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Thread #48907   Message #2314516
Posted By: Tootler
13-Apr-08 - 05:44 PM
Thread Name: Help: Dirty Old Town? Meaning??? (MacColl)
Subject: RE: Help: Dirty Old Town? Meaning???
I don't know about a recording, but when I was at University in Salford, I am sure I heard the third line in the third verse sung "Smelt the spring on the Salford wind" on several occasions.

Mind in those days "Smokey" and "Salford" were synonymous [g]