Watch and learn: a short guide to wild fun from the England of the 80s
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/watch-and-learn-a-short-guide-to-wild-fun-from-the-england-of-the-80s1.htmlBritish photographer Dafydd Jones spent the 80s documenting a variety of balls, receptions and university parties in all their drunken splendor. On the eve of the New Year's festivities season, we invite you to look at the wild fun going on there and, perhaps, borrow some ideas or, conversely, think about the consequences in advance…
William Knott and Edward Hoare at a dance party at the Boodles Private Club, London, 1981. Here and further the author's comments about his pictures and what is happening on them.
A member of the Bullingdon Club who fell asleep on a bench during the May Graduation Ball at Christ Church College, Oxford, on June 26, 1981.
Charlotte Stockdale, circa 1985.
Piers Gaveston's Scandalous Society Ball, 1983.
The ball of the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, April 6, 1985.
Clive Cook at a party hosted by Oliver Baxter. London, November 13, 1981.
Catherine Pearson at the Hitwave Ball at the Grosvernor House Hotel, London, July 22, 1987.
Lady Henrietta Bathurst at the Cinderella Ball. Dorchester Hotel, December 1980.
May Ball of New College, Oxford, June 1986.
A debutante in a pond with lilies. Charles McDowell pushes Pop Vincent during the Martin Betts Dance Party, Ascot, July 23, 1982.
Halloween ball, October 31, 1987.
"The Burning Boat", Oriel College, Oxford, 1984.
Celebrations after the rowing competition in Cambridge, June 1984.
Alexander Figis-Walker dances with Sarah Fazakerley at the Trinity College Ball, Cambridge, June 15, 1981.
Blizzard Ball at the Grosvernor House Hotel, London, January 7, 1986.
Charity Feather Ball at Hammersmith Palais, London, December 1981.
Dancing in the pond at the wedding of Ari Campbell-McNair-Wilson and Nick Ashley, Hampshire, 1984.
Tamara Beckwith at the Hitwave Ball, Grosvernor House Hotel, London, July 16, 1986.
Fallen asleep at a party, London, 1985.
Natasha and Benjamin Fraser leave at dawn from a party organized by John Aspinall in Port Lympne, 1981.
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