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BUM note, crossed lines, Tuesday's piece on an FA Vase foray to Formby supposed that American songwriter Paul Simon had composed Homeward Bound on Warrington railway station.
Peter Sixsmith, Peter Britcliffe and Ken Milgate all point out that it was, in fact, Widnes station - though Internet opinion is much exercised over whether it was the rail thing at all.See the full content of this document
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A more pernickety website even criticises Simon for the familiar line "I wish I was homeward bound. "
Conditionally, of course, it should have been "I wish I were.... . " Some suppose that the song was written at Hale Bank station, nearby, others cite a Scarborou...See the full content of this document
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