Our relieved ears then prick up as the unmistakable sound of two cockney geezers is carried on the wind and we realise it can only be Chas & Dave making an early start so off we go to the main stage. You can almost smell the jellied eels and pie and mash wafting off the stage as the London boys run through pub classics London Girl, Margate, and Gercha with typical cheeky chirpiness. It is good to see that time hasn't weathered them at all since their heyday - they seem permanently stuck in their fifties - as they provide us with a good old cockney knees-up and the crowd do that elbow-flailing dance usually reserved only for Baggy Trousers.
While it is all just a bit of a laugh, (Chas pointing to the two white 'Spurs style cockerels at the front of the stage and saying "Here are two birds for us later on!"), their musicianship, and vocal dexterity when it comes to singing the breakneck Rabbit, cannot be overlooked. With Snooker Loopy aired they end their set with The Sideboard Song and its typically up-yours lyrics of "I don't care if he comes 'round 'ere, got my beer on the sideboard 'ere".