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• #10227
That's really sad. Rip Andy.
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• #10228
Such a sad loss. Fifty nine is no age these days.
Going to have this on repeat today.
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• #10229
RIP, I used to bump into him occasionally, always seemed friendly and down to earth and happy to chat.
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• #10230
RIP Andy
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• #10231
Yep - just rewatched that earlier!
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• #10232
This is a brilliant gig. Marr and Rourke don't drop a single note between them. Phenomenal.
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• #10233
Sad news - they started playing Smiths on Radio 4 this am and was hoping it was Morrissey.
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• #10234
RIP John Barclay.
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• #10235
RIP Frank Kozik :(
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• #10236
Ah man. Jim Brown.
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• #10237
Martin Amis.
Fuck
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• #10238
Niki Lauda. What a life.
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• #10239
Erm, in 2019…
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• #10240
Shit, I'm more smashed than I thought. Is Joe Cocker still kicking?
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• #10241
Fuck indeed, I stumbled across this yesterday.
Also on the radio was his burglary essay broadcast from London Fields in the 00s, which had us in stitches
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• #10242
George Logan (a.k.a Dr Evadne Hinge for those of you old enough to know who Hinge & Bracket were).
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• #10243
I thought he would have been older than that. I used to cycle past his house on the way to work everyday, Noel Edmonds (cock) lived in it recently.
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• #10244
Yeah, I was quite suprised when I saw it yesterday. I'd thought he would've been older as well.
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• #10245
Harry the bike has passed away
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• #10247
You know no-one else here reads The Spectator?
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• #10248
Clarke was their best writer. I'm assuming that not everyone exists in tragic narrow lanes as far as media consumption is concerned.
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• #10249
I do, their lunchtime news roundup email is surprisingly good
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• #10250
John Barclay & The Pedal Club
John died in his sleep last Friday night. He was ninety three years of age.
I hope you've all looked at the video Leggy Blonde posted above - it does give some idea of what a phenomenally important figure he has been in the development of British riders over the past fifty years.
It's worth mentioning that for many years the Pedal Club made a modest contribution each year to John's expenses. Since his retirement the club has looked out for promising young riders, who might have come under John's wing in the past, with a view to finding a home for the money which would previously have gone through John's hands. This is never a large sum, but we hope it may be some help to those wanting to try their luck on the continent.
The award is known as 'The John Barclay Scholarship'.
Noooo. Gutted.