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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Sorry Margaret if it sounds like my ball and I'm taking it home. I'm not a wordsmith or a diplomat, just a researcher, a job I know I'm good at. I'm doing it because I enjoy it, it keeps me occupied.
I've spent 25 years working on Accrington's Heroes, and finishing the Job I promised Bill Turner as he lay dying in hospital.
The reason I'm so possesive are the number of vultures out there who would love to get their hands on it, copy it and claim it as their work. I've met the buggers, they've read Bill Turners book and suddenly they've bcome an expert on the Pals. Why let the truth get in the way of a good story, I'm not doing this to feed their ego's.
When I was at the bookbinders we got talking about errors in books, and he remarked on the number of glaring errors in a book he has just done for Burnley, but he is only paid to bind them.
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I agree with Less.
Also, if you published under your name, how could anyone copy it and claim it as their own? Yours would be the definitive account of the Pals for generations to enjoy.