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FLEET ST PUB RANTS BLOG (4#) -

What started out as a group blog on Blogspot
has earned its own special cyberspace url:

:: Gentlemen Ranters ::
The last pub on the Street.

A group of veterans from Fleet Street, the UK journalism of olde, get together in a virtual pub to trade recollections, stories, and oral history.

"There’s still
stuff in tea-chests here
waiting to be unpacked."

Be that as it may, thank you for sharing!

What Prof Greenslade said:

"I urge everybody to read one of its first offerings, a laugh-out-loud piece by Colin Dunne, entitled I knew Eric Wainwright. It's a brilliant snapshot of the anarchy - and overmanning - that made Fleet Street in general, and the Daily Mirror in particular, amazing places in which to work."

I followed Prof Greenslade's directive, read the piece, and enjoyed it tremendously. The collective is an invaluable treasure trove.

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