It might have something to do with their ban from playing in America that led The Kinks to focus on such British sounding and referencing music in the mid sixties, but it equally could be this attention to detail and characters of his native land was the natural writing mode for Ray Davies. Either way he, perhaps better than any other pop song writer, captured something of the seasonal darkness and light of UK living, he was almost Lowry-esque in his bleak yet beautiful depiction of working class streets and social groups. This is one such example, a classic slice of exactly that bittersweet melancholy and a splash of music hall whimsy; this did not appear on a Kinks album in 1966 so if you want to taste the sound of the original vinyl issue it is this 45 single that you need to find. There is one sitting in the Fruit Tree Records online store right now so dig in and dig out… https://www.discogs.com/seller/Fruit_Tree_Records/profile