Never been to one but I appear to have a habit of pi**in people off on The Bunker, all good fun.

While you’re here… why is Houchen still in office..I’m sure your card carrying chums would like him out.
Well…..why is he there…?
Such a simple question.

Heyup Snowy

All Fall Down was Alan Hull having a go at the likes of T Dan Smith (who you've already mentioned) and Coulson for the uncontrolled demolition of decent/ quality buildings and their replacement by concrete towers and roads (think about the buildings and historic structures demolished for Newcastle Central Motorway as an example) (Hully later wrote 'Dan The Plan' about the backhanders paid to Smith by Coulson) - so Hull was questioning the need to destroy and replace. (Hully was an active member of North Tyneside Labour Party throughout his life and so him challenging the great Labour politician T Dan Smith caused some ruffles).

The lyrics answer your question - Hully was not slagging off redevelopment per se

Councillors, magistrates, men of renown,
Who needs to live in a dirty old town.
Yes, go on, tear it down.
Who need the trees and the flowers to grow,
we can have a motorway with motorway dough,
I know I know I know, they've got to go.
Tear them down, mess them round,
make a mockery of all of the ground,
and if you ever have a sleepless night,
just count out your money, it'll be all right.
Politicians, planners go, look what you done,
your madness is making a machine of ev'ryone,
but one day the machine might turn on.
We'll tear you down, mess you round,
and bury you deep under the ground,
and we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return
and the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn,

My card carrying chums, sorry Snowy can you enlighten me who they are, I nearly succumbed by putting a scratching head emoji at the end but I don’t do emojis as my knowledge of the English language is sufficient with out adding an emoji.

Emoji’s are light humour, not a sign of adult illiteracy.

Funny how the words stick in your memory as you listen and never forget.

Meet me at the corner...........................

One of the reasons the most marvellous British TV show of all time "Our Friends in the North" took around 20 years to reach our screens was the legal problems that the BBC's lawyers envisaged with including characters representing Smith, Poulson and Reggie Maudling in the story.

When the show finally aired in 1996, the character "Austin Donohue" was clearly Smith, Poulson was given a nod by the character "John Edwards" and Maudling morphed into the fictional Tory MP "Claud Seabrook".

The fact that all three were dead by 1994 is probably the overriding reason the show finally got the go-ahead as the chances of the BBC getting sued were diminished courtesy of The Grim Reaper.

The long delay did provide viewers with a "Brucie Bonus" in that two more episodes were written to bring it up to 1996, as the original would've concluded in 1979.

Which coincidentally (or not) was the year Maudling died.

Didn't know that - makes sense - thank you Mr Bottles

Cheers, it's my favourite TV show of all time, and there's absolutely nowt made these days that can touch it.

Oh, I previously said that there were two extra episodes made, but it was actually three. My memory is getting a bit dodgy these days.

But wait, there's more...! There is another new episode you can enjoy - albeit with a bit of a caveat attached.

Radio 4 commissioned an audio adaptation of the entire series that was broadcast around 2022/23. This wasn't too bad given that it was on the radio. It was adapted by the original writer (Peter Flannery) who added a brand new final episode set in 2021.

You can still listen them all (or just the new one) if you visit BBC Sounds on the internet, or via their app if that floats yer boat. It is different actors voicing the original characters from the TV version - which took me a while to get used to - and the new one (mostly) features the kids of the original characters due to the time elapsed since the TV show was made.

Well worth the effort if you're a fan of the show.