The Blitz kids

Steve Strange, outside Club Hell in Covent Garden, 1980 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Wendy, in the yard behind Club Hell, 1980 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Martin Kemp (left) and Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet on the King's Road, 1980 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Jane Kahn (left) and friend, outside the Venue in Victoria, 1980 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Clare Thom (also known as 'Clare with the hair'), at Club for Heroes, a basement off Baker Street, 1981 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Princess Julia at the Blitz club, 1979 Photograph: Derek Ridgers/Derek Ridgers

Theresa Thurmer, aka Pinkietessa, aka Pinkie Braithwaite, who during the day worked as a secretary at the Daily Express, at the Blitz Club, 1980 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Melissa Caplan at the Blitz club, 1979 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Cerith Wyn Evans, outside the Blitz club, 1980 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Luciana Martinez at the Alternative Miss World at Earls Court, 1981 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Scarlett at the Alternative Miss World at Earls Court, 1981 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Fashion designer Stephen Linard and Myra Falconer, at Le Kilt club in Soho, 1980 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Martin Degville (later lead singer of Sigue Sigue Sputnik) at Billy's in Soho, 1978 Photograph: Derek Ridgers

Derek Ridgers: "I never found out this couple's names. They told me they were brother and sister, but then I saw them kissing later, so I think they were having me on." The Blitz club, 1979 Photograph: Derek Ridgers