The Ted Project started back in 2016 after a chance encounter with a Teddy Boy walking down the main drag in Hemsby, Norfolk in full regalia.
Growing up in the 1970s, Teds had been a staple part of our music and television diet (even Russ Abbot had a Teddy Boy character - Vince Prince) but as the 70s came to a close, Teds faded from relevance.
But they were clearly still here. Older, but still walking the streets with swagger and still wearing the distinctive clobber.  I had to know more.  
Teddy Boys were the first youth subculture. They grew out of London in the early 1950s when working class youth appropriated the New Edwardian Style, designed originally by Saville Row tailors in the late 1940s. Edwardian was shortened to Ted and the legend was born. 
The Teds were soon associated with trouble. The papers of the day were rife with stories of bike chain wielding Teddy Boy gangs terrorising dance halls and provoking public outcry.
By the early 1960s , most of the Teds had moved on, started families and settled down.
In the 1970s, a resurgence of interest in Rock and Roll re-ignited the Teds, bringing new blood to the movement and a new exaggerated colourful take on the look.
The culture lives on today in rock & roll clubs all over the UK.
Many of the older Teds on the scene today are veterans of the 1970s Ted revival.  Battle hardened from the well-publicised run-ins with Punks and Mods, they have now settled to peaceful co-existence with their previous sworn enemies.
The photos in this series are all taken over the last 8 years in pubs, working men’s clubs and rock and roll all-dayers around the UK .