Chavs were made up by a middle/upperclass newspaper in 2004 to paint the working class as all animalistic thugs. They never actually existed, and like with The Loch Ness Monster, the stories of run-ins with them were always too ridiculous to be true

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    1 day ago

    Reply to edited chart - violence against adult was not as common. Violence against other kids however…

    Also, 1995–2002 was peak chav ;)