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Child bride and I were invited to spend the weekend with Reg Presley and his family in Andover back in - what, must have been '71-ish. Mr. and Mrs. Reg were really nice, hospitable people and we had a great time in their company and those of their friends and other band members.

Okay, that's not very interesting. However ...

Reg's home included a panel of intriguing buttons on the wall. Press one and a canopy slid over his pool. Press another and the whole garden lit up like a nightclub. Over the top rock star spending? No. He'd set up his own indoor/outdoor pool arrangement, designed and installed by his own hand.

Before we left, Reg showed us his ideas for preventing motorway accidents in fog, using electronic sensors. Clever stuff. But, before he put the work in to patent his inventions, Reg got into crop circles and lost interest in electronics. Shame really.

He also owned the first electric carving knife I'd ever seen. And, of course, was the very first punk.

Nice bloke, highly under-rated. Enjoy http://youtube.com/watch?v=A_-3HMuTTLQ

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