Re: Is This Dangerous ?

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My father had a great disrespect for newspapers and what they wrote, (have
since discovered that they don't ever seem to want to publish a story of
'how it is', more 'how we see how it is') and he advised me to read the
Times and the Daily Worker and take the middle line, a bit extreme I fear.

A lovely story of my experience with the press was over a planning
application I made when I lived in Leicester. I had this large piece of land
and wanted to keep a few chickens on it, 'quite a few' :-)) and as I was
going to build this up slowely, I had the fear that a complaint might come
in when I had 'rather a lot' on there and would have to scrap them all, so I
applied to have a 'Poultry Farm' on the land. Planning made a visit and
didn't think I would get permission. OK, fine, rather know now. The press
got hold of it and a protest was organised. The press rang me up at the
office 'What are you going to do about the protest?' "What protest?" He told
me and I just said 'Oh well I won't do it then'. That bit never appeared in
the paper, just the protest :-)) That piece of land now holds tow blocks of
six one bedroomed Council Flats.

and I moved back to the Isle of Wight :-))

Mike


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