Superflex November

This evening I was watching the BBC documentary series Coast which, this week, covered the coast from Berwick-on-Tweed to Whitby. I thought it was fascinating but ultimately unsatisfying as it would jump to something else as soon as it started getting interesting.

It was fascinating and a bit depressing to see the old pictures of places when they had thriving coal or shipbuilding industry or were important ports, compared to the totally sedate modern life. The scale of the decline in heavy industry is quite scary.

Apparently Sunderland was, at one point, the biggest ship-building town in the world, but the last ship to be built there was the Superflex November in 1989. Sad for British industry but... what a great name for a band!

I tracked down the Superflex November. It is now called the M/F Mercandia IV and carries passengers and cars between Helsingør and Helsingborg.



Given the circumstances of the name and what it stands for Superflex November should be the name for a band formed by one or more members of the band British Sea Power if they split up or embark on a side project. Bear in mind that their first album was called The Decline of British Sea Power. However, it would work for a dance/techno sort of band. (Techno?? I'm showing my age there.)