Aintree Iron: The Autobiography of Fred and Mercy Rimell

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McGear the man is rightly proud of McGear the album and is happy to acknowledge its finest moment, namely The Man Who Found God On The Moon. In 1970 The Scaffold starred in their own popular weekly BBC children's television series, Score with the Scaffold.

The opening and closing theme tune was usually a shortened variation on their earlier single "2 Day's Monday".The "Iron" was an abbreviation of "Gridiron", given to two sets of sidings at the departure end of the yard, where trains were held before being despatched on their way. Get the hair straightening irons out, douse yerself in self tanning lotion and glue yer acrylic nail extensions on, ladies. I grew up in Aintree, near the Old Roan pub (1958-1977) and, even before the song came out, we kids referred to the disused railway line that ran past Aintree towards Southport as the Aintree Iron. The Scaffold’s career outlasted that of McGear’s brother’s band, their name kept in the public eye with the Liver Birds 70s TV sitcom theme and their farewell single, a gloriously lugubrious version of Dominic Behan’s Liverpool Lou (an excellent compilation of most of The Scaffold’s work is currently available, though a new collection is in the works – hopefully this one will contain their timelocked rarity, Decimal Five, a song designed to help sell decimalisation to the masses).

Aintree being the famous Racecourse in Liverpool, and an "iron" being a term for a horseshoe, so maybe something to do with being brought luck by a horseshoe from Aintree? As it's now coming up to 30 years since I created this mischievous little monster, I'd like to thank U all very much for your continuing curiosity, and look forward to the next 30 years of miles-off guesswork. When the song came out we couldn't understand why The Scaffold made reference to it but we never considered it to be anything else. This actually benefited Scaffold as the acts were fully booked but some left after the trouble giving the late-arriving Scaffold their big-break.

A reunion occurred in 2008, to record a reworking of The Lightning Seeds' single " Three Lions", titled "3 Shirts on a Line", for Liverpool – The Number Ones Album, a compilation album commemorating Liverpool being the European Capital of Culture. On my weblog recently I wrote a short piece about poet Roger McGough and mentioned in passing his membership of the Scaffold and some of their hits including the above-mentioned lyric. I'm originally from Hull and wondered as a kid who'd nicked all the railings from the Town Centre and near Queens Dock.

Peter Jones for Record Mirror described it as "a great old send-up of those ever-so-grateful-for-things songs – and it's pushed along at such a rare old pace that it's very catchy indeed. He'd go beserk and start fighting with everyone, including the bouncers and even the band members sometimes. If in doubt about the health or condition of your horse or camel, you should seek veterinary advice. The blog for the cult Manhattan cable-access TV show that offers viewers the best in "everything from high art to low trash. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.I said, ‘Yes, please’… We recorded Leave It at Abbey Road, sent it to New York and the Eastmans said, ‘Great, can you do an album?