Hi Nick, I used to live in Ashford Avenue and used to hang around outside your house with some mates to listen to you rehearse? with the original DP You may or may not remember telling me that if I bought a guitar you would teach me which you duly kept your promise until you went on tour and sent me off to a guitar teacher in Southall who had also taught Pete Townsend. That incident and my Grammar school art teacher instilled an enduring love for music which I still have today. I occasionally saw the van around Brookside Road when I ventured back to Hayes every now and again and was glad to stumble on this website and read your story. I had forgotten how many good artists were in and around the Hillingdon area and also brought back memories of Steve Priest & Brian Conelly drinking in the Queens Head in among hordes of hairy arsed bikers and being completely unfazed. Best wishes for you and yours for the future.