Dirty old town

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Went to Brighton this morning the town of my birth, yes I am a real Brighton fan, sorry but Brighton is in need of a bath, as I strolled round the filth and the smell of piss in shop doorways '
Thank god I moved out,.
Dirty old town just a dirty old town.

Yup, same manky old town it always was.

Was just thinking the same thing this morning on the sea-front.

The bandstand by the West Pier is rusting and rotting, same as the bus shelters all along the promenade. Wouldn't take much more than a lick of paint to put it right but the council don't give a f***, neither do the get-rich-quick Londoners who only move between their overpriced Living Space in the *cough* New England Quarter and the nearest Starbucks and the station. They're all right, Jack.

 

[cannedheat]

Neither. Its not even about Dublin - its about Salford. Its extremely damn accurate for Dublin though...c.

I never said it was about Dublin, I just remember them the Dubliners putting it on vinly long before the Pouges

 

[dougdeep]

Even Rod Stewart sung it.

 

[bigc]

Re: Re: Dirty old town

Yup, same manky old town it always was.

Was just thinking the same thing this morning on the sea-front.

The bandstand by the West Pier is rusting and rotting, same as the bus shelters all along the promenade. Wouldn't take much more than a lick of paint to put it right but the council don't give a f***,

Ease up Tom and have an Uncle Sams.

Money has been allocated to by the Lottery Fund but it hasnt been released( good old Camelot..)

 

[dougdeep]

Try Seaford next time, I'll buy you a pint.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Yep.I'm Hove,actually,but it makes me sad to look at some parts of the town(s) when I visit.

A dirty weekend in Brighton is too literal these days.

Where's yer council tax money going?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Re: Re: Re: Dirty old town

Ease up Tom and have an Uncle Sams.

Good man! Have a doublechilliburgerlargefries sent directly to THPP c/o The Old England Quarter, BN1. Just the thing to munch on while watching Coast

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Time for BRA

 

[cannedheat]

Brighton's always been a bit GROTTY.

True but it was strange grotty, now it is dirty grotty, give it seven years and it will be pound city by the sea.

 

[Shegull]

Dubliners

Luke Kelly to be more precise

 

[cannedheat]

Luke Kelly to be more precise

Thank you, any advance on Luke Kelly.

 

[mona]

Went to Brighton this morning the town of my birth, yes I am a real Brighton fan, sorry but Brighton is in need of a bath, as I strolled round the filth and the smell of piss in shop doorways '
Thank god I moved out,.
Dirty old town just a dirty old town.


Only the Albion keeps me attached to the town of my birth.

Having read the whole thread, may I just say Bollox!

Brighton is now twee and gentrified. It was a bit run down 15 years ago, it is not now.
My memories of the town go back to the late 1950s.

 

[coventrygull]

London Road and Lewes Road are shit holes

 

[Gwylan]

I never said it was about Dublin, I just remember them the Dubliners putting it on vinly long before the Pouges

But then, Ewan MacColl (Kirsty's dad), who actually wrote it, put on vinyl before anyone else - and nearly 20 years before the Dubliners did.

And, as someone else has pointed out, it's actually about Salford.

 

[liverpool_one]

get exactly the same feeling everytime i visit.
and if anyone says then why do i visit, family and that is the only reason.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Thank you, any advance on Luke Kelly.

Ahem.

Ewan MacColl. Kirsty's dad.

One of my musical claims to fame ... I performed at his seventieth birthday party.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

But then, Ewan MacColl (Kirsty's dad), who actually wrote it, put on vinyl before anyone else - and nearly 20 years before the Dubliners did.

And, as someone else has pointed out, it's actually about Salford.

Is the correct answer. I would have jumped in with this earlier, but I couldn't remember his christian name!

 

[Pigsy]

Is the correct answer. I would have jumped in with this earlier, but I couldn't remember his christian name!

And didn't Kirsty get The Pogues to record it purely to piss her father off?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

And didn't Kirsty get The Pogues to record it purely to piss her father off?

I've never heard that, but if true, I should imagine it backfired spectacularly.

It would have made him a truckload of royalties, to soothe any pissedoffness he might have felt!

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

every city is a BIT GROTTY.

saying that, i went to cambridge last week for a few days. that place is LOVELY and i dont even like old stuff innit