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Maybe not. Where we ARE like POV is that we don't omit sentiments for publication that might upset the management. I was unfortunately misquoted by the Daily Star who quoted the "We believe MTV are ruining GH" to me personally when it should have attached to our readership. Something I was keen to emphasize at the time.
We do accept it's a fait accompli and are continuing to promote the show as we always have done. That doesn't mean to say I'm not allowed a personal opinion.
What I was keen to emphasise is that we're about more than the Tucker, Benny and Zammo era. When I set up GH Online what I wanted was a site which brought both old and new GH under one banner, that regards the more recent shows with the same affection. At the time, there was little about GH on the web and I don't think even the BBC had much. TV and magazine features about the show tended to lean towards the earlier days and were often produced by nostalgic 20-and 30somethings. They still do. This I felt was unfair to Grange Hill and its actors; the newer stars deserve equal credit and have had to deal with more demanding roles than their predecessors.
So GH Online was meant as a "one stop" Grange Hill fan shop and I'm sorry you don't feel I was appreciative of your praise. You are not the first person I've said this to and won't be the last.
Listen Simon, you did a lot of good work on it. Yes I take the p1ss out of you from time to time (like I do with others), but you do I hope recognise that I will also give a compliment or positive comment when it's due.
It's a tough lesson to learn that when the survival of your cherished site is at the discretion of someone else, you might want to consider buttoning it before you insult them publicly. "Morons" I beleive it was?
Gavin Scott
Founding member
tvarksouthwest posted:
Gavin Scott posted:
Your site is not like Points of View. It is a fanzine based specifically on one property which is owned by Mersey TV. Suggesting (as you have in the past) that Redmond is "ruining" the programme is asking for trouble, given your use of images and video from the show on the site.
Maybe not. Where we ARE like POV is that we don't omit sentiments for publication that might upset the management. I was unfortunately misquoted by the Daily Star who quoted the "We believe MTV are ruining GH" to me personally when it should have attached to our readership. Something I was keen to emphasize at the time.
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Again you raise the issue of the move to Liverpool. You've made it perfectly clear that you don't approve but you must accept that it is a fait accompli.
We do accept it's a fait accompli and are continuing to promote the show as we always have done. That doesn't mean to say I'm not allowed a personal opinion.
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Look, you know very well that I complimented you on the site when I first saw it. Actually I said it was, "a lovely blast from the past" for me, to which you replied it, "isn't supposed to be a nostalgia site".
What I was keen to emphasise is that we're about more than the Tucker, Benny and Zammo era. When I set up GH Online what I wanted was a site which brought both old and new GH under one banner, that regards the more recent shows with the same affection. At the time, there was little about GH on the web and I don't think even the BBC had much. TV and magazine features about the show tended to lean towards the earlier days and were often produced by nostalgic 20-and 30somethings. They still do. This I felt was unfair to Grange Hill and its actors; the newer stars deserve equal credit and have had to deal with more demanding roles than their predecessors.
So GH Online was meant as a "one stop" Grange Hill fan shop and I'm sorry you don't feel I was appreciative of your praise. You are not the first person I've said this to and won't be the last.
Listen Simon, you did a lot of good work on it. Yes I take the p1ss out of you from time to time (like I do with others), but you do I hope recognise that I will also give a compliment or positive comment when it's due.
It's a tough lesson to learn that when the survival of your cherished site is at the discretion of someone else, you might want to consider buttoning it before you insult them publicly. "Morons" I beleive it was?