As the row ratchets up over claims of an establishment cover-up of child abuse involving the late Sir Cyril Smith, here are the original stories that ran in Private Eye 454 and in the Rochdale Alternative Press (RAP), in 1979.
From Eye 454, 11th May 1979 (click article to enlarge):
The original shocking RAP story (click each image to enlarge):
And their follow up (click to enlarge):
In This Issue
The top 10 places to avoid this summer as JD Vance holidays in the Cotswolds... Relief as Trump puts the thumbscrews on Putin... Yes, Prime Minister: secret script at last revealed... Nation has no interest in Sir Ed Davey proposals... An AI Doctor Writes... Conspiracy theory hits ironyometer... Shock as protester turns out to be middle class... Gregg Wallace diagnosed with ‘awfulism’... The Garden Path by Raynor Winn, as told to Craig Brown
Winn loss
Salt in the wounds for the Salt Path writer
Summit amiss
Update on the royal rift
Doctors & purses
MD on the latest doctors' strikes
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Winn loss
Salt in the wounds for the Salt Path writer
Summit amiss
Update on the royal rift
Doctors & purses
MD on the latest doctors' strikes
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Class war
Chris Packham's battle with Ofsted In The Back, Issue 1654
Chris Packham's battle with Ofsted In The Back, Issue 1654
Watery grave
How Thames Water's troubles began News, Issue 1649
How Thames Water's troubles began News, Issue 1649
Evil Eye?
How an Eye joke led to an arrest News, Issue 1654
How an Eye joke led to an arrest News, Issue 1654
