Sidney the robin Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Tbh John,nobody can damage your reputation quite as much as you do,yourself You have started to make a few decent posts.Surely you can see the difference and can also see the damage you have done to yourself over the years and still do at times Don't get so personal like you always do you are a clown and a bully so why don't you pick on me.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Tbh John,nobody can damage your reputation quite as much as you do,yourself You have started to make a few decent posts.Surely you can see the difference and can also see the damage you have done to yourself over the years and still do at times 1 hour ago, The Doctor... said: Many happenings of the past surface for discussion ? Have i missed the recent news with speedway mail in recently then ? If so, apologies - however it does look like you just wanted to tell an anecdote about your worklife and take a 16 year old message to task, when to any sane person, it was clear what the tone of it was. Can i also say, i don't see where falcace referred to the speedway mail in the 1970s in his message you've taken umbrage to. 1 hour ago, iris123 said: The fact is Grachan proved the point to be true.He was a fan who wrote in and they used his pieces and it seems without accreditation they made him the Reading correspondent!!!Fact Fair comments from both The Doctor and iris123 to which I now subscribe. As an old saying goes something like "You have shot yourself in the foot!" It certainly looks as though I may have done so - yet again! From my standpoint the matter is closed - and apologies to falcace it would appear. Edited January 20, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: Don't get so personal like you always do you are a clown and a bully so why don't you pick on me.? Why should I pick on you Sidney the Robin?Nobody is bullying anyone as far as I can see.As I have posted,Grachan years ago backed up Falcace’s point with a fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Just now, iris123 said: Why should I pick on you Sidney the Robin?Nobody is bullying anyone as far as I can see.As I have posted,Grachan years ago backed up Falcace’s point with a fact You have had a nasty agenda against Gustix/ Mr Hyam for years why not keep your nasty vendetta going against me.?. Be great we could always have a chat over the speedway maybe a pint ?? don't bully just be measured.!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: You have had a nasty agenda against Gustix/ Mr Hyam for years why not keep your nasty vendetta going against me.?. Be great we could always have a chat over the speedway maybe a pint ?? don't bully just be measured.!!! I am measured.I always think I make a point,rather than some irrational abuse.And if I have something to say to one of your posts,I do and will in future,don’t worry about that You do seem to have jumped in without thinking again,though,as gustix seems to have agreed with the point made by Grachan Edited January 20, 2019 by iris123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) On 2/10/2003 at 7:43 PM, Grave said: My dad was a contributor to the Mail for words and pictures - Bruce Grainger (RIP). We weren't allowed to buy the Star for some time. Firstly, sorry that I have only just seen your 16-year-old comment! What a lovely man your father, Bruce Grainger, was. Loved his laid-back approach, great sense of humour and his professionalism when supplying copy and pics during my time as editor of Speedway Mail. Yes, he was one of the first to write AND take his own photos to complement his words. We really looked forward to his weekly package arriving at the Mail office. No email or digital images in those days, of course, so he had to type up his copy (always nicely spaced out for the benefit of our typesetters), print up his pics and then pop them in the post to us. Bruce had a great eye for the offbeat and unusual pic too, so his contributions were always interesting. Attending his funeral was a sad occasion, because his passing came so suddenly (heart attack, if I recall?). He was a great loss to the Mail and I had to be there to pay my last respects to a very likeable, humble guy. While talking of the Mail, we have covered its rise and fall in considerable depth in past issues of Backtrack. But last summer I was delighted to catch up with and interview founding editor Ian MacDonald for our new 'The Write Stuff' column (issue 87), in which we talk to journos who have covered the sport. Ian gave a fascinating insight into the period 1973-78 (when John Hyam worked part-time shifts there) and explained all the issues raised earlier in this thread about the paper's struggles to gain readership and the obstacles it had to try and overcome. You can order this back issue here at www.retro-speedway.com Edited January 22, 2019 by tmc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Reddy Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 17 minutes ago, tmc said: While talking of the Mail, we have covered its rise and fall in considerable depth in past issues of Backtrack. But last summer I was delighted to catch up with and interview founding editor Ian MacDonald for our new 'The Write Stuff' column (issue 87), in which we talk to journos who have covered the sport. Ian gave a fascinating insight into the period 1973-78 (when John Hyam worked part-time shifts there) and explained all the issues raised earlier in this thread about the paper's struggles to gain readership and the obstacles it had to try and overcome. Perhaps it would be of interest to readers of Classic and Backtrack for articles about the speedway scribes for the various magazines and newspapers of those eras to be published, some of course did sterling work in helping to keep the sport and its publications going in the latter part of the 1950s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Ruth Reddy said: Perhaps it would be of interest to readers of Classic and Backtrack for articles about the speedway scribes for the various magazines and newspapers of those eras to be published, some of course did sterling work in helping to keep the sport and its publications going in the latter part of the 1950s. Indeed, that is what we are now doing in each issue of Backtrack. Interviewees/subjects have so far included: Ian MacDonald, John Chaplin, Martin Rogers and now Don Allen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/20/2019 at 5:34 PM, iris123 said: The fact is Grachan proved the point to be true.He was a fan who wrote in and they used his pieces and it seems without accreditation they made him the Reading correspondent!!!Fact To be fair, they were of a VERY high quality. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) On 1/20/2019 at 3:06 PM, falcace said: Erm, let me get this right...you are digging out quotes from 16 years ago to revive a long-gone discussion? I've heard of quiet Sundays, but this is something else! I remember replying to that comment. Was it really 16 years ago? Good grief. Edited January 23, 2019 by Grachan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Sometimes I see threads from 5 years ago and had totally forgotten I had posted on them!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Sometimes I see threads from yesterday and have forgotten that I have posted on them 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Grachan said: I remember replying to that comment. Was it really 16 years ago? Good grief. ...and I was only 8 at the time too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, iris123 said: Sometimes I see threads from 5 years ago and had totally forgotten I had posted on them!!! It's when you use a different user name to debate,/answer questions you posted 5 minutes ago that you should be worried! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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