COME YEW ON, TERGETHER!

Keith Skipper, at the heart of local life for half-a-century as journalist, broadcaster and entertainer, hit the book-publishing trail in the mid-1980s with three volumes of dialect broadcasts he made as ‘Old Barney’, BBC Radio Norfolk’s rural correspondent. Now he brings together the largest number of dialect scribes and supporters ever assembled under one Norfolk roof.

A Bit of an All-rounder

For 40 years John Coulson combined his love of cycling with a profound interest in photography. As a club cyclist his racing achievements were somewhat ordinary (he did once finish 5th in the Wessex 24-hour time trial); as a photographer, however, they were exceptional. At first it was no more than a matter of selling individual action shots to competitors in local races for little more than the cost of printing them, but within a short time came demand for his work from professional publishers. Over a period of more than two decades his photographs and frequently his accompanying articles graced the pages of Cycling, International Cycle Sport and a variety of other leisure and sports journals.

Shay Elliott

The life and death of Ireland's first yellow jersey

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Ireland’s great road racing champion Shay Elliott, who died in mysterious circumstances at the tragically early age of 36. He was one of the very first English speaking cyclists who made a serious impact in the professional peloton, and his exploits have never been fully appreciated, either in the traditional heartland of cycling or in his own country.