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The Street Wreckin' Posse (East Riding of Yorkshire's premier breakdance 'Crew' )
The Street Wreckin' Posse (SWP) was one of the Premier breakdancing groups (or Crew in Hip-Hop Terminology) in East Yorkshire and Kingston Upon Hull.

By the early to mid nineteen eighties Breakdancing (an acrobatic and fast paced dance style) and body popping (which comprised a series of dance styles including, locking, robot and waves) had reached the shores of the UK as well as other aspects of Hip-Hop culture.

A group of youngsters who lived, at the time, primarily in the Boulevard and Cavill Place areas of Hull and somewhat influenced by the short lived Bridgetown Breaker Posse (BBP) came together to form their 'Crew'.

The crew initially started off with just four members DO, SH, HL and NL the latter two being brothers. At the time of forming their crew around 1983 they all were aged between 15 to 12 years.

In subsequent years the Crew expanded to other members including a pair of twins JW and MW and their elder brother NW. The twins were in fact hearing impaired and touched upon how this was not a hindrance to their style in a 1984 Hull Daily Mail article. There were other occasional members including OO brother of DO and TA and A.

Over the years they practiced and perfected their craft on the streets of the city and in various youth clubs. They became highly sought after performers and featured in numerous mini shows in clubs, youth centres and numerous private functions in and around Hull.

The SWP also demonstrated their ability as the best Crew in Hull by defeating challengers in Battles, what might be known as dance offs nowadays as well as more formal dance competitions hosted by various clubs around the city. They competed in a North East of England championship in Newcastle Upon Tyne where they came third.

They continued dancing and performing together until some members of the group went off to study outside of Hull around 1987. The core and some other members are still in close contact and throughout all this time they remain recognised as Kingston Upon Hull's prime first generation breakdancing crew and performers.