Tigers at Layer Road 21:11 - Sep 23 with 55050 views | SparkfilmsTV | In a strange twist of events l found myself in conversation with a young lady who had attended Layer Road for a match against Hull City in our first season in The Championship. The 5-1 encounter. We were attending a promo evening for a band called The Datsuns in North London in 2008. During the evening she explained that she had been present at a party that made the national news due to the tragic death of someone by the name of Mark Blanco. The incident occurred in December 2006. This incident will be shown on Channel 4 on Monday night at 22.00 in an hour long documentary and several people known to me have made contributions. It may be of interest to some. I am very much hoping that the police will reinvestigate the death of Mark Blanco as a result of what will be included in the content. I know that what l was told by this young lady 15 years ago has been instrumental in the making of this documentary. | | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 10:23 - Feb 21 with 3053 views | SparkfilmsTV | INTERZONE Bare light bulb Spirit of youth This naked truth That lays on the floor In the crossfire Friend and enemy This is The INTERZONE of destiny You put on your high heels Doing deals turning wheels Your mind is numb And your body is numb You bite the bullet Never turn and run 'Cause the bullet can't harm you Safe in your skin Wild angel with wings Always running Through the back doors Of your mind Feeding on poison Bleeding in a prison cell Seizing the moment Intricate timing Takeaways and breakaways You'll be blazing at dawn A thorn in my soul Taken from IPSWICH ZERO 6 | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 16:33 - Feb 21 with 3045 views | SparkfilmsTV | FACE Once Caught in a lens From a fourth floor balcony Breathless Wreckless Rebel flesh Writhing Love is a message on a waiting room wall Scrawled in eye liner Closer Straight to detail Words failed Walking in the rain on Saturday Staring at strangers Feeling pain But blameless This tide washes over Cleanses no one Returns unannounced Years later Lens extends Your words 'Life is a drive-through' 'Hurt tears us apart' Oblivious Turning the pages of a magazine Disguised as lifestyle Unable to look At your face Your face is beautiful Especially when anger sets in Personality moodswing The small scar Noticed second time at Little Venice I knew then just like l know now On the table Keys A carton of orange juice Body spray Everything is you Hair unfurled I wanted to keep you from the world Things are happening Down on the street On this screen It all goes over It all goes through us Trust A word l found in your Filofax once We are minute detail Dust Soft focus But always there Just Taken from BLUEPRINT FOR LIFE I remember writing this in just a few minutes and l just wanted to leave it unedited and 'live'. This was written in Colchester with the afternoon sun streaming in through the window. All of the content for BLUEPRINT was written at break neck speed and virtually unedited or proof read. I think this book must have been the fastest ever to be written, produced and distributed via wholesalers in the UK. It was supported with a national advertising campaign. To get the book into the wholesalers who were based in Norwich ( Bertram's - sadly since closed ) and Eastbourne ( Gardner's Books ) l drove through the night to both destinations. To sell it in to Waterstone's l had to drive to Deansgate, Manchester where the poetry buyer was based. The meeting lasted around three minutes. The buyer said 'Yeah, we'll take it'. She was then able to get it around the UK. I remember knocking on her door. As l entered she was crying. Some personal issue l think. Couldn't really ask. FACE was featured in GRAPHIC POETRY. [Post edited 21 Feb 16:50]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 16:46 - Feb 21 with 3042 views | SparkfilmsTV | SOUTHPORT Droplets Running down skin On the beach Transistor radio tunes in Multi-electrode valves crackle Bad new travels fast in the heat Acting on a tip off Police broke into a room in a guest house A gramophone purchased 48 hours earlier Repeating a line from a sixties single By Billy Fury A bloodstained doll With the head torn off She always wanted to be famous Today her face A digital self portrait Seen simultaneously on fifteen news channels And on line Should make tomorrow's papers And posters will appear on ice cream kiosks In the Penny Arcade At the railway station And be seen by School teachers And day trippers And those who had a casual fling No one ever got close Down by the promenade She's cut off all her hair Watches the clouds And sings 'Halfway to Paradise' Taken from BLUEPRINT FOR LIFE and written on location in Southport and Liverpool, UK. [Post edited 21 Feb 21:14]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 19:19 - Feb 21 with 3029 views | ghughes11 | Can we get Banksy to participate in the Happy League next season? Could up the prize stakes! | |
