Marg P for observer reporter - yah or nay
 

After reading the posts in the observer thread in general chat and garinda saying that he thought it would be a good idea for marg P to be a reporter... and marg saying she would do it too, I thought I would start a poll to see what others thought..

I know many of you never got the chance to read Margaret Pilkington's fantastic blog but she really does have a way with words and a brilliant view on life.. so what da ya think?/

Ps hope you do mind me doing this margaret, if you do I'm sure the mods will remove it for you :o

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Marg's blog was a pleasure to read, and I really hope the journals haven't been lost for ever in the virtual ether.

She has great wit, and a down to earth charm, and I always read her musings with a silly big grin on my face. I've said before that her style reminds me of the late Bernice Rubens...only funnier.

I think she'd be a wonderful columnist for the Observer.:)

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used to enjoy reading margs blog down to earth,funny, and could easy lose those "Tripehounds" that now write for a once good local paper.:)

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I agree ... but so would you Garinda, perhaps you could get together and do a Richard and Judy style column .. yes, that would be cool :cool:

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thats an even better idea.

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Lol!

Bagsy Judy, as I like the odd tipple too.;)

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Never got to read her blogs. But in general post i usually agree with what she says, and these are usually witty and informative.

I enjoy her posts immensely!

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another marg fan,good on yer Lolly.:)

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Ooooh, I've come over all peculiar here...... I would love to do a column with Rindy....we would have a great time and the slant on local life and culture would be great...though i think a lot of it might be down to nostalgia.

I can't tell you how pleased I am that so many of you enjoyed my journal.....much as I, and I'm sure a lot of you, also enjoyed Rindy's.

When I first joined Accyweb, I remember thinking that no-one would be interested in my thoughts or opinions...and it was with great trepidation that I posted my first thread.......that seems an awfully long time ago now.
Yeah, bring it on.
And Rindy, you can be Judy...! I hope you improve her dress sense.

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Well, one thing for certain Margaret, sure he wouldn't be seen dead in a beige bra ....:D

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nice one .. i loved margarets blog & really miss it .....as i miss most of them, go it for margaret.


would be fun with rindy too.

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I'm still waiting for Nickelson, who voted for the option 'see my post for other ideas', to share their thoughts in this thread.:confused:

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Then the logical thing would be to wait until you've thought, before voting for that option.;)

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Margeret shouldn't go to the observer, the observer is becoming more and more full of pictures and no quality writing, it would only be a complete waste of her own writing skills.
If she wants to write something she should just continue to write her blog and not bother with down grading herself to the observer.

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and what paper would you suggest?

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Blazey, I loved to write my blog and as the members will testify I had an avid readership....I'm not really sure why, I just wrote about the boring events in my life. But, I think most folk like to have a glimpse at what is going on in other folks lives......that's why Big Brother is popular.
The journal on here, disappeared after we were hacked into by the Belgians....and sadly it has not come back.

You are right about the Observer....but I did like to read Gayle's column....I am not interested in people like the girl who complained about the caterpillar in the sweetcorn.......and why they should do a profile on her is anyones guess......fill column inches I suppose.
I wish they would let some of the Secondary School children write a column on a topic of either national or local interest. I would find their views interesting, and it could be a way to generate interest in news and the media, and help them to develop their writing skills. It may even get youngsters interested in local politics.

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I agree with you, Willow, but the local rag won't even acknowledge Accyweb's existence. When using Accyeb as a source, we are name-checked as "a local website".

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I think its clear that by saying just continue writing her blog for forum users to enjoy that I dont suggest a paper.

Why should she capitalise her blog for a newspaper to gain from when people who enjoy reading it already are?
If margaret personally wants to gain from her blog financially maybe she could consider making an E-book at the same price as the newspaper for us pay for, but why should she write her blog in a bad newspaper and let it drag her down.

If she merely enjoys writing it then she should keep on doing it the way she's doing now. Theres no need to mend something that isn't broken.

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I think it would be a good idea, really miss reading the blogs.

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I think my readership was fairly narrow on here, and not everyone who reads the observer is a member of Accyweb.
Sometimes Blazey a good column, with a firm following can lift the writing team(not that I am so immodest to suggest that I could be the writer of the said column).
I think the Observer went downhill when it became part of the Manchester news group......it doesn't feel local anymore.

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You're right there Margaret.I never got to read your blog but judging by your postings on here,I reckon you'd write a fabulous newspaper column.:)

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Just an idea for the Mods here. Is it possible to start a thread that no one else can post on?

So for instance, Marg or anyone else, could start up a thread and post in every week - not quite a blog but a column sort of thing - a once a week look at life. I'd start up Knight Life again and I'm sure others would do one.

Would only really work though if they weren't cluttered by other people's thoughts. Just an idea.

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Gayle....I'd definitely read yours.......I loved your column in the Observer.
I understand why you had to give it up, but I missed it.
I used to read that first then the letters.

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Thank you Lilly for your vote of confidence......it is good to know that folk enjoy reading what you write.......I set out to be Willow's apprentice waffler........and I can't seem to get enough steam up to get qualified :D

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Thank you, I actually miss writing it but it was a bit of a challenge to come up with something new every week.

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Not everyone who reads the observer is a member of accy web but not everybody who reads the observer really wants to read said blog either.
Also on here you have mixed varieties of people who can mention the blog via word of mouth, might be just a generalisation but people my age dont care about the local papers as much as forums on the internet and the national papers and I'm sure there are other people u might lose if it just went to the local paper, which to be quite frank is boring and any mention of it just makes me think dull dull dull. Why read locals when u can read national papers with intellectual discussions

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Intellectual discussions do not need to be confined to the national newspapers or to the internet.....and there are many people who may not have access to the internet......I am thinking older generations, who buy the Observer because it is a way of life for them. I firmly believe that the Observer has the potential to be a good local paper, but it does need some serious maintenance.
sometimes we need a lighter look at life anyway....the nationals give us all the doom and gloom we can handle.
Blazey, I think you might find my blog just a bit boring....after all most of it was just about everyday things.

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Well everyone else seems to be loving it so what makes me different from them? Its not like any of you have ever met me to know what i'm like :S

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Ok I started this poll to get marg reporting or doing a column for the observer as I loved her blogs...but marg and rindy would accy really be ready or able to cope???? :eek::D Me I'd love it :D

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I think Marg should have the Observer to herself, I'm holding out for a internationally syndicated column.:D

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you are right, I don't know you......but we are from different ends of the age spectrum, and while I agree that that doesn't always make a significant difference, I somehow think that you would find what I write uninteresting....and quite probably boring. Though i would be more than happy to be proved wrong. :)

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its never been the same since
phill harris (scoop) finished
so im all in favour of fresh ideas

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Well done marg good luck

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Mallard, i haven't really done anything....except write on here......I think I have two hopes of writing in the Observer....Bob Hope and No hope :) Well, unless of course you count anything on the letters page.
Having said that I do appreciate the confidence shown in my ability.....it is great to know that so many of you enjoy reading what I write.

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Well 5 months late i have thought about it and no she shouldnt because she would not have enought time to post on here ;).

Must have clicked the wrong option before.

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If it is not possible I am sure the mods could create a 'blog thread' section and remove anyone else's post and suggest/warn them not to post in any 'blog' threads except their own. It would not take much managing if the blogger whose thread it was used the report button to report anyone elses post in their thread. It would then be half self managed.

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As it is the pantomime season I would have to say....Oh yes she would.