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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Caroline Coon, Jimmy Pursey – Sham 69, 1978

Caroline Coon

Jimmy Pursey – Sham 69, 1978
Archival Pigment Print
42 x 29.7 cms
16 1/2 x 11 3/4 ins
11470
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Caroline Coon, Jimmy Pursey – Sham 69, 1978
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JJimmy Pursey – Sham 69. December 1978 Driving back from a gig in Hastings, Jimmy Pursey leapt out of the van to sign his mark on a motorway sign. In...
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JJimmy Pursey – Sham 69. December 1978


Driving back from a gig in Hastings, Jimmy Pursey leapt out of the van to sign his mark on a motorway sign. In July, The Sham 69 single ‘The Kids are United’ reached number 9 in the UK charts. This single expressed Pursey’s anti-racism stance as he tried to be an ameliorating bridge between punks and his young neo-Nazi fans.

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