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Tigers at Layer Road on 22:15 - Feb 21 with 3015 views | SparkfilmsTV | Didn't get the opportunity to establish if Banksy has an interest in football but can confirm that he has a passion and talent as a vegan cook! Visited his abode in 2005. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Remember that day quite well. Shared a sofa with Lily Allen at the offices of Dazed and Confused - it's just Dazed now but still a fantastic publication. Have the latest edition here. Behind the scenes the offices were threadbare and not in keeping with the 'glossy exterior'. They were kind enough to feature myself and a member of Massive Attack ( that being the Bristolian link ). That was quite an interview, the young lady had been up all night at The Brits and was virtually asleep as we ran through stuff. She also had the most unusual Christian name l ever came across. Was actually looking through the staff list at Dazed this morning and imagine she is now settled with a few kids in The Cotswolds or somewhere. Maybe though she has moved to Colchester. She might even be living next to The Magic Numbers. | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 12:56 - Feb 22 with 2989 views | SparkfilmsTV | TALISMAN Yes, It is l Your talisman Who appears before you At the end of this hospital bed As you slip in and out ... I'm holding a lighter above my head Swaying softly from side to side In adoration I've been here all night Listening to your dreams That l know to be more than dreams The labyrinth of hallways Where you gouged messages On doorways with your nail file And the screwdriver You found in the back of a taxi Before you went missing For twelve lonely hours Ripping out flowers on the seafront They cut your pretty face After the curfew And l tasted the blood and the tears On you As we walked back to the hotel In the rain Where you worked as a waitress For ยฃ5 an hour And the occasional tip Kissed your lips On the boardwalk in a dream In an amusement arcade In another The lover found scaling a wall Caught up in barbed wire Heart of fire The DC walking round and round Your head pounding As l waited outside Most of the night Yes, It is l Your talisman Who will never leave Your side Taken from The Soundscape section of IPSWICH ZERO 6 | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 20:58 - Feb 22 with 2968 views | SparkfilmsTV | BLUE MONEY The bus station cafe This is the ideal setting For your seminar 'A Masterclass in Resilience' That classic shot of spoon in cup Stirring and stirring You know how it goes And there's a frame that we re-visit The red streak in your black hair The cracked teeth And the cold stare And last night In your red skirt and red tights Prowling through the dirt By the warehouse lights Where you shoot on sight And you shoot to kill And you fall and you rise 'cause you've got the will To overcome it all somehow This is a Masterclass in Resilience' Blue sky thinking? That is never an issue Not here Living off blood in funtown Where you Run Run Run around You're overground and you're underground Lost but never found Not any more Because l can see How the destiny And the glory Of no fixed abode An open road That runs somewhere and nowhere And that state of being That l can see in your eyes And you're lifted above it In the Suffolk skies And look down on it To try and make some sense But... Why does anything have to make sense? And you're still stirring your coffee When we see them coming towards us And you smile And l never quite understood why you smiled But why does anything have to make sense? Taken from the Soundscape section of IPSWICH ZERO 6. There is also a continuing link throughout the Soundscape that l originally introduced entitled Lost in a Rumour that l may revisit and add to. | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 14:24 - Feb 24 with 2946 views | SparkfilmsTV | THE SILENT CITY Checking your eye shadow On the elevator To the ninth floor Where you overhear a conversation About a psychic Who may know the identity Of a serial killer Who wrapped his victims In ten metres of gauze With holes cut out To show the eyes Their mouths drawn with lipstick Smiling Natron On a shelf in a room With a two way mirror And the wired exterior And here now Through a triple glazed window Gazing at the traffic flow In the silent city Where all the taxis Are running out of control In a state of unrest Your heart beating faster As you approach ROOM 226 Taken from IPSWICH ZERO 6 | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Tigers at Layer Road on 11:42 - Feb 25 with 2932 views | SparkfilmsTV | BODY EXTRA 'I wanted it to be like we said, with you playing you, the things we spoke about, they could have happened, it all came down to timing. By last October you were off radar and I'd heard how xxxxxxx mad things had got even by your standards. So l had to made a decision to get someone else to play your part, imagine trying to brief a clean living media student from Hertfordshire, well, you've seen the results, it was pretty amazing. But this whole thing starts and ends with you no matter what happens in between all the sub plots. They are still evolving and l see no end to this. It used to occur to me that your phones were like little disposable cameras with a life cycle of just a few weeks, or sometimes hours, one thrown from the Orwell Bridge, another crash landed on the A14 at 70mph at 2am. And something else, the way you went 'shopping' from service stations, never more than