Aaah bless Les, remember him having to tape his fingers up in Elastoplast so the skin didn't get ripped off when he was plucking the strings ? Loading that bass fiddle on the top of a van was difficult too ... LOL.
Mind you, these days it's all speakers and karaoke units ... yes, 'Those were the days' as per the title. Least they had matching outfits ...
Sorry Carole , can't remember yer Dad, sure I must have seen him though .. been to a few of Sid Ashmead's 'gigs'.