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WHY YORKSHIRE SONG IN LONDON?


Just started watching the dvd,I assume the film is set in London but the crowd sing along to the song ILKLEY MOOR BAT AT which is a Yorkshire song.

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The home track scenes were filmed at New Cross Speedway in southeast London. Perhaps the visiting side was from Yorkshire, and it was their supporters who were singing. Alternately, it's possible to hear a song associated with one region while in another. I have heard "New York, New York", "Chicago", Meet Me in St. Louis", "The Last Time I Saw Paris", and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" while in Los Angeles.

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