tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post2130296260548671437..comments2024-03-01T12:39:56.146+00:00Comments on SubScribe: Hello and goodbye to WappingSubScribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652256420594879272noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-56022789175592109332015-09-30T09:19:57.567+01:002015-09-30T09:19:57.567+01:00Brought back lots of memories, not all happy ones ...Brought back lots of memories, not all happy ones by any means. Having been put on some sort of freelance list for the London Post in 1985 by Mike Hoy, I finally got the call to enter The Fortress in Nov 1986. When I started work in Jan 87 the pickets and bus rotas were still in operation - along with the Friday Night Crashes, when the Atex mainframe keeled over around 6PM because of the strain Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653072677734418882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-90334197285333406122013-05-24T21:54:52.898+01:002013-05-24T21:54:52.898+01:00Fabulous piece. I was only in Wapping much later b...Fabulous piece. I was only in Wapping much later but one heard many stories about the early days - though none as compellingly told and with as much detail as yours. Liz Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03421798913557386766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-80848986232178018282012-09-16T01:34:25.046+01:002012-09-16T01:34:25.046+01:00thank you lina, i'm honoured - and humbledthank you lina, i'm honoured - and humbledSubScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652256420594879272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-66833180584714716632012-09-05T15:50:22.375+01:002012-09-05T15:50:22.375+01:00Thank you for filling some really important gaps. ...Thank you for filling some really important gaps. I wish we had spoken before I wrote the book. A wonderful piece....<br />Best wishes, Linda Linda Melvernhttp://lindamelvern.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-17990445690928760902012-06-09T12:21:46.905+01:002012-06-09T12:21:46.905+01:00This is great stuff, thanks so much Steve.This is great stuff, thanks so much Steve.SubScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652256420594879272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-73994219289333835352012-06-09T12:20:42.902+01:002012-06-09T12:20:42.902+01:00Fascinating.
I had a walk-on part in the drama.
I ...Fascinating.<br />I had a walk-on part in the drama.<br />I was then a chief sub in Kent, working on the Chatham News, and decided it was time to get shifts, so I wrote - yes, a letter - to David Hopkinson and received a very civil reply from Gray's Inn Road asking me to call him the next Friday at a specific time. The editor of the Chatham News was v considerate and made sure I had at least Steve Raynernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-31618237832035560232012-06-01T09:34:57.457+01:002012-06-01T09:34:57.457+01:00Lovely piece Liz, a really fascinating account tha...Lovely piece Liz, a really fascinating account that deserves a wide audience MPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-54753839709594423082012-06-01T09:34:07.337+01:002012-06-01T09:34:07.337+01:00At last, the story from inside the Fortress. Fasci...At last, the story from inside the Fortress. Fascinating read, thank you Liz.AKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-66827469154182868902012-06-01T08:20:57.524+01:002012-06-01T08:20:57.524+01:00Great insight into an important historical moment!...Great insight into an important historical moment!Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-34786714791302461032012-05-31T20:30:18.636+01:002012-05-31T20:30:18.636+01:00Amazing, Liz. Like Martyn, I'm well aware of t...Amazing, Liz. Like Martyn, I'm well aware of the broader picture, but as he says, your closeness to the action mkes compelling reading. Truly history as it happened.Den O'Donoghuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-6366515885554149162012-05-31T19:29:39.128+01:002012-05-31T19:29:39.128+01:00thanks martyn. absolutely no idea about charlie...thanks martyn. absolutely no idea about charlie's legs, as i was bunkered down in wapping. all of the above is my personal diary and impressions, some of which may, of course, have been wrongSubScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652256420594879272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287533173094987937.post-58558097612616646382012-05-31T19:15:20.627+01:002012-05-31T19:15:20.627+01:00Absolutely fascinating, Liz, and invaluable as wel...Absolutely fascinating, Liz, and invaluable as well. I knew a fair bit of this, of course, but it's terrific to have your front-line account, filling in so much more of the important details - and the tiny but telling points as well. Is it true that Charlie Wilson's legs were shaking like leaves when he made his famous speech, or is that merely an invention by his enemies?Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com