The Black Country Alphabet

The Public, West Bromwich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going to visit this at the weekend.

Probably the best football chant I’ve heard in a long while

“He’s got lots of silky skills! He walks like Heather Mills! Eduardo!”

You’ve gotta love drunk football fans

Top man!

Personally I think the word hero is overused. Take for example: David Beckham = not a hero, Jordan = not a hero(ine), Noel Gallagher = not a hero, you get the point. But this guy, Lance Corporal Matt Croucher would well and truly fall into hero territory. Not only did he throw himself on top of a grenade to save ten of his comrades but he then went back to fight for his country for three more weeks before texting his parents to tell them he’d won the super prestigious George’s cross. For me though the icing on the cake is not the fact that he from the finest part of the land (West Midlands) but that he was clearly a bit uncomfortable with being in the limelight and played down his heroism. As they say in the marines “He  who dares, wins”. True that!

Estelle goes straight in at number 1

……and I predicted it 13 days ago – I think I may change my name to Meg.

Future Number 1

Radio 1 will be all over this, how did one hit wonder Estelle get a collaboration with Kanye West?! Answers on a postcard….. 2 mins 17 seconds in makes me laugh.