Jump to content

Talk:Ricky Tomlinson

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Untitled

[edit]

Reading My Arse! By Ricky Tomlinson ISBN 978-0-7515-3953-0 A Quick Read Book puiblished by Sphere

“Searching for the Rock Island Line” is the subtitle of the book and really a more apt title because the one thing which comes across in this is Ricky Tomlinson’s love of reading.

He explains in the intro that when he was wrongfully imprisoned (he was one of the Shrewsbury Two imprisoned trade union organisers – many older readers will remember demonstrations and petitions calling for their release) he found reading was the one way in which he could escape.

The story is about a young man’s search for the Rock Island line, both the railway line and the origins of the Lonnie Donniegan song. It is a positive paean of praise for the power of reading and its ability to transform people’s lives, to keep them from depression and even to help them in impressing their girlfriends.

Its combination of simple vocabulary and humour makes it a quick read, as the cover promises. Ricky tomlinson comes across as a down-to-earth no-nonsense character capable of poking fun at himself and producing a highly readable book.

Derek McMillan 18:39, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discography

[edit]

Can anyone add a discography? Tomlinson had two Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom. (I think they were "Are You Lookin' At Me?" and "Christmas My Arse!") Skinsmoke (talk) 05:18, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just checked the article in more detail, and they are mentioned. However, a "Discography" section in the standard format is still required. Skinsmoke (talk) 05:21, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to one external link on Ricky Tomlinson. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 04:05, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 external links on Ricky Tomlinson. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 14:00, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Ricky Tomlinson. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 14:48, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Recent news on his conviction

[edit]

I'm not familiar with the topic so unsure how to include this

John Cummings (talk) 17:46, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Birth name

[edit]

FreeBMD here shows his birthname was Eric Tomlinson. Supported by BBC here. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:18, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Walton Technology College

[edit]

'He attended Walton Technical College in Walton, after passing an exam when he was just 13.' 'Just' implies this was unusually young. But what kind of institution was Walton Technical College? I have been unable to find out what a technical college was at this time. Snugglepuss (talk) 08:25, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]