More than four decades ago this month, a song about a Salford hero got to number one in the charts. Mick Coleman, who wrote Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs as a tribute to L.S.
Lowry, has now written a new version of the hit single to celebrate his heroes of today. Mick, now 74, changed his familiar chorus to honour the work of doctors and nurses on the front line.
The chorus of the new version is: "Give three cheers to the good old NHS, they're working hard to get us all out of this mess, let's help them win the fight, cos' they're working day and night." The idea for the new version of the track, which was more recently used during an episode of I'm Alan Partridge, came during the 42nd anniversary of its reign at the top of