So it turns out his status has been upgraded to "alive" It's not the first time, either https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/legend-who-dances-reggae-music-1350161
Waits was an old term for a band of street singers or musicians that played at parades or municipal functions and they are the forerunners of carolers at Christmas
Cheers, Alfie! A rare sighting of Ray Burns there. Occasionally, when not employing Captain Sensible as a defence mechanism, he appears and is rather lovely. Croydon doesn't deserve him!
I've got one of those clothes airers...it came from my grandparents place, where I lived for a while. It saves the money on running a tumble drier...but you do need to put the heating on if Mrs Fripp's underwear is to be adequately dried and aired.....No wonder she's leaping about in the cold without any on.
Currently at numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the Amazon best sellers UK chart: The Kunts is the punk side project of the bloke formerly known as Kunt & The Gang. They released such delightful ditties as Amy, It's a Terrible Shamey, The Wrong Ian Watkins and Lonely **** In A Travelodge. NSFW, if anyone's wondering.