everywhere else. Two tones looked especially nice such as tan/chocolate brn.

Yo PROME, Are you a member of SoundviewStandup.com and ItsABronxThing.com if not check da site out. It's nice. People from all over the world who either grew up in soundview, or the bronx or have lived there before. They are gettin' ready to put together the 21st anniversary Old Timers day at the big park in soundview this august. If my memory serves me correctly they was always LIVE!!

Do anyone remember the squede 3 1/4 slips on that mens walkers use to sell on 125th back in the day,i think they were called ballys, they came in navy blue,sky blue, biege and black.If so do anyone know where to get them from?

Waddup BWB, Yo I found a dude that said he can dye my navy joints leather and all. He said the leather on these joints is good so he can work wit em. Nat you told me that, anyway I was walking around downtown wit my joints around my neck cuz I want a dude to see em and say "Yo I had them blah blah blah" then I say you still got em, or know anybody who do? Yo thats how Im on it. Nat we been said its dudes out here that still got em and seeing Biz confirmed that some dudes dont throw away nuthin,yo dat ni66a Biz got deadstock a-thing! I look at that clip bout 7-8 times a day he got da burgundy & gray strap jammies and the Green & beige strap joints 7:27,4:23,4:45 quick peep at the strap 3:22,right at 3:23 its a quick back shot of all of em he got Promes Navy tie-up joints and them samsung joints wit a burgundy slip-on just like the Navy jammies he picked up.Come on you know I broke the clip down like a FBI agent frame by frame word, Id be happy as $h!t wit dat 6 pair he got Whew!. Yo Im planning another trip this time gotta get together a lil earlier so I can roam a lil more but we did good wit the time and da rain and all-lat.So thats what it izz ya heard BWB keep diggin. Peace to da hoal croo Kid,Life,Nat,OC,Prome,Neek Ink,Ice, Big J hold it down Bee. Dee

I am laughing because I am glad that I put you brothas on to that Biz clip.Its funny cause the first time i saw it....I watched it like crazy.But like I said Biz has the most of alot of stuff..records,hip-hop tapes,flyers etc.Which one of us will be the first to find Britishers by Palladio?????????....the saga continues.....We might see Prez Obama rockin a pair of British and a pair of Lees

What Up BWB crew I'm gonna check that biz Joint in a minute yo when we all gonna get together again I missed the last one I went on vacation a few days before. and as far this guy with his air force ones yes that is a good sneaker but we called them (uptowns) Mr.New jack not swing. I remember the hi top Bw's with the b on the outside ankle on top of a suede patch them joints was HOT!

Allnat I'm not familiar with those sites you mentioned but I'mma check them out. Mike G, you're talking about the Bally Aden and Alex shoes; the Aden's were the on-the-ankle laceups that were part leather with a suede top and came in lovely colors like olive green, red, blue, black, tan, etc. The Alex were the low-cut tie-ups and slip-ons and then they changed up the style and added a leather thread around the shoe (lawd I used to love the tan ones). Bally stopped making them in the early 90's. When I moved from Ozone Park to East New York back in 2001 I had mistakenly left behind about seven pair of Bally shoes and to this day I regret not taking them with me because they were all in excellent - to near mint condition as I didn't wear them that much at all. I can't help but feel that at some future date someone is gonna get real smart and bring them back out. Mike at Mike's Shoe Plaza has been speaking on this, but for me it ain't official if Bally doesn't do it. Here's a throwback on the Bally's for y'all fellas: New Edition's N.E. HEARTBREAK video - check out they were each wearing one yellow laceup Bally and one black laceup Bally. ......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnEi2MyqBlY .......... and they was catching some fly dance steps too.

Yo dont get me wrong Baldogs was fresh and all-lat but Imma British lover Bee too many styles colors and the look. They suped up like a hot rod and they got dat curve in em yo nuffin like em yo. But go to the tube punch in Dana dane nightmares video you get a clip of him witta fly sky blue pair damn these are dope Bee...

Yooo Mook, You CRAZY Son. LOL! I knew you was gonna break dat clip down. Hahaha. Brought back alot of memories for me too cause I had them joints. Prome I don't even have to watch dat vid, as soon as you said the name I knew which one it was. Them yellow joints is Hella Fresh! I used to love yellow back in da day. Lee jeans wit a yellow Ban Lon wit da yellow ballys...Oooooh WEEeeee!LOL! I just had the ballys I copped on EBAY dyed all brown and they came out aight. I'm still tryin' to get somebody to do my Ice tie-ups. I might have to check out dude on wall street dat ICE was talkin' about. YO! it's supposed to be 85 Saturday and Sunday I was thinking about hittin' da city again, going down to canal and Mott. I gotta get them navy blue 69er's from 40th street, they only want a quarter for them. As far as finding the Palladio's I hope we can someday soon and the bally alex/aden. Cause I be on EBAY Allworld LOL! and I still can't find them. I think I'm gonna start asking ol' skool headz who may still have them in a box or closet if they want to sell them. I gotta have them joints. Peace Out er'ybody.

