The Strand by Ferry/Ego/ RoxyMusic is originally based in the strand, London in the mid 50;s, its about a crippled prostitute that used to trade her wares prior at "Stump Hole Cavern", a Cave which was once home to Peter Cushings Mother in law, Lee, she was Chinese, well This unknown by named crippled prostitute wouldn't pay rent and Lee said "Do the Strand" ! what Lee was actually asking was " Can u Stand "? So there it goes, apparently she was by Brian Ferry begging for Dog Ends in 1963, she passed away in 1979 , with which was all through putting a Dog end out every 2 minutes on The Strand, she would have a drag, foot on it, stamped it out, light another dog end, two, three puffs, foot on it, this continued and sadly was diagnosed with cancer of the foot...
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The Strand by Ferry/Ego/ RoxyMusic is originally based in the strand, London in the mid 50;s, its about a crippled prostitute that used to trade her wares prior at "Stump Hole Cavern", a Cave which was once home to Peter Cushings Mother in law, Lee, she was Chinese, well This unknown by named crippled prostitute wouldn't pay rent and Lee said "Do the Strand" ! what Lee was actually asking was " Can u Stand "? So there it goes, apparently she was by Brian Ferry begging for Dog Ends in 1963, she passed away in 1979 , with which was all through putting a Dog end out every 2 minutes on The Strand, she would have a drag, foot on it, stamped it out, light another dog end, two, three puffs, foot on it, this continued and sadly was diagnosed with cancer of the foot...