Isn't it quaint?
Oh no, it ain't,
It's Broadstairs.
A nice stick of rock?
Suck on yer cock,
It's Broadstairs.
Lovely ice cream!
A middle class dream,
It's Broadstairs.
Charles Dickens was here!
There's no fuckin' pier,
It's Broadstairs.
A return to the past!
It's gone overcast,
It's Broadstairs.
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
6 hours ago
I've not been to Broadstairs
ReplyDeleteI'm no middle class fool
Kiss Me Quick and who cares?
I'm off to Blackpool!
With your little stick of Blackpool rock,
ReplyDeleteAnd your pretty yellow summer frock,
You'll be skipping on Blackpool's sands,
And "bollocks" to Lytham St Annes.
Give this a lively ska arrangement and record it Geoff. You'll be a millionaire. But all of Kent will hate you (apart from the West Kent-ers, are they Kentish Men or Men of Kent I can never remember)
ReplyDeleteI'll get Buster Bloodvessel to sing it. He's a supporter of Broadstairs' arch rival, Margate, and it would be good to see him on TOTP again.
ReplyDeleteWaddya mean there's no more TOTP?
Billy: What does it matter?
ReplyDeleteThey're all a bunch of Kents.
Though some are more Kentish than others.
ReplyDeleteIt's not on the same planet
ReplyDeleteAs the great Isle of Thanet
Said with great sighs,
"Leysdown and Dies"
The Kentish coast has inspired so many popular songs.
ReplyDeleteThere's Chas 'n' Dave's Margate, Ian Dury's homage to Janet from the Isle of Thanet, and of course, Clappo's Leysdown Sally.
... not forgetting the Genesis concept album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadstairs.
ReplyDeleteCitizen Smith was based in Tooting Broadstairs.
ReplyDeleteIt's a catchy little ditty. I think you should try to get on The X Factor with it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Geoff. I have just canceled the cab, unpacked the suitcase and returned my knotted hankie to its drawer.
ReplyDeleteBetty/Bill - Not forgetting Macca's musical about Charles Dickens: Give My Regards To Broadstairs.
ReplyDeleteDoris - I'd need dancing lessons from Phillll Jupitus first.
Arabella - Glad to be of service. It's an awfully long way to come for a knickerbocker glory.
Where are the broad stairs of Broadstairs? Bored stares more likely!
ReplyDeleteGive my regards to Broadstairs
ReplyDeleteRomo - Bored stares out of a car window, pouring lukewarm tea the same colour as the sea out of a flask.
ReplyDeleteLlewtrah - I would but I'm never going back.
wv - kaleb (out of Kings of Leon)
I have just spat some tea on my keyboard. I hold you responsible.
ReplyDeleteYes. My nana and grandad used to do that. And sit in the car looking out to sea whilst negotiating an icecream cone via their ill-fitting dentures. Even as a child I thought this weird. Why sit in a car looking out to sea eating an icecream when you could be in the fresh air?
ReplyDeleteViolet - Sorry.
ReplyDeleteRomo - My grandparents didn't have cars. The only time my grandmother went on holiday with us she had a massive nosebleed and had to go to hospital. I wouldn't have minded but it wasn't like we went mountain climbing or anything.
Perhaps it was the excitement or just all too much?
ReplyDeleteI think it was high blood pressure but the excitement of being with my family must have contributed.
ReplyDeleteIt bled like buggery.
I'm now humming "on Broadway" except for substituting "On Broadstairs" (luckily only in my mind, not out loud)
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