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Spotland Road

from The children of the sea by John Meed

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Our house was black from the millstone grit
And the smoke from the cotton mills
And the river disappeared under the streets
On its way from the Pennine Hills
The weekend we took a bus to Whitworth Moor
Or played hide and seek in Healy Dell
And on Monday I walked to school down the Spotland Road

On Saturday the crowd walked past our door
On their way to the game
Though the club never made it out of the fourth division
Till the FA changed its name
The brightest young players moved to glittering careers
Down the road in Oldham or Burnley
And the glory days never came to Spotland Road

The cotton mills closed for maintenance
During Whitweek every year
And the owners went to Southport, the foremen to St Annes
And the rest of us to the common for the Whitweek fair
Now one by one
The cotton mills closed down forever
And now no-one walks to work down Spotland Road

I could tell you about one or two
Of our claims to fame
Gracie Fields, the bus to Ashton-under-Lyme
Or the co-op down Toad Lane
I moved away from home
When I was still a boy
And now I walk no more to school down the Spotland Road

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from The children of the sea, released December 1, 2005

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John Meed Cambridge

John Meed is a singer-songwriter who lives in Cambridge, UK, and writes and performs in the folk and acoustic traditions. His songwriting has been compared to that of Al Stewart, Leonard Cohen, Christy Moore, Jacques Brel and Richard Thompson. He has released eight albums and his music has been played on national and local radio. See johnmeed.net. ... more

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