WELCOME

Welcome to TheCopyboys!

This message board is here to help you keep in touch with old journalist friends; or find out what's happened to old colleagues (or enemies, if any!); where they are now; what they're doing. Or have a trot down memory lane, if you like. Tell a story, relate an anecdote, or appeal for news of old colleagues. Plus don't forget to tell us what you're doing now. Also: post any news of interest (don't assume we've all heard!)

The Foundation Members of the Copyboys are, in no particular order: Ian Sanderson (Australia)  Gordon Burns (Manchester) John Devine (Bangor) David Capper (Donaghadee) Keith Baker (Hillsborough) Carl Anderson (Newtownards) Howard Beattie (Comber) Roy Shephard (Bangor) Trevor Hanna (Lisburn) Graham McKenzie (Bangor) Billy Simpson (Lisburn) Mervyn Pauley (Belfast) Maurice McAleese (Portstewart) Maurice Smyth (New Zealand) Uel Young (New Zealand, via his daughter Lisa J) Robin Walsh (Crawfordsburn) Jim Gray (Portsmouth) Tom Carson; Jim Creagh (Belfast) Tony Eames (Australia) Alastair McQueen (East Anglia) Mitchell Smyth (Toronto) 
Bob Culbert (Toronto)  Billy Oliver (Florida) George Hamilton (Belfast) Diane Harron Eakin (somewhere fornenst Killinchy) Stewart Mackay (Bangor)  Malcolm McCalister (Glasgow) Stanley Aicken (Newtownards)  Cyril Troy (Portstewart) John Thorne (Ilkley, Yorkshire)  Chris Parkin (Dun Laoghaire)  Ivan McMichael (Belfast) Trevor Danker (Dublin) John Conway (England)  Austin Hunter (Comber) Fred Hoare (North Down)   Roy Lilley (Newtownabbey)  Colin McAlpin (Carryduff) Eddie Sterling jnr(Carrickfergus)  Eddie Sterling snr. (Carrickfergus) Mervyn Dowling (Lisburn) John Hicks (Bangor)  Stanley Matchett (Carryduff) Paul Clements (Belfast) Michael Drake (Downpatrick) Neil Johnston (Belfast)  Walter Macauley (Ballynahinch)  Mike Philpott (Bangor) Victor Patterson (Belfast) Sandra Chapman (Ballyclare) Helen Greenaway (Moira) John Caruth (Bangor) Ruth Loney (Craigavon)Graham McKenzie is the President and Billy Simpson is the Chairman. They were self-elected and will continue in office until The Coup. Like all clubs, The Copyboys has a Constitution and Rules.  Rule No 1 is that there are no rules.  Rule No 2 is that anyone taking themselves too seriously or showing signs of pomposity may be liable to expulsion.

Cheers!