Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Thirsk; a town in a different class*


Thirsk: in a class of its own
Originally uploaded by westy48
Idly reading Thirsk's Wikipedia entry yesterday I was surprised to see that Thirsk market square was used as a location for one of the photos used in the Pulp album Different Class.

This was the album that included Common People and Disco 2000, and started Jarvis Cockers transformation into a national treasure. I dug out my copy of the CD, snapped a pic with my phone and tweeted it. Graham Denison replied to my tweet suggesting a couple of other Thirsk locations used on the album.




By this morning Thirsk Business Association had also chimed in.

I got out my camera and went for a look. Here's a map with the locations used flagged. Click on the pin to reveal the photo, and click the photo to view a larger size.


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*I nearly called this post "A Thirsk for knowledge" but decided against.

Monday, 28 May 2012

Save the Friarage

Storify about the Save the Friarage rally held in Northallerton on 26 May 2012.