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| − | + | '''''They're Off''''' was an [[apazine]] published for [[OMPA]] by [[Ron Bennett]] and [[Norman Shorrock]]. The first issue isn't numbered and so is #1 by implication. | |
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| + | A [[mailing comment]] on the second issue published by [[Ethel Lindsay]] in ''[[Scottishe]]'' #7 (June 1956) give some of the flavour of the contents, at least as she saw it: | ||
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| + | Well it is nice to know you are all enjoying yourselves, gosh! when do you work? I know from experience that your<ref>[[Liverpool Group]].</ref> parties are great to be at. Still they never seem to produce any particularly witty [[one-shot]]s. There is not any thing in this that you have not produced before. Looks as if Pat<ref>[[Pat Milnes]] probably.</ref> is the only one who ever comes out with an original or quotable remark, sad to say. The remedy is rather drastic, I know, but perhaps you had better try bringing one out ''before'' the champagne bubbles... | ||
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| + | [[Chick Derry]] wrote in ''[[Gallery]]'' #2 (Summer 1956): | ||
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| + | Haying indulged in oneshots like this in the dim past I know that the cold light of dawn is the harshest critic there is — I'll be kind and noncomittal. | ||
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Issue || Date || Pages || Notes | Issue || Date || Pages || Notes | ||
| − | 1 ||1956 ||2 ||In [[OMPA]] 6 | + | (1) ||1956 ||2 ||In [[OMPA]] 6 |
2 ||1956 ||4 ||In [[OMPA]] 7; Final issue | 2 ||1956 ||4 ||In [[OMPA]] 7; Final issue | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:35, 3 January 2025
They're Off was an apazine published for OMPA by Ron Bennett and Norman Shorrock. The first issue isn't numbered and so is #1 by implication.
A mailing comment on the second issue published by Ethel Lindsay in Scottishe #7 (June 1956) give some of the flavour of the contents, at least as she saw it:
Well it is nice to know you are all enjoying yourselves, gosh! when do you work? I know from experience that your[1] parties are great to be at. Still they never seem to produce any particularly witty one-shots. There is not any thing in this that you have not produced before. Looks as if Pat[2] is the only one who ever comes out with an original or quotable remark, sad to say. The remedy is rather drastic, I know, but perhaps you had better try bringing one out before the champagne bubbles...
Chick Derry wrote in Gallery #2 (Summer 1956):
Haying indulged in oneshots like this in the dim past I know that the cold light of dawn is the harshest critic there is — I'll be kind and noncomittal.
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | 1956 | 2 | In OMPA 6 |
| 2 | 1956 | 4 | In OMPA 7; Final issue |
- ↑ Liverpool Group.
- ↑ Pat Milnes probably.
| Publication | 1956—1956 |
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