| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
faceless
admin
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
|
 Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: The way news should be told! |
 |
|
|
|
There's a small weekly newsletter that you can buy here in local shops every week called 'The Digger'. There's very little info about who runs it, but whoever it is they have their fingers in a lo of pies and aren't afraid to talk about them... vigilante journalism of a sort. Their targets are always the very worst people - gangsters, money lenders, heroin dealers etc - so any thought of their rights can whistle!
Anyway, here's a great example of the kind of thing that features in the pamphlet. I've highlighted a couple of bits - the first one made me laugh out loud. 'Coupon' in Glasgow slang means face... The most important part of this story is how it will cause ructions between the gangsters - they'll all be laughing at this guy for letting his wife be seen like this being skint and it won't be pretty if the author is ever found, I'm sure. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Bat
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Top of the Northern line.
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I didn't know that Burbury(?) made a coat like that  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bat
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Top of the Northern line.
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| Bat wrote: | | I didn't know that Burbury(?) made a coat like that |
.....or that Hilda Ogden lost her headscarf  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mandy
Joined: 07 Feb 2007
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| How did "couchtripper.com" get to be on the photo ... or is that a clue as to who runs it? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bat
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Top of the Northern line.
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| Mandy wrote: | | How did "couchtripper.com" get to be on the photo ... or is that a clue as to who runs it? |
Didn't you know that "Couchtripper" is "IN" with the big nobs???????????? We know EVERYONE and what they're up to  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mandy
Joined: 07 Feb 2007
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| Bat wrote: | | Didn't you know that "Couchtripper" is "IN" with the big nobs???????????? We know EVERYONE and what they're up to |
I found a further articles on the web :
http://www.yourha.info/ngha/1/edcnghadg9490.php
"Housing association accused of Fraud" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
faceless
admin
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| Mandy wrote: | | How did "couchtripper.com" get to be on the photo ... or is that a clue as to who runs it? |
I added it in because I did the scan
and no, I don't run the thing -
I've changed the pic now in case anyone else thinks that I'd be the person who'd post stuff about a gangster in a public newspaper... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
faceless
admin
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| Bat wrote: | | Bat wrote: | | I didn't know that Burbury(?) made a coat like that |
.....or that Hilda Ogden lost her headscarf |
haha Hilda will be spinning in her grave. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mandy
Joined: 07 Feb 2007
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| faceless wrote: | | I've changed the pic now in case anyone else thinks that I'd be the person who'd post stuff about a gangster in a public newspaper... |
My thoughts precisely !!! Just asking for trouble. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
eefanincan
Admin
Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Location: Canada
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
They've got guts, whoever they are.
@Bat --- I wondered the same thing about the Burbury coat |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pirtybirdy
'Native New Yorker'
Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Location: FL USA
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| I do love local newspapers... :-) Nice one Face. If you happen to find anymore interesting local articles and ya have a chance to scan them, I'd love to see 'em. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
6ULDV8
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
This is the same 'Publication' is it not, that caused grief to some youngster by naming him as a 'Grass'...
From what I recall, the pamphlet itself has more slander based on boredom (made up stories by the staff) than the Sun. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
faceless
admin
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Where do you hear that story 6ul? I've been reading it for a while and the only things I've seen that are direct comments are aimed at the 'big men'.
btw, it's an a4 folded (a5 pages) pamphlet that's only recently advanced to having a gloss cover. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
6ULDV8
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| faceless wrote: | | Where do you hear that story 6ul? |
It was one of those ned sites you linked to quite some time ago...
There were some video clips, one involved quite a long story about this 'paper' & the young lad (who now fears for his life). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
faceless
admin
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
|
| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
| Neds living in fear of other neds - it breaks my heart... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
