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Tuesday, December 06, 2005 Lost for Words Charlton 2 Manchester City 5"It's a bugger is sympathy", says Ted Simcock in David Nobbs's excellent novel, A Bit of a Do, which was turned into a TV series around 1989. The character, played by David Jason with a rather suspect Yorkshire accent - traces of Peckham kept creeping into it - was unable to cope with the kind words of his friends after he had gone bankrupt.It was at the front of my mind, as I read the novel again a couple of weeks ago, and then went so far as to dig out an old video containing part of the series. And the words came winging back to me as, while waiting the customary two minutes for the coffee machine to deliver the goods at the Centre on Monday evening, I became aware that one of our managers was placing a kindly hand on my shoulder and commiserating with me on the above débâcle.Words failed me then, and still do. Wyn Grant has more details if you can bear to read them. And South London's Finest has a few appropriate comments, too. posted by Jonathan Blake @ 16:45 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home Reference Links Frankie Valley All Quiet in the East Stand (Inspector Sands) Addicks Championship Diary (Wyn Grant) New York Addick Livescore Charlton Athletic FC Latest Posts Defeats Update On the Receiving End The Doors of Perception The Focus of Attention Easy Does It? A Gloomy Afternoon in East Lancs Curses! A Credit to London Curbs Expects Point of Murphy's (and other matters) - Archives - May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 March 2008 April 2008 free hit counter About Me Name: Jonathan Blake Location: Argüelles, Madrid West, Spain "Jonathan Blake" came into being when I was supplementing my teaching salary by editing a small tourist magazine which was distributed free every month to visitors at a five-star hotel in the centre of Madrid. The production and layout were all done by non-English speakers, and that meant that all the writing had to be done by me. My own name appeared as editor and also over what I regarded as the best piece of the month. "Jonathan Blake" (the first name and surname of two acquaintances from university) was the name I made up (I thought then, and still do, that it has a nice ring to it) for second-best pieces and general features. It's nice to be able to resurrect Jonathan after all this time to help me out with the writing.... View my complete profile
Charlton 2 Manchester City 5"It's a bugger is sympathy", says Ted Simcock in David Nobbs's excellent novel, A Bit of a Do, which was turned into a TV series around 1989. The character, played by David Jason with a rather suspect Yorkshire accent - traces of Peckham kept creeping into it - was unable to cope with the kind words of his friends after he had gone bankrupt.It was at the front of my mind, as I read the novel again a couple of weeks ago, and then went so far as to dig out an old video containing part of the series. And the words came winging back to me as, while waiting the customary two minutes for the coffee machine to deliver the goods at the Centre on Monday evening, I became aware that one of our managers was placing a kindly hand on my shoulder and commiserating with me on the above débâcle.Words failed me then, and still do. Wyn Grant has more details if you can bear to read them. And South London's Finest has a few appropriate comments, too.
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"Jonathan Blake" came into being when I was supplementing my teaching salary by editing a small tourist magazine which was distributed free every month to visitors at a five-star hotel in the centre of Madrid. The production and layout were all done by non-English speakers, and that meant that all the writing had to be done by me. My own name appeared as editor and also over what I regarded as the best piece of the month. "Jonathan Blake" (the first name and surname of two acquaintances from university) was the name I made up (I thought then, and still do, that it has a nice ring to it) for second-best pieces and general features. It's nice to be able to resurrect Jonathan after all this time to help me out with the writing....
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