Friday, August 28, 2009

Well-Dressed Oarsmen

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After I posted my entry about being a ‘tie snob’ on 4 August, I received an e-mail from a friend of mine, suggesting that I might like a blo...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Mystic Weekend Of Rowing

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The month of September is soon upon us, which means that it is time for the Mystic Weekend of Rowing (MWOR) again. As usual it is a two-day ...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Michael Palin: A Decent Rowing Chap

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Reading the Daily Telegraph this morning, I saw an interesting article about the actor, writer, etc. Michael Palin, one of the Monty Python...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

A Rowing Treasure Chest

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Earlier today, when I was looking around on the web for information about some professional sculling races, I stumbled over a real gem, or m...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

About Three Distinguished Oarsmen

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Ernest Barry, Wally Kinnear, and Harry 'Blackie' Blackstaffe Slightly more than five months ago, I started the blog “Hear The Boat ...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Birthday Boy!

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Today’s entry is a very personal one: our son, Anders, is turning 4 years old. As the photograph is showing him rowing (well, sort of) in a ...
Sunday, August 9, 2009

Rowing Books For Youths 3

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Following is a list of youth fiction containing rowing as a major or minor theme. Rowing historian Bill Miller combined the majority of thes...
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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Rowing Books For Youths 2

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Looking around on my bookshelves, I only found another “youth book” about rowing girls, The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, or the Crew ...
Friday, August 7, 2009

Rowing Books For Youths 1

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The Amalgamated Press in England published for many years weekly and bi-weekly magazines for boys and girls. Between 1922 and 1963, the com...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Notes From A Rowing Tie Snob

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Call me a snob, but I like to wear a neck tie. I guess I got it from my father, and, at least in that sense, I am a chip off the old block. ...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Rowing Films - Not That Hot!

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Have you watched any good rowing films lately? You haven’t? Well, to be honest, I am not surprised as there are very few around. It seems th...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Good Writing On Rowing 3

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Unless you are a rowing historian, rowers and scullers tend to regard rowing in narrow, slender racing shells as the pure “rowing”; then for...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Good Writing On Rowing 2

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Here are some more poems and “sayings” on the sport of rowing. 11) I was the pride of all the Thames My name was Natty Jerry The best o...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Steve Fairbairn - The Master of Sayings

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The master of “sayings” when it comes to rowing is without doubt the Australian Steve Fairbairn, who coached Jesus College, Cambridge, Thame...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Good Writing On Rowing 1

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There is a lot of good writing about rowing. And here I mean short, powerful, witty, and intelligent phrases, poems, and deep thoughts that ...
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