tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3689199622671601480..comments2024-03-29T10:10:03.288+00:00Comments on TPQ: William "Plum" SmithAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31935300982812412122017-01-05T00:25:18.109+00:002017-01-05T00:25:18.109+00:00Had a single brief encounter with this man and was...Had a single brief encounter with this man and was shocked at his rudeness, He walked into private offices without bothering to knock the doors, and intimidated workers, demanding instant attention ahead of other customers. He showed contempt for office workers going about their normal business. This being inside a mere secondary school, I presume he felt superior to those teachers George Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015289902756080804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47263925994486893272016-12-29T20:47:26.517+00:002016-12-29T20:47:26.517+00:00Larry,
Enjoy them when they are that young, when ...Larry,<br /><br />Enjoy them when they are that young, when they get older they become pains in the rear!! and I always have a few sociables on StP's, need something to get over this stinking heat too! Melt ye here at the minute.<br /><br />Like Beano, one of the guys wife's who's an RC is clean living, maybe a touch on the quiet side but that's no bad thing were wives are Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-28538802951844769882016-12-29T19:50:36.213+00:002016-12-29T19:50:36.213+00:00Beano Niblock says
...I know quite a few ex pris...<b> Beano Niblock says </b><br /><br />...I know quite a few ex prisoners now married to Catholics. One of my closest friends and also a former lifer is married to a girl from the New Lodge. She isn't trash and for the record doesn't do drugs either.<br /><br />On another note-your reading of the reasons behind Provies and IPLO feud is fascinating.<br />AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47290909873819822052016-12-29T14:58:37.086+00:002016-12-29T14:58:37.086+00:00Beano Niblock says
I knew Plum Smith from around...<b> Beano Niblock says </b><br /><br />I knew Plum Smith from around 1971 although not well. After he was arrested in July 1972 and I sentenced in early February 1973 we again became acquainted in Cage 11 of Long Kesh Camp. I was 18 and Plum a year older. He was my new bunk mate after my transferring from the ODC Cage-15. I was a voracious reader then and was routinely going through the Sven AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65910120838561126812016-12-29T14:02:44.109+00:002016-12-29T14:02:44.109+00:00Steve R
I expect the RC females in question were ...Steve R<br /><br />I expect the RC females in question were more into drugs and a good time than their own communities or religion. No loss. <br /><br />As for why the Provos wiped out the IPLO, good question. Probably a few reasons played into the mix. Not least was the timing. The timing was right because there was no Steenson, or O'Reilly or the likes of them left to take out Gerry Adams larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18731631292038853522016-12-29T06:47:52.319+00:002016-12-29T06:47:52.319+00:00Larry,
They are not 'ex', and they are li...Larry,<br /><br />They are not 'ex', and they are living in a staunchly loyalist part of Belfast, but not in the West!<br /><br />Coups....also came down to personality clashes, divvying up rackets, and don't even mention the Wombles!<br /><br />I was at a funeral of a loyalist about 4 ish years ago, one half of the church was UVF and the other UDA. You could have heard a pin drop. Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87248017425577562012016-12-27T22:52:16.182+00:002016-12-27T22:52:16.182+00:00Steve R
Interesting insight there. I wonder what ...Steve R<br /><br />Interesting insight there. I wonder what RC areas the ex loyalists married to RCs are living in then?? Or are they all 'over the water' too. I take your point, anyone mixing would need probably even today to be meeting on neutral ground I expect. As for coups, no doubt SB/Mi5 assisted/instigated knowing what we know now. Or 'think' we know now.larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-73838055212904893992016-12-27T21:06:33.860+00:002016-12-27T21:06:33.860+00:00Larry,
It was more to do with the factionalism wi...Larry,<br /><br />It was more to do with the factionalism within Loyalism than whether Plum enjoyed the craic with Anthony. Remember, the Loyalist are/were not as cohesive an organisation as the Provisionals and petty grudges and attempted coups were mounted for sometimes trivial reasons, or just plain empire building. The Loyalists in West Belfast were especially a law unto themselves. This Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-34183459565306679382016-12-26T21:43:33.850+00:002016-12-26T21:43:33.850+00:00Another sad little article. In a number of differe...Another sad little article. In a number of different ways too. Not many of your 'geriatric generation' left at this stage Mackers. I fail to see how loyalists are ever going to bridge gaps when they refuse to mix with RCs at home. Gusty Spence also learned Irish in the cages. Plum Calling Irish 'his-language' but not wanting anything to do with Irish people in Ireland... Jesus larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.com