The People's Songs - Ghost Town - Post-Industrial Decline

[lizzieloo]

Found this on the radio player last night, there is a bit of Radio 2 guff to trawl through at the start, go on to 04.20

Ghost Town - Post-Industrial Decline, The People's Songs - BBC Radio 2

 

[Treacle Toes]

Am potting up seeds indoors, so great timing!

 

[Treacle Toes]

Enjoyed that! Thanks for the heads up lizzieloo Nice mix of context and regional voices.

 

[lizzieloo]

That's my regional voice, well it was, all my mates from round there now think I sound really posh

 

[Treacle Toes]

That's my regional voice, well it was, all my mates from round there now think I sound really posh

Were you in that or do you mean you are originally from somewhere and not now?

 

[Libertad]

Cracking programme that, thanks. As a side note one of my sisters used to go out with Terry Hall in the 80's.

 

[lizzieloo]

Were you in that or do you mean you are originally from somewhere and not now?

I was brought up in Nuneaton so had/have a Coventry type accent, I left there when I was 18 for sanity sakes

 

[lizzieloo]

Cracking programme that, thanks. As a side note one of my sisters used to go out with Terry Hall in the 80's.

My sister and her husband were out in a social situation with Terry Hall (her husband works in music) at one point my sister and TH were left to do small talk

Sis: So where are you from?

TH: Everywhere and no-where

Sis: You mean like Cov?

I have no idea why she asked him, she knew, but

 

[Celyn]

...
TH: Everywhere and no-where
...

Hi ho silver lining ...

 

[nogojones]

From Cov in the 80's so bang on.

 

[nogojones]

you could have warned us that that it finished with Billy fucking Bragg. Apart from that it were all right

 

[lizzieloo]

you could have warned us that that it finished with Billy fucking Bragg. Apart from that it were all right

I've not actually heard to it yet, I was looking for something this morning at 5am to listen to to numb my busy brain. Fell asleep.

The accent thing Rutita1 was talking about might not have been anything to do with the accent I was talking about

 

[ska invita]

Radio 2 in effect once again

I vote ghost town the best UK no 1 of all time