They both had the same first name & surname. It was a distinctive name, possibly Scottish.
The father was often named in the Shields Gazette possibly in connection with Local Government. The son was a Reporter for BBC Radio Scotland in the eighties.
It was a name that could easily trip off the tongue, but now we are old codgers we cannot remember it and it is driving us crazy!
Anyone know the name of this well known father & son?
Re: Anyone know the name of this well known father & son?
Wise man talk because they have something to say,
fools talk because they have to say something.
fools talk because they have to say something.
Re: Anyone know the name of this well known father & son?
Thank you so much. It was Reevel Alderson in the list 'Special Reporters'.Mr Smith wrote:See if the names on this list ring any bells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_ ... _Reporters
See - http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biogra ... rson.shtml with regard to the son. Can't remember what his father of the same name did in South Shields.
I can get on with the rest of my day now!
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Re: Anyone know the name of this well known father & son?
Was his father the Borough engineer ...something of that nature.
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He could well have been the Borough Engineer. I had been thinking along those lines, and had wondered about Chief Surveyor, Architect, or Town Planner.
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Before ye go was Nessie on that list? I think he was a member of the Lomond's clanLarna wrote:Thank you so much. It was Reevel Alderson in the list 'Special Reporters'.Mr Smith wrote:See if the names on this list ring any bells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_ ... _Reporters
See - http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biogra ... rson.shtml with regard to the son. Can't remember what his father of the same name did in South Shields.
I can get on with the rest of my day now!
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Re: Anyone know the name of this well known father & son?
Wasn't Reevel Alderson Director of Environmental Health for South Tyneside Council?
Nice bloke, had lots of dealings with him in the 1980s.
Nice bloke, had lots of dealings with him in the 1980s.