My Desert Island Discs - Number 3 John Cooper Clarke - Chickentown

I'd need something on my desert island to remind me of the north west of England where I grew up. If I could remember the almost continuous rain and grey skies I used to live under, then my desert island might not seem such a bad place.

In truth and despite the weather, I love the north of England and my desert island disc is a poem by the great performance poet John Cooper Clarke, with an atmospheric video of a train pulling out of a station in Manchester (I'm not sure which station, Manchester used to have seven).

While I was looking for this poem I found a version used to end an episode of the Sopranos. I didn't get the connection but it works well.