Friday, 27 July 2012
No longer glad to be Grays?
"Is Thurrock really the most miserable place in Britain?" asks the Guardian. The feature relates to yesterday's news that Thurrock came bottom of the government's new wellbeing survey. Is there nothing to be happy about? Well, there's a shop called Curtains Babe, the bloke from Birmingham selling cheap meat in the market at Grays, the Cash Generator shop, a decent museum, plays such as Fur Coat and No Knickers, Tilbury Fort, Chafford Gorge and lots of countryside around. And if you're a container spotter there's lots to keep you occupied...
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Check out Essex Man Darren Hayman and his Essex Witch Trials themed album;http://soundcloud.com/fortuna-pop/we-are-not-evil
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Liam - any man who records an album called Essex arms is alright by me. Which brings back memories of the boozer by Brentwood station...
ReplyDeleteMy favourite track of Darrens is 'Dagenham Ford'. Coming from a family of workers from there. He also includes the line, 'we watched the Hammers lose',and 'West Ham sometimes win', which equally relates to me.
ReplyDeleteI can also relate to the track from the same album, 'Two Tree Island', having lived for a while on Canvey, with it's references to Rayleigh, Hadleigh and Southend.
ReplyDeleteHe's really prolific, just released a concept album about Londons Lido's. There's plenty of other Essex related stuff in previous albums with lots of stuff on the new towns of Basildon and Harlow.
Think he'll have to include an Essex Lion song now too..
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