Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop (2003):
“Didn’t like music then. Just played football and come in late for me tea. And knocked on people’s doors and ran off. Ran through people’s back gardens and pinched things."
What sort of things would you pinch?
"Clothes off the washing line. If I thought they looked pretty cool I thought, 'I’ll have that.' Mountain bikes. Anything. Lawn mowers."
You used to nick lawn mowers?
"Mm, and sell ‘em. For weed.”
Mojo (1997):
Clint Boon: Any city in the north is full of guys just like Noel was. He ran a nice line in nicking trainers to order. He could always get you a nice raincoat that's just fallen off the back of a lorry. He wasn't involved in organised crime. It wasn't like Noel was doing the nicking. He just knew the lads who were doing all the ram-raiding. He used to ask, "Does anyone here want a mountain bike?" Stuff like that. I got kitted out by him several times.
