Hometown Glory – The Aged P https://www.theagedp.com ...just toasting and ruminating.... Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:40:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.34 Adele – “Hometown Glory”…She’s Like Me, From Croydon To West Sussex… https://www.theagedp.com/?p=4651 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:12:33 +0000 http://www.theagedp.com/?p=4651 “Hometown Glory” was one of Adele’s earliest compositions, written when she was 16. It’s a song about West Norwood which is part of Croydon, a rather unfashionable suburb of South London. That is also the world I lived in for fifty years so I know it well – I’ll always remain a proud “Sarf” Londoner at heart. Another great singer/songwriter also came from Croydon – Kirsty MacColl, although she lived in a more affluent district (I actually taught her for a while)

MacColl was not always positive about the place but Adele’s song has a more affectionate feel to it.

Oddly enough, Adele has recently moved to a beautiful house in the West Sussex countryside, just a few miles down the road from where I live now….which shows the girl’s got taste…

As for the song, one of the comments hits the nail on the head..

no make-up, no proactiv, no fancy clothes. just an amazingly beautiful singer.

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