Happy Rapping memories

Hinch Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:43 pm

I have been lent 50-odd copies of RAP by a forum member and have just read them all. Wow!!!! What memories. Loads of typos in every issue and apologies galore but what a great read.

I know they gave Cyril a hard time but it was nothing compared to what they dished out to Arthur J Cleasby, former Labour councillor and Chairman of Rochdale Health Authority. What a scoundrel!

As for their exposes of Turner Bros Asbestos, brilliant investigative reporting.

Think I'll reprint some of their gems on here. First issue was November, 1971.

Saddest thing was that the RAP years witnessed the death of the cotton industry. Thomas Robinsons and a whole load firms we thought would last forever like John Brights, Whipp and Bourne. As for the industrial relations problems at Woolies, the mind boggles.

teamplayer2 Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:45 pm

Sounds a great read Hinch.

Hinch Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:56 pm

It becomes obvious reading it that half of the secretaries at the Town Hall and in local businesses kept RAP well supplied with dirt.

Jeanie Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:48 pm

Share it please Wink

Poppyanna555 Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:51 pm

Yes DO pretty please.... bounce

Atlas Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:15 am

You already had my 'Cyril Smith' copy which I trust you have lovingly secured for posterity. The 'rest' I keep close to my bosum for 'possible' future revelations - hee hee hee - tongue