I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Syl said
Sep 24 10:32 PM, 2024
Maddog wrote:
I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town Dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town Dirty old town
I was born and bred a few hundred yards from the very place he wrote about.
It's very different nowadays.
Maddog said
Sep 24 11:33 PM, 2024
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town Dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town Dirty old town
I was born and bred a few hundred yards from the very place he wrote about.
It's very different nowadays.
I figured it was in Ireland.
So the town got less dirty when you left? 😉
Syl said
Sep 25 12:04 AM, 2024
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town Dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town Dirty old town
I was born and bred a few hundred yards from the very place he wrote about.
It's very different nowadays.
I figured it was in Ireland.
So the town got less dirty when you left? 😉
It was the gasworks in Salford, once a very industrial town.
I will post pics of what it looks like now, tomorrow....I left when I was 25....it took a while to get itself together.
jackb said
Sep 25 1:18 AM, 2024
Salford's mostly very modern now... I'll see if I can find a good drone vid if Syl can't.
Syl said
Sep 25 12:05 PM, 2024
jackb wrote:
Salford's mostly very modern now... I'll see if I can find a good drone vid if Syl can't.
Yes, post yours Jack, the others you have posted have been good.
This is 5 minutes walk from where I lived...the oldSalford Docks, where the labour exchange was, dirty scruffy area, a bit dicey to be there at night...now it's Salford Quays, BBC and ITV studios are there, theatres, shopping, events, cafe's, restaurants etc..a great place to be.
Syl said
Sep 27 7:09 PM, 2024
A struggling single mum, sings to her son...
"Now she got a six-year-old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep out the cold
When he looks her in the eyes
He don't know he is safe when she says
"Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"
"I'm gonna give you all of my love"
"Nobody matters like you"
jackb said
Sep 27 10:55 PM, 2024
Syl wrote:
jackb wrote:
Salford's mostly very modern now... I'll see if I can find a good drone vid if Syl can't.
Yes, post yours Jack, the others you have posted have been good.
This is 5 minutes walk from where I lived...the oldSalford Docks, where the labour exchange was, dirty scruffy area, a bit dicey to be there at night...now it's Salford Quays, BBC and ITV studios are there, theatres, shopping, events, cafe's, restaurants etc..a great place to be.
Here you go Syl.
Syl said
Sep 28 12:04 AM, 2024
jackb wrote:
Syl wrote:
jackb wrote:
Salford's mostly very modern now... I'll see if I can find a good drone vid if Syl can't.
Yes, post yours Jack, the others you have posted have been good.
This is 5 minutes walk from where I lived...the oldSalford Docks, where the labour exchange was, dirty scruffy area, a bit dicey to be there at night...now it's Salford Quays, BBC and ITV studios are there, theatres, shopping, events, cafe's, restaurants etc..a great place to be.
Here you go Syl.
I enjoyed that.
Hard to believe it's only 5 minutes walk from where I grew up.
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I was born and bred a few hundred yards from the very place he wrote about.
It's very different nowadays.
I figured it was in Ireland.
So the town got less dirty when you left? 😉
It was the gasworks in Salford, once a very industrial town.
I will post pics of what it looks like now, tomorrow....I left when I was 25....it took a while to get itself together.
Yes, post yours Jack, the others you have posted have been good.
This is 5 minutes walk from where I lived...the oldSalford Docks, where the labour exchange was, dirty scruffy area, a bit dicey to be there at night...now it's Salford Quays, BBC and ITV studios are there, theatres, shopping, events, cafe's, restaurants etc..a great place to be.
"Now she got a six-year-old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep out the cold
When he looks her in the eyes
He don't know he is safe when she says
"Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"
"I'm gonna give you all of my love"
"Nobody matters like you"
Here you go Syl.
I enjoyed that.
Hard to believe it's only 5 minutes walk from where I grew up.