Writings and Speculations
A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
11.12.12Have you ever wondered what the following places look like;
Wapping, Barking, Dagenham, Grays Thurrock, Basildon, Pitsea, Thundersley, Hadleigh, Leigh-on-Sea, Chalkwell, Prittlewell and Shoeburyness?
If so, you've most likely heard Billy Bragg's "A13, Trunk Road to the Sea".
Coming from England, the song was written because Bragg couldn't visualise the American towns on the classic "Route 66" which led to him penning his own version.
However, I'm from the UK and I've only been to a handful of places mentioned in the song. So I thought it would be cool to sequence some glimpses of this journey.
Which gave me this route
Hit play
and its off we go!
and its off we go!
Starts down in Wapping |
By-pass Barking |
Straight through Dagenham |
Down to Grays Thurrock (to the right) |
Basildon on your left |
Pitsea |
Thundersley |
Hadleigh |
Leigh-on-Sea |
Chalkwell? (By mistake, I dropped the google street dude in an old clock shop that offered a 360 panaromic walk around.) |
(I tried to find the kitchen - cup of tea hunt - but ended back on the street mesmerised by the ghost cars. AHEM, back to the song...) |
Chalkwell |
Prittlewell |
Shoeburyness |
Phew! |
Well, it's one way to synchronise a 2 hour journey to a 2 minute song.
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