Heavenly boot of PC laid the bogey THEY will gather from all parts of the kingdom for a special dinner in Edinburgh tonight. It was the team of the three Browns and the six men from Gala, the side which, 25 years ago, laid the Twickenham bogey and beat the English on successive Saturdays. That has never happened before or since. Sadly, Jock Turner, one of the finest fly-halves cum centres Scotland ever produced, has passed away, and Alastair McHarg is on business in India, but the rest have answered the call of their captain, Peter Brown. And included in the guests are two of the most famous England faces - probably still wondering what happened to them - John Spencer and David Duckham.
The Most Memorable Day in Town’s History
Saturday, 5th May 2018 18:06 by Mel Henderson
As Sunday’s 40th anniversary of Town’s 1978 FA Cup triumph approaches,
Mel Henderson, the club’s public relations officer at the time, recalls that great day, the run which took the Blues to Wembley and how he came to be among those sitting on the bench during the final.
May 6th, 1978, was undoubtedly the most memorable day in the history of our favourite club.
I’m not forgetting what must have been an unforgettable climax to a fairytale 1961/62 season as Alf Ramsey’s team were crowned Football League champions, or the treasured memories of May 1981 when Town fans turned Amsterdam blue and white in recognition of the club’s outstanding success in capturing the UEFA Cup.
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Baroness O’Cathain, businesswoman criticised for her authoritarian style at the Barbican – obituary
She improved the arts centre’s finances but lost the confidence of colleagues. Later on, in the Lords, she defended the traditional family
28 April 2021 • 11:52am
Detta O Cathain (1993): her apparent contempt for the ‘whinges’ of people she referred to as ‘arty-farty types’ was bound to raise hackles
Credit: UPPA/Photoshot
Baroness O Cathain, who has died aged 83, was a forthright businesswoman who endured a torrid time as managing director of the Barbican arts and conference centre from January 1990 to March 1995.
When in the early 1960s the City of London made a “gift to the nation” of the £150 million arts complex, it was assumed that the Barbican would pay for itself, with the rent from exhibitions and conferences covering the costs of the concert hall, cinema, two theatres and art gallery. By 1990, however, the centre was costing the Corporation £21.4