Born to an Army family at Colchester Barracks in Essex, England, Julianne Mumford moved with her parents to Harrogate, North Yorkshire at age 11. While a pupil at Harrogate Ladies’ College, she started to hang around with local bikers at age 15, although she was more interested in the mechanical side of motorcycles than becoming a biker-chick.
In 1975, at age 19, she married Kenneth Denby, who wanted to be a “prospect” or probationary member of the Bradford chapter of the Satans Slaves Motorcycle Club. In an interview with the BBC in 2005, she described her time as a Satans Slave associate as: “It was very difficult. We didn’t have a very good relationship with the police. If anything happened you knew you would immediately get the blame. There were only certain places you could go. We had a lot of power on the streets so I was Little Queen — I just went where I liked and did what I liked because I had a lot of protection. We had a lot of power but you were definitely marked out. Bike culture is very hierarchic and patriarchal so obviously I wasn’t in the Satan Slaves. My husband was in the Satan Slaves. I was married to him and that’s quite a distinction. As a woman you can’t be in those gangs.”
Disillusioned with the strict regimentation and controls associated with membership of a biker group and particularly rebellious against those exercised over WAGs of the male bikers and the expected-conformity which she encountered during four years’ association with the Slaves, she dyed her hair pink, broke her ties to the Slaves and later started working as a bouncer during the embryonic punk scene of the late 1970s at the Queen’s Hall, Bradford.
She then started attending a local poetry-reading group and organised public events for a local group Poetry in Motion. Stepping in for an absent member, she gained her first experience of public speaking.#JoolzDenby #biography #novelist #VIS #VISLITERATURE #Author #Literature
She is known for her rebellious nature and involvement in the biker culture during her youth she rebelled against the controls and expectations of being a Biker’s wife eventually breaking away from the group recognized for her involvement in the punk scene and her work as a bouncer she
Later found her passion for poetry and public speaking her name is Jules Denby in the annals of counterculture history one name stands out Jules Denby a British poet and writer whose impact on the punk scene and poetry world is immeasurable born julienne Mumford to an Army Family at Colchester barracks in Essex England
Jules’s rebellious Spirit began to emerge at a young age while attending Harrogate ladies college she found herself drawn to the world of motorcycles and the mechanical side of things rather than conforming to the expectations of being a biker chick at the age of 19 Jules married Kenneth
Demby who aspired to be a member of the Satan slaves motorcycle club her involvement with the club as she later described in an interview with the BBC was challenging there were strict hierarchies and controls within the biker group and as a woman she was unable to join however jules’s rebellious Spirit Led
Her to break free from the club’s regimentation and controls she dyed her hair pink in severed ties with the slaves seeking a different path disillusioned with the biker culture Jules found a new outlet for her creativity and rebellion in the emerging Punk scene of the late 1970s she began
Working as a bouncer at the Queen’s Hall in Bradford immersing herself in the vibrant energy of punk music and its rebellious ethos it was during this time that she also started attending a local poetry reading group and organizing public events for a local group called poetry in motion
Stepping in for an absent member Jules gained her first experience of public speaking and discovered her passion for poetry In the small town of Harrogate North Yorkshire a young girl named Julianne or Jules as she was known grew up in an Army Family at the age of 11 her parents moved the family to Harrogate where Jules would soon discover her passion for motorcycles however unlike other girls her age Jules
Was more interested in the mechanics behind the bikes rather than becoming a typical biker chick at just 19 years old Jules found herself marrying Kenneth Denby a man who aspired to join the Bradford chapter of the Satan slaves Motorcycle Club this decision would lead Jules into a world filled with challenges and
Conflicts as she became an associate of the club in a 2005 interview with the BBC she described the difficulties of being associated with the Satan slaves saying it was very difficult we didn’t have a very good relationship with the police if anything happened you knew you would immediately get the blame
Despite the power and protection that came with being a part of the biker culture Jules grew disillusioned with the strict rules and expectations imposed on the wives and girlfriends of the male bikers Breaking Free from the Satan slaves she rebelled against Conformity dying her hair pink and leaving the biker lifestyle behind
She found a new path in the burgeoning punk scene of the late 1970s working as a bouncer at the Queen’s Hall in Bradford it was during this time that juulsa’s life took an unexpected turn she started attending local poetry reading groups and organizing public events for a group called poetry in
Motion when a member was absent Jules stepped in and gained her first taste of public speaking this experience sparked a fire within her igniting a passion for writing and Performing poetry that would become her greatest literary achievement Do you want to explore more novelists who do you want to see featured next subscribe and leave a comment below to let me know I’ll see you in the next video