Allnat, navy blue 69'ers on 40th Street? Where at? I've been wanting to get some but some shops are charging almost $50 for them.

Prome, It's on 40th and 6th Av on da corner across from Bryant Park. I was in there about 8mos. ago and they had'em in blue, green. The store takes up 1/2 a block down 6th Ave. Check'em out P they still should have them.

Allnat check this pic: http://www.doublepromo.com/new14crop.jpg -- yeah I was rocking a shag-type do back in 1984 but it's me with one of those Jamaica Ave hoodies with the initial letter; I'm tryin' ta find a store that makes those poly/cotton stiff type hoodies and then a store that makes the same type of iron-on letters and I'm gonna make a few of those hoodies for myself. I know once I rock one of those on Jamaica Ave the old skool cats are gonna be all over it.

BTW the name on my hoodie was my graffiti name back in the day, and I still have those Cazal's I was wearing in the pic but for the life of me I can't find them.

Yo Prome, I can't see da flick. It might be gone, the server is down. But send it to my email. ebv_sda@hotmail.com I could use a good laugh today. LOL. PEACE

Yo prome I saw that flick yo you look like you just finished filming widstyle beatstreet one of dem old skool joints!LOL Yeah son I love lookin at anything 80s yo I gotta find some flicks man Im calling mu cuzin TODAY and we going up in his moms attic! Peace to Da crew Dee

MAN I USE TO MAX THOSE BRITTSH WALKERS, PLAY BOYS, PLADS AND MOCK NECKS. I PULLED SO MANY FEMALES FROM MY MACK. THEY CALLED ME ALI-MACK-A-TACK. THOSE WHERE THE DAYS. I HAD A WHOLE LOTTA FUN. WISH I COULD HOLD THEM HOSTAGE AND BRING BACK THE DAY. (BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT) BEARDSLEY TERRACE MAFIA

Yo Ali, I'm up in NEW HAVEN KID, DA JUNGLE across da street from union station. I used to rock parties up in the Terrace back in da day me and my crew. And the North End Boys Club. Ni66a's was wild up there back then. We used to always beef wit Bridgeport back in da day. You know how it was when ni66a's from B-Port used to come to New Haven too. Man them was da days. Holla Back Crew.

DoublePromo I was on Ebay checkin out a linen for my sons graduation. I saw some white ones at a good price. Yo mookeychase you got the # for dude who's going to dye your joints?

Yeah Ink Imma wait til I get em back to make sure he do good work. I was tellin Ice last nite the dude said he could dye em burgundy but only the leather he said the beige suede wouldnt come out, like deep burgundy.I told him he might make some money if da work is good.Yo gimme a few days to get em in and out then I will post his number aight. I asked him was he sure he could dye the leather he was like "I dye shoes man I know I can" so I keep yall posted matter fact anybody who find a good shoe man post dat. Mike said some dude up there re-does the whole shoe leather and all so a-body be on the look out we might get some Palladios made word.... Did you dudes get that track I sent? Peace yall, Dee

YO WHUT UP ALLNAT: I FEEL YOU KID, BACK IN THE DAY BPT WAS OFF THE CHAIN. I USE TO ROCK THE MIC WITH THE CHILLY CHILL NATION. I'M ONE OF THE ORIGIONAL MC'S FROM THE CHILLY-3. WE MADE THAT CUT CALLED "SHAKE YOUR BOOTY." WE WHERE BEFORE THE SKINNY BOYS. WE HAD BRIDGEPORT RAP GAME ON LOCK. OUR DJ WAS SHU-ROCK HE WAS SICK WIT IT. I THINK HE COULD HAVE GIVEN FLASH THE BUSISNESS. HOMEBOY THOSE WHERE THE DAYS. HOLLA AT YA BOY' I'M OUT.

I thought dis joint wuz bout british walkers.You cats talkin bout 69erz,mock necks,dis and dat,yackty yak....come up ta Pink House rockin some british walkers na-mean

I was just watching the Biz clip again and did you hear Biz say that he didnt bring everything over to his new crib.I told you that he has mad pairs of British.

