Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Not twisting your words BarryW, just saying exactly what I meant.
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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You are taking an interpretation of what was being said, made by Brian and turning it into a go at me. Pathetic really.
Keith Sansum1
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some points on barryw's posting
in the days that barryw speaks of i was considering going onto the council
some 25 years or more ago.
ray norley was a very controversial conservative cllr for elms vale at the time, but could easily at times have fitted into a national front candidate.
but he stood his ground on most issues, but those were the days when the tories won these seats, thankfully that changed, firstly to philip king(lib dem) then to labour.
but to the papers, in those days the reporters were local, on the story very quick, and more importantly they were trusted.
they also had offices in dover which people local used to pop in with stories
this was all lost when both papers closed there dover offices.
just going back though, in those council days there were a lot of characters
all different identities
sadly a lot of this has been lost
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Keith - there was a world of difference between Ray Norley and the National Front. I am frankly disgusted with that cheap remark about a very good friend of mine.
Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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I knew Roger Frayne well. We were both involved in the infamous Dover Pirate 'Channel Radio' of the mid 1970's.(I presented 'Dover Soul'). The man to take the credit though should be Eddy Austin without whose unacknowledged dynamism, local radio would not have taken the shape we see today. I was at his house when the home office carried out a raid in 1975. I think his fine was £240-00-we all chipped in.I was skint so I gave him the 2 turntable decks I had from Radio City. His relentless diligence to promoting the cause influenced many in high places. We had our differences but his hard work made things happen. The last time I worked with him was on 'White Cliffs Radio' an RSL during 1996 (I think). Those were the days.
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Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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Eddie is definitely an underated son of Dover. He now is resident in the far east the last bastion of local radio establishment.
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Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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Kuala Lumpar I think.
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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He is indeed Richard - I am still in touch with him via FB.
Brian Dixon
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yeah i knew eddie austin,lived about 1/2 mile from me.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Didn't eddie austin also at one time live close to the cricketers??
he did a great job for radio in his time and for dover.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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yes kieth,some where near the traffic lights at crabble.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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thought he lived in those houses just before the cricketers in the same road
also at one point lived in the houses (lewisham road?) kearsney abbey end
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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you may be right kieth,it was a large house as i remember.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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sure its the same geezer
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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yep.
Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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Crabble Avenue actually guys!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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thats by the cricketers is it not
used to chat to him in my younger days
(blimey im sounding old lol)
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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By the cricketers indeed...by the way I should have said the the turntables were from Radio 390 - not Radio City-memory takes a bashing over the years!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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long way off brian
stick a spring chicken as yet
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