Hartlepool, My Hometown
...Hartlepool , My Hometown
St Hilda's bathed in sunlight Is a sight i love to see
The Marina with it's many boats, that’s the place for me
Back down to the Headland for Verill's fish and chips
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Categories:
hartlepool, england, nostalgia, remember, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Monkey Hangers
...Monkey Hangers
(A little historical factoid from your Uncle Mike)
According to local folklore
In England, there at Hartlepool
A monkey was hanged from a yardarm
A monkey that wasn’t a ghoul
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Categories:
hartlepool, education, history,
Form: Rhyme
Trimdon Grange Explosion
...TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION *
( 16 FEB 1882, DURHAM, ENGLAND )
Noo March is heor and the wind she’s cowld *
But the sixty nine sowls divvent feel it - strange
Theor noo wheor they fee...
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Categories:
hartlepool, death, history,
Form: Verse