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Thread #48907 Message #2990516
Posted By: GUEST,ken
20-Sep-10 - 05:48 PM
Thread Name: Help: Dirty Old Town? Meaning??? (MacColl)
Subject: dirty old town
It was "salford wind" which was orignally sung, but was changed to represent such the universality of the poor. I lived in broughton, an area in Salford where Mccoll was born and known by many in the town.