I don't have a copy and I'd be surprised if it was mentioned there.

A man called Colin McClatchie (an employee in the Belfast Telegraph's circulation department in the Seventies) is writing a book about his newspaper experiences - he went on to become a leading media director with Thomsson and Rupert Murdoch. He made contact with Ed Curran, former BT editor, to get information about journalists who worked with Roy Lilley at the time he was editor. He was keen to know names and titles and a list was prepared for him which reads like an all our yesterdays now. Here's the list of editorial management back then: Roy Lilley, Editor Edmund Curran, Deputy Editor Jim Gray, Assistant Editor Desmond McMullen, Assistant/Production Editor Norman Jenkinson, News Editor Martin Lindsay, Deputy News Editor Tom Carson Features Editor Malcolm Brodie Sports Editor. Edward Sterling snr, Photographic Editor Samuel McMurray, Chief Sub-Editor We remember them all and happily three are still with us enjoying life.

The answer is in the final par in the article in the link I put up sent by John Kelly.

With this rush of attention I am moved to put up in our copyboys photo album, Journos at Large - 2 a new photo I see of the Belfast Telegraph Teletubbies - ex sports members - out for a pint and lunch at Cutter's Wharf recently. They all look wel.

It was a sad, solemn occasion but Ronnie Harper's funeral today at Bangor's Lisnabreen Presbyterian Church was also filled with laughter because all the speakers from Ronnie's son to his best and long-time friend to the minister all remembered vividly his sense of humor and smiling personality. And remember they did - with funny stories he told and the Rev Sam Castles even recalled applying to become the church's minister and having to face the rather serious expression of the elder listening to him: that was Ronnie. Mr Castles and Ronnie soon became friends. He got the job. A large number of friends and acquaintances were present from the church itself and various sports bodies and sporting clubs that Ronnie knew from his reporting days and participating in like Pickie Bowls club. The list of old colleagues and friends from the Belfast Telegraph included Robert Fenton, John Campbell, Denis Baxter, Sammy Hammill, Graham Hamilton, Water Macauley, Lyle Jackson, Roy Shephard, David Kelly, Colin McMullan, Trevor Martin, Roy Smyth, Martin Lindsay, Bobby Ingram, Fred Hoare, Stewart McKinlay, Eddie Sterling jnr. and Terry Smith. Again we extend condolences to Ronnie's widow, Helen who was a tower of strength over the ten years that Ronnie suffered from his illness.

Well remembered Alistair. I haven't seen what's been written but expected Jim Gracey to write an appreciation which may appear yet. Ronnie was a great character and the skill he had is missed nowadays.

Sad news. Ronnie has been ill a long time and looked after by his wife and family. Our condolences to them.

Always glad to help when I can....Cheers.

It can't have helped sales, but there was no Belfast Telegraph to purchase today where I live and my newsagent informed me that he wasn't going to ring Cork to find out why because they wouldn't know either and would make him hang on till they found out if the van has crashed (again) into another ditch. Strange way to run a newspaper and running that part of the operation in Cork.

That might well apply to Mr. Putin's victory.

Thanks Michael. Meant to put this up but delayed by landline being dead and no internet at home. Hope the law still applies after Brexit.

Could I remind contributors that the Preview button has a habit of deleting messages rather than allowing you to see and review what you've written.... I have asked Typepad to investigate but every time they do they seem to find it to be working fine. My suggestion again is when you write something, scroll over it and hit Control C. At least, then if you Preview your message and it disappears you can then go back into the message box and hit Control V to have yuour lost message returned. Thanks...

Yes. Chichester was indeed the old name when it was just a daily column. I'm still searching memory banks for a forgotten name of a fella who also contributed. I only noticed the reverse block announcing the Ulster Log would return in the New Year. Maybe it will be governed by a female journalist now there's one in charge o the shop.

It's almost too good to let it pass unnoticed . . . But this New Year's we have passing over us Storm Dylan. Winds of 80mph are predicted. It's blowin' in the wind, all right!!

In my search for information about Tom Burns I fired off a number of emails with pix of the man and even telehoned the home of Roy Lilly - a man with a good memory of people at the Belfast Telegraph. I discovered that Roy has been in hosital for a while now and unwell and I got to speak to him and to wish him well and to wish him personally a speedy recovery to better health. Happily, he was in a cheerful mood and asked that I send out from him his best wishes to all fellow copyboy contributors who might see and read this....job done.