Yo..waddup BWB?????I was on the phone today wit COOL V for a half and he said it shouldn't be a problem getting Biz to do my documentary on the Old School Fashion!!!!!!!!!!he told me he might not let me in his house to do it on the strength he dosn't know me that well...but he wit it and he said Biz shouldn't have a problem talking on camera for me...I hope he let's me do it at his house I need all them articles of clothing for the cam fam!!!!!!!!He said he will hit me wit mad pics though...and he gotta dookie rope collection from back in the day still...........DAMN I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!! MOOK/ICE/NAT/BIG J/INK/DBL PROME/UNEEK/AND ANEEBODEE I 4GOT..1 LUV!

I think we all should hit Biz up at www.bizmarkie.com and also at monarkie@aol.com The more people that hit him up..the more of a chance wit getting results ya dig !!! I sent one already...whos next ???

yo wave i got biz road manager number we went to high school together imma hit him up today maybe we could go from dat angle too. what up bwb? he still be wit dem uptown cats who might have the in on some old school fashions. he might be able to plug u wit dapper dan too he still makin gear to dis day. holla back. wave,mook,nat,big j,neek,prome,jcape and the new homie ali-dee.one.

BK all day we talkin bout 80s S#!t this site is called inthe80s.com this page is about British Walkers but the people who run it dont have a prob wit us kickin it like this so why do you? We been buildin since Jan tryin to accomplish our goal. We build so what ever we come up wit thats what it is why does it bother you? We aint on that lil boy S#!t you on plus yo, if a ni66a come thru Louis Pink Houses freakin his British aint nuffin gonna happen cuz Tut Kashee and all them dudes who was puttin in work back then is gone or retired and these young boys dont wear em so if a ni66a come thru there witta fresh pair aint nuffin gonna happen. What you sayin you gon be the one to catch em? You still robbin for gear, a grown man, you still goin to Bklyn house and the Island and all that? Well you got the wrong site we chillin on this site but still, I got some war stories if this was that kinda site but I wouldnt tell em cuz you gets no points for internet thuggin. Just like in the joint you can be what ever you want when you tell your own story. Yo you know where we can get some Old Skool BWs,you got something to contribute to my man Kidwaves documentary about hip-hop? Can you post some pictures to show us how fly you was at the Roxy Funhouse Fever Rooftop or at Empire? Cuz thats what this site is on B if you wanna tongue wrestle wit a ni66a you tube is famous for that plenty of stupid a$$ young ni66as on there that love it ya heard? Peace to all my 80s heads who keepin it real, and real 80s Dee

WERD MOOK...LET DEM NI66AZ KNOW !!!!!THIS IS A GROWN UP SITE NO KIDZ ALLOWED YA DIGG???

Cant take 2 seriously N E one frum PANK houses.

What it iz BWB!! Yo mook dat waz on point son cuz these young punk a$$ ni66az wit' this tongue lashin' shizz iz gone stop word up!! This is british walker post but we still build on ALL related topics to da ol skool gear yah heard!! If anybody got any info on whatever ol skool gear cats use to rock back in da day is welcomed but ALL you invisible bully's immature a$$ ni66as need to swing dat bulls##t over on youtube straight up! Keep it movin' my bwb fam kid,nat,mook,bigj,ice, prome,jcape,neek and ali dee 1LUV!!!

Mook way to Xpress yourself and we are backin you 100%. Thats what we are about. BWB's Baby = British Walker Brothers or BROTHERS With BUSINESS, thats what we are about. And just to add to Mook and let you know, we aint giving that Trash no respect and if you are not willing to get this business jumping, then i suggest you STEP. Now back to business, BWB's I've been missing some crazy dialog on the site but trying to play catchup today. Finally got that tenant in the house and wife and I are exhausted but God is good. Last update I had was that someone found the Mock Necks- where ? also ALLNAT, getting em' dyed now, good thinking.. I definately want them burgandy joints. I am here in Virginia and will check around the city to see who has skills in doing that but I dont even think many of these cats know about the Brits so im skeptical. I will check and give the scoop. Also, I have a partner who was with DEF JAMS, he did some work with Queen Latifah and back in the day it was Nikki D'. Daddy's little girl, he produced it. His name is Sidney (S.I.D production) I will try to find his number and see if He has a hook up with BIZ. I suggest we start putting some of our ideas on paper and keep a research listing going of places found that may be of interest. I will kick that off. Also, what yall think about hooking up this summer in NYC?? We have lunch and talk about some IDEAS and of course,.> EAT>. .Well I got to get going, but will chime in daily to engage.. Peace to all my BWB's and to all the spectators, (if you got somethin' worth while, come on in and join us).. Until next time.. peace

Had a pair of brown/tan BWs for my brother's graduation from junior high school ('83). Where can I buy a pair?

