Ian flashes his Union Jack grin, 1978

At a surgery in Harley Street, Ian was measured for new crowns and fitted with a temporary veneer on his lower incisors. ‘Can you paint on the veneer?’ he enquired of the dentist, knowing it would soon be time to fly the flag. An hour later, he strode out into the spring sunshine, flashing a Union Jack grin. When Kosmo heard about the teeth he was on the phone to the press. (Photographer unknown)
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Stardom awaits these two dapper Kilburns

Style was all important in the early days of Kilburn and The High Roads. Their singer and mentor Ian Dury would frequently take out his tape measure to ensure that Keith Lucas and Humphrey Ocean weren't exceeding the regulation 14" bottoms on their neat white Jekylls.
Photograph courtesy of Ed Baxter, captured in Camden, 1973.

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