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From the play 'Bigger, Brighter, Better'. Londoners hae come up to the New Town of Bletchley.

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Settling In
Kevin Adams

Step out of the front door to a world that's strange and new
Everything's so different up here
Brickwork chimneys are the only landmarks in my view
And on a foggy morning even they will disappear
I never use the bus because I don't know where it stops
Lost before I've travelled half a mile
Consolation is awaiting if I find the shops
'Cos everybody talks to me and greets me with a smile

Across the garden fences
Neighbourhood life commences
We're settling in,
We're settling in.

Look out of the back door at a garden yet to grow
Don’t know where to start or what to do
We never had a garden when we lived in furnished rooms
And horticulture was a confined to afternoons at Kew
Someone sold me lots of pretty coloured packs of seed
Soon we shall have flowers everywhere
I couldn't tell an orchid from a common garden weed
So anything that grows here will look beautiful and rare

Didn't bring too much with us from our old two room flat
We can't afford much, we just do without.
And if we need a helping hand we only have to ask
Friends and neighbours doing favours turn and turn about
There's plenty here from London that we knew before the war
We're all becoming new town pioneers
Our wagon train has crossed the plain, we’ve reached that promised land
Won't belong before it seems we've all been here for years.

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from All That's Changed vol 1, released June 1, 2009

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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK

An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more

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