Yo CREW, I"M BACK! Damn I MISS THIS JOINT! I just got connected again,I been down for awhile. Yo. I heard some POOTBUTT got on talkin' out da side of his neck...something about don't come ta crooklyn wit da British!? Well I'm glad my ni66a's set it straight. You know how we do on dis micky flicky! HOLLA MY DUNNS!!!

ALLNAT- I think the site has been down. I was unable to post to it. As you can see noone has done any really dialog since MOOK. Whats up with the Interview with BIZ? He gonna do it or what? Also .. did you read my post on hooking up for the summer.. Also we are past those "Dont come to crooklyn days" thats for the losers, we are business men trying to get it poppin. What's our next move? Hit me.

ALLNAT- Did you dye your BW's yet? If so, how did they come out??

Shoe cats around my way is scared to dye the ice suede so I am going old school and dot my self I found a spot that sells the dye. http://www.fabricdyes.co.uk/fabric_design.asp?fabrictypeid=11#info This one is a spray paint for fabrics. http://www.fabricspraypaint.com/ there are other sites with more colers

There was this polish I used to get back in the day that I used to use on Adidas and suede Pumas to color them. It kinda made the suede look like leather. I hope that you doing the white BW's comes out right because I'd hate for you to mess up a good pair of shoes. I'm leaving for the UK (Manchester) next Wednesday for a music event and a DJ gig (will be there for a week) but I'mma be checking out the stores in the downtown Manchester area to see what I can find out. There are some brotha's over there that love rocking vintage gear like we do - hopefully I'll be able to get a lead on something, whether it's Britishers, or even better, some BALLY's and I'll defo post info on whatever it is I can find out.

Yeah I remember, same thing with my Pumas. The site says it will keep the suede soft. The yardies love that vintage gear. In my mind the influx of Jamaicans in the mid 70's is what put a lot of the brothers up on things like Clarks in general wallabee weavers specifically. Depending on the exchange rate you might can catch some Og Plaboys at nice price. What are you spinning over there,Manchester that their house capital yeah? Good luck and have great trip.

YO WHO KNOWS WHERE TO BUY MOCK NECKS AND THE ORIGIONAL PLAIDS? HOLLA AT YOUR BOY. THOSE WHERE SOME SERIOUS JOINTS BACK IN THE DAY. I HAD FIVE MOCK NECKS WITH FIVE PAIR OF PLAIDS TO MATCH AND I WAS ROCKIN THE PLAY BOY'S AND THE BRITTISH WALKERS.

It's a party an hour outside of Manchester in a town called Southport called the Southport Weekender that I'm going to; been going there since 2003 - they do the party twice a year. Big name American and US DJ's with a mostly house music scene as I'm a big house head. Started really getting into house in the mid-late 80's especially from listening to Tony Humphries on KISS-FM. While I go to the party I get the occasional gig to play records when I'm out there. The party is off the hook I'll tell you that. Manchester is an absolutely beautiful city and I love getting the chance to go there. Also will have my eye on some of the harder-to-find sneakers seeing as some of the more unique looking Adidas sneakers are in Europe and Asia and hard to get here in the States. And the Brits - oh my gizz can these people party and DRINK like a thirsty fish!

Oh yeah, I forgot the name of the polish but if we're talking about the same thing Inc it used to come in a small bottle and it had a small brush head attached to the screw top and it came in mad colors. I gotta dig for some of my old pics again to see if I got one with my shelltoe Adidas colored lime green back in 1983.

Yea, I remember dyeing the puma back in da day. It did make the suede hard like leather then they used to crack up top if you rocked them too much. Yo Prome put them UK bruv'a up on da inthe00s site so they can see what's up, maybe we can get some dialog going wit them cats. ALI, YOU CAN GET THE MOCKS AND THE PLAIDS FROM PENGUINI'S ON THE CORNER OF 38th AND 6th AV. And ALSO ON ORCHARD ST. A SPOT CALLED NICK AND SON'S CLOTHING. HOLD IT DOWN DOUBLE P FOR BWB OVER IN DA UK! HAVE A SAFE TRIP AND RIP IT EAST COAST STYLE!!!

OK fellas, gotta create a brief interlude here: www.blackjackskanz.com - don't check the site while at work or when you're girl's around. It's not nude or porn but it's high quality scans of pictures and being that all us brotha's here love old skool fashion - I've no doubt y'all are going to LOVE the pics on the site.

Let me be a bit clearer - high quality scans of some of the baddest sista's with the bangin'est bodies.