It is still hanging on as building..
www.birminghamloveslibraries.org/post/save-sp...

The 'inverted ziggurat' I had to write a History of Architecture essay about for my Art A-level. Research in the library, write-up in the Old Contemptibles.
I passed.
Sad it has gone.

Sorry, but whenever I hear the words 'finest malts' I can't stop thinking of this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsGR...
The advert was on every Sunday during Star Soccer.

Ha ha! That's the one.
But it was bloke saying it. My memories played a trick.
So I probably only heard it once but the line stuck, and now decades later, randomly, you've sent it to me. Delightful.

I need a Thunderbird.

I remember hearing one sleng teng version, probably on ragga fm, in which during the intro a girl sighed 'Oh no, not dat sleng teng riddim again'
They rinsed it, man.

The text isn't even centred correctly.
Some bits are left of centre.
Some bits seem to the right.

"Play it back, Bob. Through the big speakers"
Fade out comment by one of the Campbells on an early UB40 12".
(I forget which but will check out)

Saw him as the stalwart drummer for Steve Gibbons many times too

Yup. Another one bite the dust.

Aah.
The french word galet means pebble..
often of the flat river- or sea-worn variety

Oops.. Handsworth.

Also, the best samosa, bhajee, pakora etc this sude if the subcontinent are to be had at Milan Sweet Centre on Soho Road.

Ever trodden on a uk plug when stepping down out of the loft in (for some forgotten reason) bare feet?

But LbD world beaters

Dubai chocolate, Lidl (spain) Spotted yesterday afternoon in Figueres.

No I didn't.

Bullet up the Grand Trunk Road by Jonathan Gregson is an entertaining travelogue of crossing India on an Enfield Bullet, bringing in the historical context around the partition and the intercommunal volience.
Worth a read.

It started with Thatcher.
But what was going wrong already that enabled La Vache to come to power?
And we shouldn't overlook the ownership of the press in all this

Hope you blagged some samosas etc from Gupta's over the road for snacking later.

I have to say I am envious...

Thanks, Ronan. That's great. That works. I am v relieved.
However, I was trying to do this on my PC desktop rather than my phone.
And clicking on that link on PC takes me to BBC Sounds, (with the banner advising it will be replaced)
Hence my frustration/confusion.
It still sends me there now.

Thanks. That's what the site says but I have been looking through and clicking around all and yet to find anywhere where Radio6Music is available on BBC.com.
BBC.com>audio>radio currently only shows links to BBC World Service and Radio 4.
Unless something changes... or I'm missing something...