Songs namechecking UK towns and cities (not London)

[JCB]

Ramblin man by lemonjelly is a place naming classic

 

[Puddy_Tat]

'On Porthcawl Sands' , Songdog

'Manchester', The Times

'Mother Glasgow', Michael Marra (and several covers)

'Glasgow Joe', Donnie Munro

'Internal Exile', Fish - mentions Grangemouth, and various locations in Edinburgh (but does not mention the latter by name)

'Lucky' and 'Dear Friend', Fish - both mention Dalkeith

'Brixton, Lewisham', Tony & Louise also mentions Birmingham

 

[planetgeli]

A13 - Jah Wobble

"Around and around the Raynham roundabout."

You'll be hard pushed to find a better piece of prose detailing working class life on the London/Essex border.

Masterpiece.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

'Maidstone', Squeeze

'Pulling Mussels from the Shell', Squeeze - mentions Camber Sands

'Saturdays Kids', The Jam - mentions Selsey Bill and Bracklesham Bay

 

[planetgeli]

'Saturdays Kids', The Jam - mentions Selsey Bill and Bracklesham Bay

Eton Rifles being an even more obvious one.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Margate, Chas & Dave

The Belle of Snodland Town, Judge Dread

 

[rubbershoes]

This is about a real bloke who used to live in Yeovil

 

[JimW]

 

[JimW]

"As I road in to Chester city..."

 

[JimW]

 

[billy_bob]

Great song but it also has Dublin in there...

I didn't specify must not also mention places outside UK, but I can change the thread title to 'British Isles' if that helps?

 

[bluescreen]

Morecambe, of course

 

[krtek a houby]

I didn't specify must not also mention places outside UK, but I can change the thread title to 'British Isles' if that helps?

Your thread, bb. Might prove controversial with some of my fellow Irish posters, mind

 

[Puddy_Tat]

'Boat Train', Pogues - mentions Holyhead and Crewe

 

[The39thStep]

Frankie Vaughn - Stockport
Frank Sidebottom - Surfing Timperly, Timperly Sunset, Last Train to Timperly, born in Timperly,Wild Thing in Timperly,

 

[Septimus Rufiji]

 

[Kaka Tim]

Black Betty by the Ram Jam Band namechecks Birmingham. (tbh they should have called it Black-Country Betty)

 

[billy_bob]

Your thread, bb. Might prove controversial with some of my fellow Irish posters, mind

Never really understood why anyone would consider 'British Isles' OK if 'Britain' is not. I know the technical differences of meaning but the historical connotations kind of overwhelm that. Anyway, back to the subject:

Kaka Tim - did Ram Jam name themselves after the (I think now-vanished) motorway pub on the A1 the Ram Jam Inn, or the other way round? If the former they get an extra point.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Kaka Tim - did Ram Jam name themselves after the (I think now-vanished) motorway pub on the A1 the Ram Jam Inn, or the other way round? If the former they get an extra point.

Its on the A1 and its still there i think.