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Ferry Across the Mersey
The Mersey Ferries is a ferry service that runs between the Pier Head at Liverpool, and the Wirral terminals at Seacombe, Wallasey and Woodside, Birkenhea…
↳ Merseyside
Lyrics/Video - Shakermaker
Sifters records is a second hand record shop in Didsbury a southern suburb of Manchester. Part of the lyrics of the 1994 single Shakermaker goes "Mister S…
↳ Sifters Records
Lyrics - Itchycoo Park
Itchycoo Park is a psychedelic pop song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane of the group Small Faces. It is debated which park is described in the t…
↳ Little Ilford Park
Lyrics - Ian Dury‘s early band
Ian Dury formed the band Kilburn and the High-Roads in 1971, the name being a pun on the road in this north part of London. Ian Dury was vocalist and lyri…
↳ Kilburn
Lyrics - Homeward Bound
Paul Simon wrote the song at Widnes railway station while waiting for his train. The song describes his longing to return home, both to Brentwood, Essex, …
↳ Widnes station
Lyrics - Common People
The school was immortalized in Pulp's song Common People, as the place where the woman who caught Jarvis Cocker's eye (along with Jarvis himself) studied.…
↳ St Martin's College of Art and Design
Lyrics - Willesden Green
Willesden Green is the title of a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks and is included in the soundtrack of the 1971 film Percy.The Kinks…
↳ Willesden Green
Lyrics - You Cant Always Get What You Want
The Chelsea drugstore was opened in 1968 and had a very distinct front of glass and aluminium making it stand out in a street where most buildings would b…
↳ Chelsea drug store
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