by Holden Chinaski » 06 Jan 2023 Read
Which British artist, who once appeared very drunk on television in a program called ‘The death of painting’, was born in Croydon?
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by HappyCamper » 06 Jan 2023 Read
tracey emin was from croyden. and that does seem like the sort of thing she'd do.
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by Holden Chinaski » 06 Jan 2023 Read
HappyCamper wrote:tracey emin was from croyden. and that does seem like the sort of thing she'd do.
Correct!
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by HappyCamper » 06 Jan 2023 Read
In a house like that
Your Uncle sausage was born;
Satchel on back he walked to Whitgift
Every weekday morn.
Boys together in Coulsdon woodlands,
Bramble-berried and steep,
He and his pals would look for spadgers
Hidden deep.
The laurels are speckled in Marchmont Avenue
Just as they were before,
But the steps are dusty that still lead up to
Your Uncle sausage's front door.
Pear and apple in Croydon gardens
Bud and blossom and fall,
But your Uncle sausage has left his Croydon
Once for all.
The above is the poem
Croydon by which English poet laureate?
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by SnookerEd25 » 06 Jan 2023 Read
HappyCamper wrote:In a house like that
Your Uncle sausage was born;
Satchel on back he walked to Whitgift
Every weekday morn.
Boys together in Coulsdon woodlands,
Bramble-berried and steep,
He and his pals would look for spadgers
Hidden deep.
The laurels are speckled in Marchmont Avenue
Just as they were before,
But the steps are dusty that still lead up to
Your Uncle sausage's front door.
Pear and apple in Croydon gardens
Bud and blossom and fall,
But your Uncle sausage has left his Croydon
Once for all.
The above is the poem
Croydon by which English poet laureate?
TexHughes?
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by SnookerEd25 » 06 Jan 2023 Read
TED Hughes. Bungke
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by Holden Chinaski » 06 Jan 2023 Read
Philip Larkin?
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by McManusFan » 06 Jan 2023 Read
Snookerfan?
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by Holden Chinaski » 06 Jan 2023 Read
McManusFan wrote:Snookerfan?
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by Juddernaut88 » 09 Jan 2023 Read
Is Holden correct?
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by SnookerEd25 » 09 Jan 2023 Read
Am I bucking correct?
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by HappyCamper » 09 Jan 2023 Read
i can confirm that neither are correct.
ted hughes was poet laureate from 1984 through 1998. after the position had been offered to and declined by larkin.
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by SnookerEd25 » 09 Jan 2023 Read
The only other laureate I know is (was) Betjeman.
Could be he, I suppose… he did like dissing provincial towns.
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by SnookerEd25 » 09 Jan 2023 Read
John Betjeman, just to clarify
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by HappyCamper » 09 Jan 2023 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:The only other laureate I know is (was) Betjeman.
Could be he, I suppose… he did like dissing provincial towns.
it was indeed betjemen. you should see what he said about slough!
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by Juddernaut88 » 11 Jan 2023 Read
Ed is correct :)
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
Patiently waiting for a question.
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
It’s not easy coming up with a John Betjeman question
So … let’s keep it simple :
He was born the same year as my Nan. What year was that, then?
(clue : they’re both dead)
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
1928?
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:1928?
Not even close.
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
LDS wrote:The year of the duck?
Er….
I’ll get back to you.
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
1917?
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:1917?
Getting closer…
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by HappyCamper » 13 Jan 2023 Read
LDS wrote:The year of the duck?
but which one?
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
Just polished off a Chinese. Now wishing I’d had crispy duck
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Jan 2023 Read
1912?
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by SnookerEd25 » 14 Jan 2023 Read
Not the year the Titanic went down, no.
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