Showing posts with label London West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London West. Show all posts
Saturday, 26 December 2009

Stanwell

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"Half the people think they're better. The other 'alf just don't care. Class distinction's alive and well here ......
Friday, 25 December 2009

Moving to the city

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"Well I was tired of being a small minded fish in a smaller minded pond. We're moving to the city where they don't care where y...
Thursday, 24 December 2009

Southall

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"My friend how will you ever thrive in this strange and loveless land where hatred mocks you at every turn, where souls are as cold as ...
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009

The Battle of Brentford

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"Captain Lilburne, well, he rode after us all sir, he grabbed our colours, and bid all those with weak hearts to march back to London,...
Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Kew Gardens

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"Suddenly the rain came flurrying, sending the two of them scurrying, helter skelter for the shelter. And feeling bolder in the big pa...
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Monday, 21 December 2009

Hoover Factory

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"Five miles out of London on the Western Avenue. Must have been a wonder when it was brand new. Talkin' 'bout the splendour of ...
Sunday, 20 December 2009

In Gunnersbury Park

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"So the leaves touch the ground of a bowling green in Acton ..." sings The Hit Parade's Julian Henry in the charming number I...
Saturday, 19 December 2009

Dear Old Shepherd's Bush

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"I'm on my way home to dear old Shepherd's Bush. That's the spot where I was born ..." sings Nat D Ayer in a number fr...
Friday, 18 December 2009

(Do You Remember) The Saturday Gigs

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"'72 was born to lose. We slipped down snakes into yesterday's news. I was ready to quit. But then we went to Croydon ..."...
Thursday, 17 December 2009

White City

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"Oh sweet city of my dreams. Of speed and skill and schemes. Like Atlantis you just disappeared from view. And the hare upon your wire...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Wormwood Scrubs Tango

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"I used to tramp the streets beneath the stars and knock off other geezers' cars. I used to flog 'em down the lane. I'd ne...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Portobello

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"Doesn't matter who you are. There's a melting pot of lunatic fringe. Seething with sedition. Annointed with wisdom. The street...
Monday, 14 December 2009

Portobello Road ... take three

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"People raising hands to bid. Taking off the top and seeing what's been hid. Wrapping paper on the ground. Screaming children showi...
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Sunday, 13 December 2009

Portobello Road ... take two

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"Getting hung up all day on smiles. Walking down Portobello Road for miles. Greeting strangers in indian boots, yellow ties and old bro...
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Saturday, 12 December 2009

Portobello Road

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"Portobello Road, Portobello Road. Street where the riches of ages are stowed. Anything and everything a chap can unload is sold off th...
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Friday, 11 December 2009

On the terrace

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"I'm sittin' in the terrace on the Portobello Road. I'm waitin' for my man to come. It's a complicated situation ....
Thursday, 10 December 2009

Nine out of ten

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"Walking down Portobello Road to the sound of reggae. I'm alive ..." What a fantastic piece of imagery that is by Caetano Velo...
Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Don't Be Mean

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"I saw you out walking down Westbourne Grove. You caught my eye and your arm it rose. It rose in the sky oh everso high. But it wasn...
Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Carnival Song

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“Tabasco sauce, Worcester sauce, Prince Buster, draught Guinness, Roy Orbison, Huddy Leadbetter, Chuck Berry, Woody Guthrie, Converse All St...
Monday, 7 December 2009

Teddy Boy Calypso

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"Every night they walking about in a band attacking woman and man ..." Some enlightened thoughts on apt punishments are shared by...
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