I think age will be very kind to Tony Wilson. You could make a reasonable claim that thanks to Tony Wilson's and his associates' ethos, culturally, Manchester became the credible city it is today.

I don't have a sinlge word of praise for the guy.
I appreciate that he championed Manchester (and as far as I am ware, not Salford). but, whilst full repect (for succeeding) to the fella (and his family since his demise), I couldn't stand the bloke.
On screen, a jerk, completely full of himself, pretentious, ill-mannered, and a really annoying SOAB.
I won't miss him one iota.

Also, I just cannot abide Steve Coogan. The saying "money for old rope" springs to mind.

Anthony H Wilson, if you don't mind. I could never tell how seriously he took himself.

I always enjoyed Granada Reports when he was on, although I think that was due just as much to Bob Smithies, who was a really witty bloke.

Do you mean Bob Greaves ?

I understand your comments 100% JJ: i really didn't know much about him other than I've mentioned, but when it comes to his association with his musical connection there is hardly a bad word to be spoken about him.
It would appear that he was seduced by music and musicians to the point where he took risks with up and coming bands for very little or no profit, and it appears that he ran things in a totally amateurish way.

My thoughts are not dissimilar to your own about the bloke: I really didn't like him, but I just happened to come across this book at my local library and thought I'd read it. It was just much more interesting than I thought.

Yep, one beer too many, as you probably guessed
Apologies if my mini rant offended anyone

Agree with Jim. I felt he came over as very smug and was a bit of a self confessed genius. In Politics I think he was even further Left Wing than `Big Pev`.

"achieved the very highest of educations at De La Salle "

one of the select few but all have quality!

I wamed to him as time went on and, sorry JJ, he really did push Salford.

forced my (scouse) GF to watch it over the weekend. education it is called.

I have a recording I did with Anthony H Wilson a few years back reading from twenty four hour party people, he signed the book to the people of Seedley and Langworthy, the only problem was for fill effect I did not edit it but let it go out "raw" on "Seedley and Langworthy FM" (now Salford City Radio, my baby)on a Sunday morning, certainly woke up a few people.

Tony's only problem he didn't believe in contracts.

I agree completely with you Jim. I played a lot around the peek of Mr Wilson's era and he was a charmless and arrogant man who controlled the circuits that Manchester used. If he liked you and he could get you to do what he wanted - great. If not; forget it! Suffice to say I, and my fellow group members (all Salford lads), had a lot of run-ins with him and his Pack of sycophants!
Far too much has been said about him and not enough about the real pioneer of Manchester Music of that period - Richard Boon of New Hormones.

I thought he was a great bloke, a good businessman and reporter, done alot for both manchester and salford, e.g look at what he did for the hasienda in town, i mean he didnt even make any money off the place, he kept it open purely for the people of Manchester to enjoy and keep the city on the map, i mean people came from all over the country to go there, he was also responsable for bands such as the happy mondays New Order and even the sex pistols! Plus when being interviewed he always got the (actually im from salford just up the road) in just like all other salfordians do when asked where their from, a proud salfordian and the sort of person we want more of to put our great city on the map!

Woah woah woah ...