Fight Among Teddy Boys Gang
A conductor had a finger brokenafter ordering two youths to leave a Rochdale to Bacup bus. A gang of Teddy Boys started a free for all fight after several youths persisted in ringing the bell. In the fight that followed the conductor was struck on the hand by a belt. Inspector A R Riley descibed the scene as a shambles. Two of the youths involved in the fracas were fined £5 each for disorderly behaviour and one of the said youths was sentenced to three months imprisonment for inflicting grevous bodily harm on the conductor.
Article taken from Rochdale Observer dated 16th March 1957
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