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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Steve, I did say this in an earlier post........the LT have just taken a bit out of the book (losing the context, in the process)just to sensationalise, and stir the pot a bit......they don't care about the reputation of the town, they only want to sell papers.
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Quite right, Margaret. It's quite an interesting piece. He also repeats a theory, which he admits is a bit "fanciful" that the town went into mourning after the Pals massacre and has never really come out of it. As he says, even the buses were painted in the regimental colours with black mudguards as a sign of mourning. Not too sure about that myself, but it's certainly food for thought.
Incidentally, Margaret, the whole book looks quite a good read. It's only around £5 on kindle, so I'm quite tempted. As someone said, all publicity is good publicity!