Irish Political News

I’ve been clearing out the archives - a salutary experience. I’m trying to cull around 75% of a library which goes back to school exercise books. Among artefacts from the past, I have found - in addition to a set of university books that I would have sold had I had more sense - some interesting items. Some Old Nottinghamians A tranche of “Old Nottinghamian” school magazines and photos from the 1950s and 1970s - which means that in there somewhere there may be the odd photo of the likes of Ed “The Campaigner” Davey, Ken ” Smokin’ ” Clarke, Ed “The Enforcer” Balls, and Geoff “The Commuter” Hoon in their youth. Apparently in 1955, the school mock-election gave more votes to a Communist than to the Labour candidate: “The 794th meeting of the debating society (May 20th 1955) took the form of a Mock Election. The voting was as follows: R.P Soble (Con): 123 C.M Williamson (Ind.): 113 N.M Neattie (Nat Lib): 45 D.L Richards (Comm.): 36 T.P. Dolby (Lab.): 10″ And there was a dizzying amount of networking going on: “We should like to thank our fellow-editors from other Schools who have sent us copies of their magazines. These are:- The Loughburian; the Elizabethan; the West Bridgefordian; the Mountaineer; the King Edward VII School Magazine; the Stonyhurst Magazine; the Wheatleyan; the Cottonian; the Derbeian; the Alumnus; the Centaur.” (more…)