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His self-voiced poem: "A Child Ill" was used as an entrance clip for concerts in 2002 & 2007-8.  
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His play: "Forty Years On" contains the line:
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His poem: "Slough" contains the phrase:

"Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough..."

His self-voiced poem: "A Child Ill" was used as an entrance clip for concerts in 2002 & 2007-8.


His play: "Forty Years On" contains the line:

"And never more shall be so"

Which was used for the Girlfriend In A Coma vinyl matrix message.

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English poet, writer and broadcaster.

He was born 28 August 1906 in Hampstead , London, England, UK and died 19 May 1984 in Trebetherick, Cornwall, England, UK.

Commander (CBE) - Order of the British Empire.


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Sir John Betjeman, (; 28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.