3 Comments on “Dirty Old Town: The Pogues”

1. Peter Birbeck Says:

   
   May 5, 2026 at 1:18 pm

   I like folk music and I like The Pogue’s style. I had their album Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. This song is pertinent to me as it was written about the town (actually city) of Salford. As a young man in my early twenties, I worked in Salford schools for almost four years as a careers adviser. I retain many good memories of the people and my time there. My wife, Jo, was born in Salford.
   • katry Says:

     
     May 5, 2026 at 11:45 pm

     Peter,
     The first music I loved was folk music. I wasn’t keen on The Pogues at fi rest, but then I came to like their music, especially this song. I hadn’t ever heard of Salford so I looked it up. Did you teach there because your wife had been born the4?
     • Peter Birbeck Says:

       
       May 6, 2026 at 3:49 am

       It is just a coincidence. We met in another city, Carlisle, which is over a hundred miles north of Salford. That was fifteen years after I last worked in Salford.

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