four or five items at a time, or when you were stealing clothes, with me waiting on the opposite side of the street. My heart pounding. Feeling like a criminal. And l never really worked out if l was guilty of anything'. Taken from IPSWICH ZERO 6 ( Recorded telephone conversation ). | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 18:30 - Feb 25 with 2917 views | SparkfilmsTV | I was just flicking through the channels on my TV and accidently landed on Radio 4. There was a poetry programme, possibly a repeat from a few years ago featuring Jack Jones. I was aware of Jack's musical association with Peter Doherty. Jack's life story is very interesting and so is the subject matter of his poetic works - several of which were recited and made good use of supporting audio. There always seems to be a road back to Colchester lately when joining up the dots within this thread and Jack's work is no exception. That link being on Hythe Hill - home to Doctor John Cooper Clark who has reviewed and commented on the work of the Swansea musician / poet glowingly and with great enthusiasm. As l may have hinted at previously, l wonder if Doctor John and Banksy may have crossed paths - with them being on opposite sides of the road some years ago. ๐๐ I have to admit to not hearing anything related to poetic work on Radio 4 for at least ten years - but my good fortune to hit on that. Peter Doherty was also featured on the programme and he too has an appreciation of Jack's poetry. They both have an appreciation ( of a kind ) of iced baths before performances. Hot baths are the choice on Riverside Estate. | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 08:40 - Feb 26 with 2898 views | SparkfilmsTV | Should just add that Jack's band is TRAMPOLENE - who appeared at the venue l refer to at the very beginning of this thread with Peter & Co. about seven years ago. Jack is from Swansea. He appears in a promotional film for the NHS which has been produced by Strap Originals - the production of which is quite different to what anyone might expect, but the better for it. Strap Originals is Peter's own brand / label and launch pad . | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 12:25 - Feb 26 with 2877 views | SparkfilmsTV | GLANCE A glance Paid back with interest Quickfire the tempest Beckons in the wings An angel sings In the Esso neon drag Unnerving but instinctive Hanging in the side streets The fever and the fury It lives on forever Number 79 All boarded up now I can't hear you breathing anymore I don't see your eyes changing colours But your whispers How they haunt me Sirens scream in the distance Futile resistance Tonight I saw it all... What l gave you the night you called Hot water for your instant coffee Some indigestion tablets That l wrapped in a tissue And put in your jacket pocket I watched the CCTV Held it on freeze frame For three days Ate out of a tin can Just like you taught me Slept on the reclaimed sofa Remembering what you said 'Who needs houses' 'Who needs anything' 'You take the journey to a point beyond it' 'Safe in this skin, don't need anything' 'Cause the drugs, they xxxxxxx man' 'Blocks it all out - like really blocks it all out' 'The best xxxxxxx therapy you ever could get' Taken from the Soundscript section of IPSWICH ZERO 6. ( Number 79 refers to 79 London Road, Ipswich - home of Suffolk Serial Killer, Steve Wright. Words that 'she' said were written down at the time in my notebook so they could be quoted accurately ). | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 13:17 - Feb 28 with 2808 views | SparkfilmsTV | I landed on Channel 4 last night around 22.10. There was some kind of modelling / fashion programme being featured. When the name 'Rankin' was mentioned a few minutes in l thought l better see this through. I can't quite recall how l / we ended up at a Rankin shoot in 2006 but he is a very impressive operator. From memory this was in Farringdon as l think we parked on Saffron Hill. Which brings me back to the close knit family / circle that existed at the time and perhaps how we were featured in Dazed & Confused. John Rankin Waddell was a founder member of Dazed & Confused and quickly recruited Katy England who married Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream in 2006. Bobby Gillespie was one of the contributors to Full Moon Empty Sports Bag. Something came up yesterday...an auction of belongings to the late Martin Duffy who died a couple of years ago at 55 and appeared to be in considerable debt despite a glittering musical career. The auction ( Omega Auctions ) up on Merseyside sold off Martin's lifetime collection of vinyl, guitars, books, stage passes and posters. Martin was keyboard player in Felt before joining Primal Scream but he does not appear to have been included in the core business transactions of Primal Scream and was effectively paid on a studio & recording / touring basis. Similar to how David Bowie operated at various times ( Spider's from Mars etc ). Rankin also photographed Bowie over the years. [Post edited 28 Feb 13:20]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 12:44 - Feb 29 with 2772 views | SparkfilmsTV | CROSSFIRE So you're still out there Between the van hire And the Blue Moon Cafe In the crossfire With your afterburners