Thanks Auster Fan, that sounds like a book I need to get. FFYL is excellent and well written but I'm aware there are some inaccuracies and probably a bit of gloss!
Incidentally, in FFYL, there is mention of Paddy Finucane vaulting a balustrade into a basement area - I always fancied it was the "pit" around Croydon Town Hall and fairly recently saw mention elsewhere that indeed it was! Walk past it several times a week and often think of him...