In pictures: Gavin Watson's 'Skins'

Although women do not appear so much in the iconic photographs, they played a significant part in skinhead culture and developed their own hairstyle.

The Union Jack was a more common focus than the St George flag but they both represented a search for a unifying influence among the working classes.

After the strikes of the late 70s, the divisions between left and right-wing supporters were more clearly defined than today.