And the akimbo stance Stepping into traffic In an aerosol vapour trail Blowing out sensors Crossing enemy lines We go back to your place With the boarded up front door And the back door Has been kicked in But l like Your innovative use Of velvet curtains You pulled from a skip Along with selected items Of furniture In this stylish home makeover Done on a low budget In fact....done on nothing at all You were always a born survivor You introduce me to your friends A transvestite A vampire And a murderer A murderer? He seems by far The most rational to me With an in-depth knowledge Of Darwinian theory And he did have the decency To give his wife Five private burials At her favourite locations And rather touching What he wrote in her blood On the bathroom wall 'My darling Lilian, you are free now' And this commune that you live in 'A small group of people living communally and sharing in work and earnings etc' Maybe a place that l could settle for a while After my 'time' away I call it a sabbatical To those few people Who recognise me now And ask where l have been For the past few years Taken from IPSWICH ZERO 6 ( The reference to the murder of Lilian was researched on a prison visit ). | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 18:25 - Mar 1 with 2713 views | SparkfilmsTV | Have just watched an extraordinary interview by Sky News ( Sam Coates ) with George Galloway up there in Rochdale. I have never heard anyone speak that directly in a live political interview - nor have l heard such biblical references that Galloway reeled off so eloquently. It followed the Prime Minister's announcement in Downing Street just a few minutes earlier. As Galloway said, he got more votes than the Tories, Labour, Lib Dems and Reform combined. I have nothing against Sunak but l have always had time to listen to Galloway who is a one off. I am likely in a minority for respecting Galloway's stance - but so be it. ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 14:28 - Mar 3 with 2666 views | SparkfilmsTV | PULSATOR Blue steel reflector City scape detector Cirrostratus in lust funk glasses Fleet of heart This living art Some deft infusion Crash collusion Take it away - GET UP ON THE TABLE AND DANCE! Tungsten tipped and honey lipped Double cream stirred and whipped SLINKY AIR TIGHT designer jacket Carry a warning on every packet Here comes POST MODERN METRO FEMALE A phototech Bleached out on the monorail Blending in And PHASING OUT Anti clockwise around the circuit Levis and boots is the way you work it PULSATOR REACTOR GET UP ON THE TABLE AND DANCE ( the city scene ) ( caught in the steam ) ( of a shower cubicle ) ( in NW3 ) Taken from DIRTY BLONDE AT THE CASH MACHINE | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 18:14 - Mar 3 with 2650 views | TheOldOakTree |
Tigers at Layer Road on 18:25 - Mar 1 by SparkfilmsTV | Have just watched an extraordinary interview by Sky News ( Sam Coates ) with George Galloway up there in Rochdale. I have never heard anyone speak that directly in a live political interview - nor have l heard such biblical references that Galloway reeled off so eloquently. It followed the Prime Minister's announcement in Downing Street just a few minutes earlier. As Galloway said, he got more votes than the Tories, Labour, Lib Dems and Reform combined. I have nothing against Sunak but l have always had time to listen to Galloway who is a one off. I am likely in a minority for respecting Galloway's stance - but so be it. ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ |
Putting political preferences to one side, it was eloquent indeed, but not as eloquent as the person that looks after the Have I Got News for You twitter/X account. They wrote; Celebrating his by-election victory, George Galloway described Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer as โtwo cheeks of the same arseโ, prompting the natural response that he clearly occupies the space between them | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 15:22 - Mar 6 with 2578 views | SparkfilmsTV | PREDATOR ( Unreleased / Storyboard text for short film ) Just one glimpse A Polaroid snapshot And.... They you were Aloof and alluring Demure all consuming I am your PREDATOR ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Driving around The one-way system To capture you In night vision By sick and sordid night Your movements recorded In black laddered tights By the pharmacy Outside the Fashion Bar By LIoyds TSB And so it goes on Descriptions of attire Those you hang out with Carefully compiled In a journal Hidden Under the stairs I am your PREDATOR ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Depraved Sinister Sipping Earl Grey In the afternoon Plotting... Your time Will come soon Believe me I've tried To rid myself Of this ๐๐๐๐ING disease Hovering over helplines At 3am But.... To no avail I've long considered My confession statement Preparing myself For the inevitable I've got more secrets Than the Catholic Priest I should be Caged underground And never released You are beauty I am the beast It is on your flesh That l will feast And.... I'm waiting in the wings Late last night I saw you walking alone For the very first time ....on your way home? ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ It was a chance Too good to miss You turned into Orchard Walk With not a soul around I felt like a curb crawler As l slowly Tracked you down I pulled up alongside And our eyes met For the very first time Lowering the tinted window With a token 'You shouldn't be walking alone' Offering my target a lift Which she gratefully accepted Which was A CATASTROPHIC ERROR ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ But one so easily made Accepting a lift From a FEMALE ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ [Post edited 6 Mar 15:33]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 20:21 - Mar 7 with 2550 views | SparkfilmsTV | Special thanks to all the Queen's Park Rangers fans who have been following this marathon in 'The Loft' at Fans Network. Always loved my visits and enjoyed living nearby. ๐๐๐ฆฎ๐ฆฎ | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 10:41 - Mar 8 with 2522 views | SparkfilmsTV | HYBRID The streets Are all HYBRID Romford cinema Passing OVERHEAD Pavements peppered By FACE ANGELS And the indefinable POWER Of grey scale Is threatening To blow this thing apart In the perfumed city BACKLIT SEX GIRLS Are jumping From office buildings Aspects of black and white Movie stars Are hanging in the underpass Blistered graffiti walls Melt under purple skies And PHONEBOOTH BABES Are downloads In the reflection of eyes Take me To your leader On this night Of the SILVER SUN The audience has gone And this FILM Has over run Taken from DIRTY BLONDE AT THE CASH MACHINE [Post edited 8 Mar 10:46]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 12:20 - Mar 8 with 2502 views | SparkfilmsTV | Something for 'The Loft'.....and 'The Usual' on Fans Network. I have been in my loft this morning and recovered a football programme from Saturday 6th, May, 1967. This is a reminder of a great day out at 'Rangers Stadium, Shepherds Bush, London W12' for the match between Queen's Park Rangers and Colchester United in Football League Division 3. QPR had already been crowned Champions and they were the best team l ever saw playing at this level. Their side that day - 1. Peter Springett 2. Ian Watson 3. Jim Langley 4. Mike Keen 5. Ron Hunt 6. Tony Hazel 7. Mark Lazarus 8. Ian Morgan 9. Les Allen 10. Rodney Marsh!!!!! 11. Roger Morgan What a treat it was in those days to see someone like Rodney Marsh playing. ๐๐ Colchester United 1. Alan Buck 2. Dennis Mochan 3. Brian Hall 4. Derek Trevis 5. Duncan Forbes 6. Bobby Blackwood 7. Peter Barlow 8. Peter Bullock 9. Ken Hodgson 10. Reg Stratton 11. John Martin Match ball donated by 'The Earl of Derby' Goalscorers that season for QPR ( as listed in this programme ) included - Marsh 43 Lazarus 21 Allen 19 Morgan R 14 Their Manager was the Great Alec Stock! QPR won this match 2-1 on a sunny Saturday afternoon. [Post edited 8 Mar 12:22]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 12:36 - Mar 8 with 2500 views | TheOldOakTree |
Tigers at Layer Road on 20:21 - Mar 7 by SparkfilmsTV | Special thanks to all the Queen's Park Rangers fans who have been following this marathon in 'The Loft' at Fans Network. Always loved my visits and enjoyed living nearby. ๐๐๐ฆฎ๐ฆฎ |
Firstly Sparks, from the number of views your thread has received, itโs obvious that many of us are enjoying your words, so thanks for all your effort. Secondly, Iโve always enjoyed trips to Loftus Road, but there were two times that stand out. One night game (probably the Lua Lua game), I came out of the tube station following a QPR fan and I thought Iโd be clever and follow him on what I had assumed was a short cut to the ground. Only it turned out that he was going round his mates house and I ended up lost, alone, in dimly lit backstreets, with some unsavory characters about. Thankfully, by luck, I managed to find a way out whilst trying to look like a local. Good job QPR play in blue and white! I stick to the main roads now. On another eventful visit, a Saturday, I took my father-in-law along and after coming out of the tube we went in search of a pub for a couple of jars. Halfway through my second pint, it suddenly dawned on me that we were in a gay establishment. Now Iโm not homophobic at all and I wasnโt bothered by the surrounds, but I had a strong urge to stand on a table and shout โOi everyone, can I just make it clear that Iโm not dating this ugly b@st@rd, and the old git hasnโt even got any money, if that was what you were thinking!โ. [Post edited 8 Mar 12:37]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 15:30 - Mar 8 with 2489 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Tigers at Layer Road on 12:36 - Mar 8 by TheOldOakTree | Firstly Sparks, from the number of views your thread has received, itโs obvious that many of us are enjoying your words, so thanks for all your effort. Secondly, Iโve always enjoyed trips to Loftus Road, but there were two times that stand out. One night game (probably the Lua Lua game), I came out of the tube station following a QPR fan and I thought Iโd be clever and follow him on what I had assumed was a short cut to the ground. Only it turned out that he was going round his mates house and I ended up lost, alone, in dimly lit backstreets, with some unsavory characters about. Thankfully, by luck, I managed to find a way out whilst trying to look like a local. Good job QPR play in blue and white! I stick to the main roads now. On another eventful visit, a Saturday, I took my father-in-law along and after coming out of the tube we went in search of a pub for a couple of jars. Halfway through my second pint, it suddenly dawned on me that we were in a gay establishment. Now Iโm not homophobic at all and I wasnโt bothered by the surrounds, but I had a strong urge to stand on a table and shout โOi everyone, can I just make it clear that Iโm not dating this ugly b@st@rd, and the old git hasnโt even got any money, if that was what you were thinking!โ. [Post edited 8 Mar 12:37]
