
For readers of a certain age, the irony of both the subject of this tribute and the author would not be lost.
Almost 40 years ago, I started my ‘journalistic’ career as part of the fanzine culture, at first writing in the Brighton offering, “Gulls Eye” and latterly editing it.
It’s fair to say back then Barry Lloyd and I didn’t send each other Christmas Cards. The word nemesis would be quite apt, but with even more irony that after his departure from the Albion and my progression into local radio we struck up a friendship and a level of respect that remained to the time of his sad passing last weekend.