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Thread #99106   Message #1972633
Posted By: GUEST,Brian Peters
19-Feb-07 - 01:00 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Yorkshire & Lancashire
Subject: RE: Origins: Yorkshire / Lancashire
Thanks eanjay, for confirming that. The Taylor recording does sound as though he's singing "Oldham", but I always thought it was really "Howden" in a North Lincs accent. I didn't know about the Shropshire version, though - I shall try to track that down.