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MAIA HART/STUFF Yours forever: William Trickey Woods was blinded in Gallipoli during World War I. That didn't 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 Ethel May Woods (nee Mills) pictured on their wedding day. When William Woods was blinded at Gallipoli...

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 Baird said the company was thrilled to open another store in the Bundaberg area. “The new Bundaberg...

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 well as the late Jeff Astle. Big Jack's brother Sir Bobby Charlton has also been diagnosed with the ...

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 born into mining backgrounds in 1935 and both sprang to fame in an age of increasing social mobility. ...

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 Crockett's 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 Vince McMahon from 1984-88, getting the TBS deal, what led to JCP selling to Turner, the framework o...