Cultural Geography Blog

  This has been getting a lot of coverage... a cultural "sense of place" offering for cultural geographers... Leon Mallett's version of another song, but with plenty of East Anglia references. You can find the full version of the song online.

According to a survey carried out recently… How many do you agree with? 1. Family trips to the beach 2. Watching Top of the Pops 3. Hop scotch 4. Hide and seek 5. Fish and chips 6. Pic n Mix sweets 7. Collecting shells on the beach 8. Ice cream van music 9. Sports days 10. Playground games (British bulldog etc.) 11. Watching children’s’ TV 12. Kiss chase 13. Recording the music charts on a Sunday 14. Paddling in the sea 15. Pencil cases 16. Climbing trees 17. Collecting toys/ cards/ collectibles etc. 18. Going to Woolworths to buy records 19. Dinner ladies 20. Fighting with my siblings 21. Ice creams from the ice cream van 22. School dinners 23. Egg and spoon race 24. Going ‘back to school’ shopping at the end of summer holidays 25. Playing outside until it was dark 26. Visiting cousins 27. Reading magazines 28. Fishing for tad poles in a pond 29. Sleepovers with friends 30. Your teeth falling o...