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As the Strawbs climbed the UK charts with first "Lay Down" and then "Part Of The Union" they appeared in all the class publications - Jackie, Diana, Music Scene and Popswop. Here's a quick retrospective of those dear departed days, when platforms were nothing to do with trains and flares nothing to do with lifeboats ....