Halas and Bachelor made a series of cartoons based on his humour.
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 09:29:40 +0100 (BST) From: "L. Mullenger"Accordingly I regret and apologise for any offence.Subject: Gerard Hoffnung The copyright in all Gerard Hoffnung cartoons and other material resides with Mrs Annetta Hoffnung and sound recordings with the BBC. I regret that certain items on your Hoffnung humour page are in breach of copyright and must be removed. The official Hoffnung web-site is being created at this university with the assistance of Mrs Hoffnung and no other material will be allowed on the internet. We would ask that you expunge the relevant material but not the page. Instead please post an apology for contravention of copyright for 12-months so that others visiting your site will receive a similar warning. In addition post a notice that the official web site will be at http://www.edu.coventry.ac.uk/music/hoffnung/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music is not an acquired culture ... it is an active part of natural life. Isaac Stern ************************************************************************** Dr Len Mullenger * Webmaster for * Coventry University, CV1 5FB. UK * Classical Music on the Web * (Please use L.Mullenger@coventry.ac.uk) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * vox 01203 838659 fax 01203 838282 Educational Development Unit Classical Music Web Site http://www.edu.coventry.ac.uk/music/music.htm ***************************************************************************
Thanks to Harry Campbell for his moral support and for spotting that the above link had changed by Jan-1999 to www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/music.htm. In Nov-1999 the site is now here.
From a weekly bulletin of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, a letter from a bricklayer in Golders Green to the firm for whom he worked.