Emails from Alastair came be amusing and worrying and sometimes quite dynamic like this mornings which contained a bunch of photographs of various lorry containers carring our human waste to disposal points throught the British Isles ....we thought it funny and thought others not in receipt of the email might be amused to with this, to quote Alastair,'crappy sense of humour...' You will find in the the albums with the title, Poo Puns...

I still remember when the Telegraph decided to go multi section and I was asked to prepare a dummy edition. I led the second section with sport because I thought of it as news in shorts and it was a topical/newsy thing with possibly great pictures. That idea was rejected. Features had to lead the second section. Sport would still be on the back and despite my best to put them in more visible places efforts BMDs and TV were buried in the paper. I always remember saying that the paper would have to be thicker, more pages. That didn't happen either. The result was the scheme was abandoned not long after it was started but with a heavy loss in sales. Older readers couldn't find the TV and they thought we hadn't published the BMDs! A small pagination when separated does not appear good value. The boss at the time wanted to modernise the paper but it was for a new readership who weren't buying it and didn't either.

Apologies Roy, but you were quoted in a very comprehensive news story by Noel McAdam who produced a second story when Tony Blair came up with sympathy too. The 'official obituary' was being done by someone else you know well and when I asked him about sending me a copy of it, he replied:".... I think it was a matter of being overtaken by events" ... so no official obit was done, it was felt possibily by the power that be that coverage done was enough. Sad decision, I thought.

Yes. The building Frames used was previously Graphic Plates where photographic images were supplied to the Telegraph and I often had to go there to seek help from the manager Billy Britten, a real decent gentleman of the old school

Not sure this has worked the way I designed it ... so it may disappear to be worked on further.

Yes. Sad news indeed about Austin. I remember him with fondness for his generosity of spirit and he was a gentleman of high order. I'm away at the moment but will find a tribute for publication here if one puts one up before I get back.

I've just put up a photo of the cover of Peter McMullan's new book, Casting Back - Sixty Years of Fishing and Writing (about it) in the Belfast Telegraph. Old hands will know Peter whose other work pastime was writing about rugby and sport. Good luck with the sales, Peter. Ps ... when looking at the blog yesterday I couldn't help but spot an amazon advertisement for another book by another old friend, Ivan Little ... The promo for it read "From one of Northern Ireland's most recognisable and popular journalists comes this frank and entertaining memoir. Charting his entrance into the world of local journalism, and covering his breaking of major news stories, Ivan Little presents a telling glimpse at life from behind the microphone."

We got another email and the result of it is the change to the current Mr Hack and the introduction of another photo and caption....The email from our good friend and old colleague Eddie Sterling jnr:Hi, John, Colin McMullan and I paid a visit to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum today (Wed). We enjoyed the Titanic exhibits, and the trams etc, but really we were there to see the restored Belfast Telegraph Derry van. I remember seeing the van in the Tele garage in Stephen Street, looking very forlorn, covered in dust and pigeon droppings. One of Colin's uncles - Stewart Duffin - drove the van for many years (remember Dan Duffin, he was related to Colin). Colin told me that, when Stewart retired, a colleague had worked out that, in his time, he had driven the equivalent of to the Moon and back. That's more than 475,000 miles! Great yarn. I have attached a couple of pix. On my behalf would you cobble together a few pars for The Copyboys .... Mission accomplished and thanks for remembering us. Cheers.

Sorry, but I like the blog to carry details and stories about newspapers etc like the one above I've just put up a moment or so ago. In yesterday's Daily Telegraph the lead item in the Features section carried the headline, All life is here, in our obituaries and it was a good, entertaining piece by the paper's obituaries editor, Andrew M. Brown - about changes to the paper's obituaries page brought about 30 years ago by Hugh Massingberd, appointed to the post by the then editor, Max Hastings. My delay in getting it up here, or a link to it was caused by the the paper seemingly to have stopped having a Search panel on its website. If there is one, I can't see or find it. By other search means I found the piece and here's a link to it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/31/all-life-is-here-30-years-of-telegraph-obituaries/ Read and enjoy.

Anne ... you are welcome whenever and wherever you wish to comment! Confusion is part and parcel of life around the copyboys and no doubt our Chairman will be happy to explain.