IT'S surprising who you bump into in Hereford.

These two policemen were delighted to meet Bez, of the Happy Mondays alternative rock band.

Bez, also known as Mark Berry, is the son of a police inspector so probably felt at home with the two members of West Mercia's finest.

He is best known for his bizarre style of dancing and for playing the maracas in the Happy Mondays when the band rose to prominence in the 1980s.

He lives in Manchester, but is also involved in a permaculture community in Herefordshire.


Five of the Happy Mondays' greatest hits

  1. Kinky Afro
  2. Step On
  3. Loose Fit
  4. Madchester Rave On
  5. Judge Fudge