This week’s great finds whilst scouring various second-hand/charity shops (AKA Thift Stores for our friends across the pond) in the south London area include all sorts of stuff. No reggae records sadly, but the first (above) is a very 1970’s picture sleeved LP from The Metropolitan Police Band called Dull it isn’t! All that’s missing is a picture of a “criminal” in a sheepskin coat being brought down by an alsation as they used to demonstrate at summer fetes and country shows all those years ago. Nice touch of the two tone graphics at the bottom.

The above is a wonderfully named band that were appearing at a 1970’s office function which was printed the back of a programme of said event. Is the track below from the same “Sounds Nice”?

And award for the best “Cockney saying used in a postcard” award goes to this one below from Pirgos in Greece from 1978. “Cor strike a light!” indeed!

Please send us your charity shops classics and we’ll post up the best. No pictures of Des O’Connor or Max Bygraves LPs please as a refusal often offends.