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Lua Lua! I wasn't at that game but remember the goals being shown on Sky Sports the following day - quite a few times in fact as it was a super show by our young starlet. I think the reason some QPR fans are following this thread may be due to the fanzine that Peter Doherty produced when he was still at school. The thread began with the Mark Blanco incident but several football elements were linked and some of that appears to have been noticed by fans of QPR and Hull City. I used to enjoy my trips around the Football League and The Conference and recall journeys such as driving to Hartlepool from Colchester non stop on a full tank of fuel. The landscape of the country has changed so much over the years - virtually all of the industrial core eradicated. I don't attend away matches these days and home matches will be off the agenda too as l have a rescue dog to care for and he needs my attention. I did consider asking the club if you can reserve a box that would allow dogs to attend. I'm actually keying this in on my phone with the dog ( Hunter ) laying on me! ๐๐๐ฆฎ๐ฆฎ | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 11:34 - Mar 10 with 2458 views | SparkfilmsTV | Here is a short passage from the MEDIASCAPE section of IPSWICH ZERO 6 that l think may be of interest. It was explained to me that certain members of a news organisation had gained access to the police canteen and assembled listening devices under the tables and were then able to eavesdrop on police conversations that could have been very revealing. There had been a stream of on-going police press conferences that would give carefully considered information that was shared by everyone on an equal basis, but it was clear that some members of the media were looking for something more. - Some explanation for the above two paragraphs - This refers to the enormous media presence that occupied the area surrounding Suffolk Police Headquarters in Martlesham Heath during December 2006 and in relation to the Suffolk Serial Murders. For some bizarre reason l was suspected of bugging the police and escorted from the area ( having previously been positioned between two police officers by a perimeter fence ). This was during a time when everyone was bugging everyone else and yet l had no contact or knowledge of who those responsible were or exactly how they operated. A national broadsheet were very interested in this story and l think it may have had considerable value at the time but although l could have done with the money l declined taking the events further. Perhaps l should have. [Post edited 10 Mar 11:37]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 19:31 - Mar 10 with 2443 views | SparkfilmsTV | This is the paragraph that follows the two in the last thread - On one particular occasion, and within seconds of the conclusion of a Suffolk Police style 'Breaking News' release, l spotted Martin Brunt ( Sky News Crime Correspondent in 2006 and still to this day ), in the corner of my television screen as he made a call on his mobile, a couple of seconds later my phone rang ( home landline as l didn't have a mobile ), - l was able to see Martin while we spoke.... It occurs to me now that in 2006 this must have been a unique means of communication and l met Martin later in the day and relayed that back to him. A kind of one way Zoom call. The call was to say that of the two suspects for the murders Tom Stephens was a suspect with a lower case 's' and Steve Wright was a suspect with a capital 'S'. I had email communication with Martin Brunt running virtually 'live' over several days and still have print outs somewhere of the exchanges. I did consider including these in the book. The experiences l had with BBC News 24 were very interesting too. They seemed to be playing catch up with everything and made numerous production errors. They were trailing Sky News in every sense. When l had the misfortune to be introduced to Jon Sopel he appeared to be taking a nap and had his feet up on a work top of some kind in a BBC mobile news unit. Sky News ran their own fleet of cars with drivers who were most adept at getting to destinations at break neck speed, while the BBC were using taxi firms and getting the destinations confused. That was quite enlightening to see a major broadcaster working in that manner. As for the bugging of the police at Martlesham Heath l imagine those who were named in the Levinson Enquiry were most likely the culprits and that would have been of interest to the public. [Post edited 10 Mar 19:55]
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