Question Ian Dury & Southend United

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

Just watched a concert on the Sky Planner recorded from earlier in the week re Ian Drury at Hammersmith in 1985.

In it he mentions his friend Bobby Moore ('he didn't knick the bracelet' according to Ian) and he then goes on to mention to my surprise Southend United, wishing us all the best (Mooro was of course our manager at the time) and saying that him and Wilko knew all about Southend.

Anyone know anything more about this?

Great gig by the way, well worth the watch if you can, some good stuff tends to turn up on Sky Arts channel 256.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Napster brought this to us in a thread about the film a while back. Sorry to be a pedant, but I just can't stop myself from saying that 'Dury' is Ian's correct surname.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Napster brought this to us in a thread about the film a while back. Sorry to be a pedant, but I just can't stop myself from saying that 'Dury' is Ian's correct surname.

Yeah.I've seen the concert footage too.Must of been on late night on BBC a year or so back.Round about the time that the film was released.

 

[Lester Bangs]

I'm fairly sure it was on BBC4 on a Friday night Barnablue.

They did have an Ian Dury /Stiff records night and as part of that they did show the concert footage.

 

[Napster]

Ive got it on DVD - live at the Hammersmith Palais. Dury was a Hammer, but he was obviously an admirer of Bobby Moore. Dury also knows Southend, he caught polio from there in one of the pools on the seafront (he alleged), and he mentioned Shoebury in Billericay Dickie.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I'm fairly sure it was on BBC4 on a Friday night Barnablue.

They did have an Ian Dury /Stiff records night and as part of that they did show the concert footage.

You're quite right LB.I was going to put exactly that in my original comment.Regretably Friday night is the only night I can stay up for that sort of stuff.Now if I could just work out how to use our new DVD recorder...:dim:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Ive got it on DVD - live at the Hammersmith Palais. Dury was a Hammer, but he was obviously an admirer of Bobby Moore. Dury also knows Southend, he caught polio from there in one of the pools on the seafront (he alleged), and he mentioned Shoebury in Billericay Dickie.

It's almost certain he did contract polio there.There was an epidemic after the war and Dury was not the only one to cite the open air swimming pool in Southend(it used to be right on the seafront) as the cause cf Will Birch's excellent biography of ID.

 

[Lester Bangs]

Talking of BBC4 and Friday nights 'Oil City Confidential' is on again tonight starting at 11.25pm. Well worth a look if you haven't seen it.

http://www.oilcityconfidential.co.uk/

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Talking of BBC4 and Friday nights 'Oil City Confidential' is on again tonight starting at 11.25pm. Well worth a look if you haven't seen it.

http://www.oilcityconfidential.co.uk/

Thanks but I've got the dvd and the Tshirt.:clap:
Though I can see myself settling down to watch it again a bit later.:slurp:

 

[OldBlueLady]

It's almost certain he did contract polio there.There was an epidemic after the war and Dury was not the only one to cite the open air swimming pool in Southend(it used to be right on the seafront) as the cause cf Will Birch's excellent biography of ID.

It was where the Westcliff Casino is now, the existing walls of the casino were the exterior walls of the "baths".

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

It was where the Westcliff Casino is now, the existing walls of the casino were the exterior walls of the "baths".

Yeah, I remember that one(it closed in '69 when I was in the 6th form) but I think you'll find there was another one actually on Southend seafront, where the Ocean Beach Restaurant is now, on Eastern Esplanade, which is the one that ID would have used.
Bet you a pint I'm right?:cheers: