The MEN Pink

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

I have an image ( maybe an imagined one ) of him always having a big fuck off cigar in his gob whenever I’d bump into him on away trips.

I was there 89/90 straight from school and he was on the pipe then. He was a Blackpool fan too I was led to believe.

 

[JGL07]

Yes he was. Always had a pipe(not crack) in his gob. A very nice man as I recall. They all were, David Meeke(Utd reporter) was very polite and softly spoken whilst Paul Ince was the gobby one who you could have a joke with. I was a messenger/runner when I left school and ended up in the Sports Dept for the first few months. Proper journalists,nit like the click bait rats of today who just copy n paste stories from twitter etc.

I think you are referring to Paul Hince, the MEN reporter, and a former City player.

Paul Ince played for United!

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

I think you are referring to Paul Hince, the MEN reporter, and a former City player.

Paul Ince played for United!

Yes, unfortunately, my phone makes words into words I didn't necessarily want to type. I type that fast I don't really spot the error.

 

[JCB001]

i think that it can still be read at Central Library on microfilm

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

i think that it can still be read at Central Library on microfilm

Correct.

 

[stonerblue]

Used

I know technology has moved on making The Pink redundant but I miss having a good read Saturday evening and into Sunday checking all the local non league stuff and forthcoming fixtures and of course Pink Postbag. Here Ted Knott (Droylsden) Les Holt (Prestwich) The Pink Thinker, Sale, Mick the red fireman (Middleton) John Donahue (Bredbury) Mike Brennan, Beswick and occasionally myself would battle it out for the tenner letter or the 2 fiver letters.

Waiting patiently outside the newsagents from 6pm for 10 to 20 mins until the van speeded into sight, drop off a batch and speed off to the next shop.
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used to wait patiently in the pub for the cry of, 'PINK FINAL' to alert us of its arrival. The cry of, 'SEAFOOD' usually came about 20 minutes later..