ARTICLE: Granville Shackleton
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ARTICLE: Granville Shackleton
Thirty years ago today, was getting ready for the Lincoln trip to find that my old friend Granville Shackleton, LET and then Burnley Express reporter on BFC had sadly passed away at 64. No reference to the 1991/92 season without mention of Granville, a staunch Claret as well as a supporter.
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I remember Granville very well from my time as the Burnley CC scorer. As Tony rightly says in the article, he was a very quiet and unassuming person but he certainly knew his sport. He never failed to thank me for any help I'd given him with any cricket details, although, to be fair, he knew a lot more than I ever did. It's so sad that that Granville, Keith McNee and Jimmy McIlroy have all passed. I spent a lot of time with them in the scoreboxes around the Lancashire League.
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A nice gentle sense of humour too. I was able to get to know both Granville & Keith really well over the years and could call them friends along with Peter Higgs, now retired, who, unlike the other two, wasn't a Claret.
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"Coming late into journalism, he taught me a lot and unbelievably we never had a cross word"
Most unusual for a newspaper to not have some kind of word puzzle.....
Most unusual for a newspaper to not have some kind of word puzzle.....
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Wasn’t he behind ne of the fanzines that popped up many years previously?
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That’s the name I was thinking of. Thanks CT
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I always wonder what my dad Keith and Granville would have made of Burnley's present era in the premier league etc.. Keith was gone even before the Premier league came around, and Granville not soon after, Both gone far too early. Both highly respected and lived and breathed BFC through its darkest times.
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Granville even was just before the Premier League. Two very different people were Keith & Granville but both good people who bled claret and blue. They were two people I’m pleased to have known so well.slw wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:29 pmI always wonder what my dad Keith and Granville would have made of Burnley's present era in the premier league etc.. Keith was gone even before the Premier league came around, and Granville not soon after, Both gone far too early. Both highly respected and lived and breathed BFC through its darkest times.
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Herts Clarets wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:51 am"Coming late into journalism, he taught me a lot and unbelievably we never had a cross word"
Most unusual for a newspaper to not have some kind of word puzzle.....
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I used to get the Tuesday and Friday editions of the Burnley Express sent to me by post, as quite a few London Clarets did.
I always enjoyed and found informative Keith McNee's and Peter Higg's reports but never really liked those of Granville Shackleton for some reason. As for Jimmy McIlroy, I didn't like his articles at all as they seemed mostly negative.
I always enjoyed and found informative Keith McNee's and Peter Higg's reports but never really liked those of Granville Shackleton for some reason. As for Jimmy McIlroy, I didn't like his articles at all as they seemed mostly negative.
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Never would have guessed Peter Higgs wasn’t a claret he was always very passionate when reporting on our games for Radio BlackburnClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:06 amA nice gentle sense of humour too. I was able to get to know both Granville & Keith really well over the years and could call them friends along with Peter Higgs, now retired, who, unlike the other two, wasn't a Claret.
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Pete is from Reading and a Reading fan. Great bloke I had the great pleasure of sitting across a desk from
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As Longsidetrumpet said he’s very much a Reading fan. Another top bloke is Peter but not seen him in a long time.
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Didn’t he go on to be sports writer at the Mail ?ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:26 pmAs Longsidetrumpet said he’s very much a Reading fan. Another top bloke is Peter but not seen him in a long time.
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Always think of Granville along with Alf Thornton who did the rovers reports in the Evening telegraph at the same time. Both good blokes. Peter Higgs once kindly gave me a complimentary ticket down at the valley. Again nice guy.
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Alf was a decent bloke who much preferred watching cricket at Rishton to watching football at Ewood. Was it Peter Wight who followed him. Another good bloke.
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