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Post by lambethgull on Jan 6, 2013 23:57:47 GMT
Thanks for the link, Jon.
Should also point out that I noticed it was you and not Barton who posted the piece relating to Carson's visit. Do you have any more info on proceedings that day?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 7:28:30 GMT
Great link, Jon. Good to know my great great granny would have been catered for after she got off the stagecoach in Torquay. She might even have popped in to buy a copy of the Daily Worker on her way to the match.....
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Post by lambethgull on Jan 7, 2013 9:54:26 GMT
Great link, Jon. Good to know my great great granny would have been catered for after she got off the stagecoach in Torquay. She might even have popped in to buy a copy of the Daily Worker on her way to the match..... Think she might have struggled tbh, given that the first edition wasn't published until 1930. Perhaps she would have brought a copy of the Manchester Guardian down with her? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 11:21:24 GMT
Quite right. It's a bit rude to lift other people's stuff without acknowledgement and I'm sure we wouldn't want folk nicking material from this site in similar fashion. Meanwhile, I'll toast Kevin Dixon with a cup of tea drunk from my People's Republic of South Devon mug. |
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Post by Dave on Jan 7, 2013 11:45:07 GMT
I got the message the post was deleted at 5am this morning  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 12:25:45 GMT
The business over Carson getting a rough ride. Sounds like a touch of the old Westcountry Liberalism rather than the St Marychurch branch of Sinn Fein. The Liberals liked a bit of Irish Home Rule (and needed the support of Irish MPs in parliament), Carson was a political opponent and Torquay a place which swapped between Liberal and Tory MPs. And, of course, politics was an altogether spicier affair at grassroots levels in those days.
At the time the sitting member for Torquay was a Tory. Checking his details on Wiki it appears he became a fascist - a proper card-carrying one - in the 1920s. Whilst representing the good folk of Torquay he also doubled up as aide-de-camp to the king. I wonder if this left him enough time to be seen at the soccer. Or the rugger?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 17:08:31 GMT
Great link, Jon. Good to know my great great granny would have been catered for after she got off the stagecoach in Torquay. She might even have popped in to buy a copy of the Daily Worker on her way to the match..... Think she might have struggled tbh, given that the first edition wasn't published until 1930. Perhaps she would have brought a copy of the Manchester Guardian down with her? Or maybe the Derbyshire Courier, which was the Liberal rival to the Tory Derbyshire Times. The two papers eventually amalgamated (or, if you, prefer, went into coalition) which actually meant that the Times swallowed up the Courier, which is now all but forgotten other than by eccentrics and local historians. There's clearly a lesson for Barton Downs' local MP in that tale. |
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Post by lambethgull on Jan 7, 2013 19:49:43 GMT
Well Lorna Smith's History of Torbay Library Services proudly states that "The [library] Committee endeavoured to be unbiased and allowed all shades of political propaganda to be displayed in the Reading Room. In later years this led to Torquay being one of the few public libraries to hold the Daily Worker."
My memory is a bit hazy, but I seem to recall hearing that the library took some persuading before reaching this decision! ;D
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Post by Jon on Jan 8, 2013 23:15:07 GMT
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Post by Jon on Jan 8, 2013 23:20:19 GMT
Great link, Jon. Good to know my great great granny would have been catered for after she got off the stagecoach in Torquay. She might even have popped in to buy a copy of the Daily Worker on her way to the match..... Was your great great granny a bearded vegetarian too? I expect she would have taken the train rather than a stagecoach, although she would have been better getting off at Torre rather than waiting for them to build the rest of the line through to Torquay. Plenty of Coffee Taverns in Torquay at the time - but not sure if any of them were fair trade. |
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Post by Jon on Jan 8, 2013 23:26:13 GMT
I got the message the post was deleted at 5am this morning No need to delete the post Dave. I expect that Mr Dixon is quite happy to share his knowledge. It's just better to credit the author, post a snippet or a summary and a link to the original web site. www.theprsd.co.uk/2011/02/13/torquay%E2%80%99s-other-history-the-salvation-army-riots/ I'm sure we don't mind people spreading any interesting material on this site - but preferably by the method I suggest above. |
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