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Surprised like the front of an Anglia

Doreen is another song with a whole list of unlikely happenings and situations, including obsessive showjumping fans, letters to the council in the form of poetry and Dutch prog bands on holiday in the north-west. The aforementioned veterans Alquin had split 15 years before the song was written, but the almost inevitable asterisk reveals that they reformed 10 years later and had an “Ultimate Collection”, naturally. Thanks to David and Grim

See lyrics to Doreen

7 Letters Sent:
  1. Max Williams

    ah, ‘anglia’! I always thought it was ‘angler’ but ‘anglia’ makes a lot more sense. In my experience anglers look serene from any direction, rather than surprised.

  2. Richard Lovell

    My dad had an Anglia in the seventies. Here’s a quite surprised looking one.

  3. Yh, the Ford Anglia did look surprised :p

    I think this is very surprised :P and its been pimped xD roflmao

  4. John Anderson

    Far be it from me to criticise Nigel’s observations, but I would say the fronts of Anglias look downcast rather than surprised…

  5. Third rate Les in his Burberry fez

    Surely “Arimathea”?

  6. Was she his wife or something? Anyway, yeah, OK, well spotted.

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