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MAIA HART/STUFF Yours forever: William Trickey Woods was blinded in Gallipoli during World War I. That didnt stop him from writing letters on a typewriter and signing them by hand. Hundreds of letters and pocket diaries – some perfectly intact, some falling apart – are stored away in shoe-boxes and folders across Marlborough. Maia Hart speaks to their safe-keepers to commemorate this year’s Anzac Day. William Trickey Woods, World War I MAIA HART/STUFF William Trickey Woods and Leila Ethe...

Premium Content Subscriber only The grills have fired up and the team at Bundaberg’s newest Hungry Jack’s restaurant are ready to take your order. The popular burger chain opened its third Bundaberg restaurant in late February creating more than 50 job opportunities for locals. Located on Bargara Rd the new restaurant features a dual drive-thru and a Jack’s Cafe. A development application was lodged for the Hungry Jack’s store in 2019. Hungry Jack’s Chief Marketing Office, Scott B...

Chris Kamara played for and managed Bradford City in the 1990s FORMER Bradford City player and manager Chris Kamara has revealed the results of a brain scan he had to check for signs of dementia. Kammy, who is now a pundit and national treasure, went for the test after suffering brain fog and was concerned it may be related to heading a football during his 20 year career. It follows recent deaths of England World Cup winners Nobby Stiles and Jack Charlton who both suffered dementia, as we...

Submitting... Strangely, of all those moments, the one which made me feel most nostalgic was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it clip from the early 1970s. “I’m a destroyer, a batterer, a fouler,” he tells the chat show host. The audience applaud. “What are you all clapping for?” he responds, with that unmistakable glint in his eye. The chat show host was, of course, Michael Parkinson. Another affable, plain-speaking, tell-it-how-it-is, working-class-made-good northerner. Both men were bo...

The story of Jim Crockett Jr., and the rise and fall of Jim Crockett Promotions is the lead story in the current double-sized issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.   We look at the death of Crockett, the Crocketts family original involvement in wrestling, how Jim took over the moves he made in building a small market territory into one of the big three companies in the U.S., original plans and why they changed, the rise of Ric Flair, where Jm was a Hall of Fame promoter, the fight with V...

Harp and the Fridge: Irelands 1980s NFL flirtation Ahead of Super Bowl LV, Myles Dungan tells Conor Neville how he came to front RTÉs 1980s NFL coverage - where eight-day-old games were shown and Dickie Rock appeared as a pundit. • 7 Feb 2021 RTÉ Sport Reporter On 31 January 1986, an RTÉ News crew set off for Kilkenny College to sample the opinions of students in their Teenagers Point of View slot. Among the items under discussion were the Challenger space shuttle disaster, Alan Dukes bud...

The death occurred recently of John (Jack) O Brien from Ramsgrange, who was known as a gentle giant and a hard working man who loved the land and spending tome with family and friends. Jack was born in Woodbine Avenue, Ramsgrange (but more commonly known as Ban Aiteann to people near and far), the son of Tommy and Peggy OBrien and brother to Tommy, Willie, Noel, Pat, Triona, Ollie and Derry. Jack was the second eldest in the family of eight siblings. As a child, Jack always had big features (su...

Maurice Setters, Manchester United defender and right-hand man to Jack Charlton in Ireland – obituary He played a key role in United’s recovery from the Munich disaster before helping to take the Irish to the World Cup quarter-finals 20 January 2021 • 10:00am Maurice Setters, left, with Jack Charlton after Irelands victory against England at the 1988 European Championship Credit: Ray McManus/ Sportsfile Maurice Setters, who has died aged 83, was a footballer and coach who on the pitch wa...

Here are the best fast food burgers ranked by us and our stomachs, and based entirely on how quickly we want them in our gobs.

It was a year when the threat of illness and death, in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, seemed to shape our relationship with celebrity culture. The usual charity songs and self-important social media posts struck the wrong note as ordinary people - doctors, nurses, paramedics - were elevated to the status of true stars.