Old music: Ian Dury and the Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

In the midst of a winter made dreadful by more than weather came a blast of aural sunshine from the Essex suburbsIt was the winter of 1979 – the famous winter of discontent – when the great British public decided they'd had enough of trade unions. The weather was severe; Denis Howell, previously minister for drought, then floods, was now the minister for snow. But in the midst of the gloom came a chart-topping song of surreal lyrics and funky music that provided the perfect escape: Ian Dury ...

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