From the 1979 Arena film Tell Us The Truth charting the music and motives behind punk group Sham 69, the band perform signature tune, Hurry Up Harry.
Sham 69 are an English punk band that were formed in Hersham in 1976.
Sham 69 have been a musical and lyrical influence on the Oi! and streetpunk genres. The band allegedly derived their name from a piece of graffiti that founder Jimmy Pursey saw on a wall. It originally said Walton and Hersham '69 but had partly faded away, and made reference to when Walton & Hersham F.C. secured the Athenian League title in 1969.
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