A song that reminds me of somewhere.
This song reminds me of a place called Ladystreet in Helston, Cornwall. A famous nightclub in those parts and the only place you could get drunk after closing time. Obviously being in the Navy meant we did a lot of drinking so it was where you would find many of us until the early hours.
It was run by a woman named Peggy who called everyone Darling and gave you a cheese roll along with your entrance pass.
It was a tiny place really and consisted of a bar area downstairs and a small dance floor on a balcony above. The records tended to jump a bit if people started to jig about. If you remember this song you will also remember that it involved a fair bit of 'jigging' at the chorus.
I can't listen to this without the image of a load of drunken people jigging about on a wooden balcony to a song that was totally ruined and a DJ frantically trying to stop the record being scratched. Oh how we laughed!
It also reminds me of copious amounts of Holsten Pils - but thats another post!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q&w=400&h=390]
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