When I grew up everyone knew about Thalidomide, a drug given to prevent morning sickness in expectant mothers, which caused severe limb abnormalities in the child. The drug was used for only a short period, so those suffering from the condition are all of a certain age.
The condition is both very recognisable and rare, so there is a good chance you will have noticed Gerry Cleary (above) at a Celtic game at some point. When I was a boy I saw him at Love St and heard about the scandal later that night from my (animated) mother. There was a fresh news story only yesterday, detailing the history of one uncompensated victim.
Gerry is part of a campaign by Thalidomide sufferers to raise awareness of the condition and put pressure on the drug’s developer, Chemie Grunenthal, to compensate UK victims. On this occasion, you are not being asked to put your hands in your pockets, you’re being asked to register your support of the Show Your Hand campaign.
Gerry explains the campaign below:
“My name is Gerry Cleary, I am a 51 year old Celtic supporter from East Kilbride who was born with a condition called Thalidomide caused by a so called wonder drug manufactured by a German pharmaceutical company, Chemie Grunenthal.
“There is currently a major awareness campaign underway to put pressure on this company to face up to their responsibilities, finally apologise and compensate all thalidomers affected by their actions over 50 years ago.
“I know being a hoops fan all my life and following the team all over Europe our club is open to all and our fans second to none, and all I ask is the Celtic family to show their support by logging on to our campaign website www.showyourhand.org which enables you to register your support. It also details the history of the biggest pharmaceutical disaster in modern times and is both enlightening and informative.
“I look forward to your support.
Hail Hail !!!”
I know we can’t all afford to participate in the many needy causes we feature regularly here but we can all support this campaign, as can the club, I am sure.
Celtic’s Iron Man:
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Soal
Got it out of library ,will pay the fine once I sell the signed one.
VP
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BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
14:18 on
15 October, 2013
SUMMA
I charged THEM for the pleasure of hearing me speak English. And I had to really concentrate to do so!
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you speak english??
HT
Saw your wee mhate Tiny Tim Cratchit last week.
Vp
Ignore the ‘PROPERTY OF RUTHERGLEN LIBRARY’ note on the one I give you.
Vp
How was he looking? Apart from small.
HT
He was looking well,hope he hasn’t got to go to Cadogan street :O)
Vp
Only if they’ve started selling Guinness :-)
Confessions of a Tourist (Not me)
The Sunday Times has a section in which people tell their tales.
One guy told about his first holiday with his wife and young child in an hotel in Spain. Due to tiredness which overcomes parents, he and his wife had not been as amorous as before and he was looking forward to the holiday to rectify the state of affairs.
First evening, they set up the baby listening alarm and went to the bar for a quiet drink. When they got back to the room, the wife was till too tired and said that, tomorrow she would feel better, so nothing happened that night.
So, the next day, the baby was put into the toddler club and he and the wife went back to the room and relaxed and caught up for a lot of lost time.
When the guy went to get the toddler, he was welcomed by shouts of “Bravissimo, Bravissimo” and the waiters pointed to the baby listener still siting on the table.
HT
I spent most of my young life in Ruglen library…then they found me.
Canamalar,
What your doing is remarkable.I’ve followed your idea of presenting the board with this since the very start.
It has now gathered pace and has in turn made the board, the smsm etc sit up and take real notice.you now say theyve used the supporting statement rather than the original undiluted one.
Keep going mate.
…green hand added, but why doesn’t it accept international locations… many have moved on from these shores!
By the way as another poster has suggested it would be a good idea to post both the original and then the supporting statement, which we know gives them alot of wriggle room.
Theyre silence is deafening!!
Yet another green hand added
Mick11,
To keep it simple this was the resolution
This AGM requests the Board exercise the provision contained in the Procedural Rules Governing the UEFA Club Financial Control Body Article 10 with jurisdiction and investigation responsibilities identified in articles 3 & 11 (Note 1), by referring/bringing to the attention of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB), the licensing administration practices of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), requesting the CFCB undertake a review and investigate the SFA’s implementation of UEFA & SFA license compliance requirements, with regard to qualification, administration and granting of licenses to compete in football competitions under both SFA and UEFA jurisdiction, since the implementation of the Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations of 2010.
The rest was the supporting statement, the above is whats missing from the prospectus published version.
Green hand added,
HH
vp ko’d by fearless oscar knox
14:35 on 15 October, 2013
I picked a pink hand by mistake…anyone got a problem with it?
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Telt ye thon Peroni wis poof juice……..
hamiltontim is praying for oscar
14:52 on 15 October, 2013
Selling Guiness where I am…what’s not to like…)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
canamalar
The rest was the supporting statement, the above is whats missing from the prospectus published version.
At Brian Quinns insistence ?
HH
Awe_naw..,
Doesnt matter whose insistence, they’ve tampered with a legal document.
desertbhoy
14:48 on 15 October, 2013
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
14:18 on
15 October, 2013
SUMMA
I charged THEM for the pleasure of hearing me speak English. And I had to really concentrate to do so!
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you speak english??
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Only to the trained Kilwinning ear. To everyone else,well,I genuinely pity them!
The telegraph reported
Rather than blame the prime minister for forgetting his child in a pub, we should
Sympathise
HH
canamalar
It might not matter but it is certainly pertinent.
Like I asked last night LNS panel was privy to all the main lobbying parties involved in this. They executed a pre agreed plan. They did not devise this plan. They executed.
Who devised the plan ?
No answers and that means we devised the plan or were certainly party to it.
Hence the screaming silence.
HH
canamalar prays Oscar can do it again @ 14:59 on 15 October, 2013
You seem to be saying the following is missing from the AGM pack:
“This AGM requests the Board exercise the provision contained in the Procedural Rules Governing the UEFA Club Financial Control Body Article 10 with jurisdiction and investigation responsibilities identified in articles 3 & 11 (Note 1), by referring/bringing to the attention of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB), the licensing administration practices of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), requesting the CFCB undertake a review and investigate the SFA’s implementation of UEFA & SFA license compliance requirements, with regard to qualification, administration and granting of licenses to compete in football competitions under both SFA and UEFA jurisdiction, since the implementation of the Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations of 2010.”
It’s not missing from the pack I received. It is on page 2 under Shareholder Requisition.
Do you have something different?
Michael,
Thank you, looks like I made a right james hunt of myself, again, the scanned version I have is not the best and could not find it in the body, my sincere apologies to the board on this, they have repeated the resolution faithfully.
canamalar
What have the Romans ever done for us eh ?
HH
green hand added
canamalar prays Oscar can do it again……
….told you that Qatari sun addled yer brain!!
Gerry was a few years above me at St Brides in EK (as was Jobo). He was and I suspect, still is, a thoroughly decent guy. No hesitation in adding my hand to the wall.
Awe_naw..,
Thanks to michael I will save a few bob on the corporate lawyer.
Thanks again michael.
Hail Hail
JumpsthegunCSC
VP-I see your sweetheart big Nessie Feltz got papped oot Strictly,after you wasting all that money phoning to keep her in :{
canamalar prays Oscar can do it again…..
….you blooter the booze license in one go??
Preston is a great wee toon ,go there 3/4 times a year for a jolly bhoy’s outing.It was originally called Priest’s Town ,later shortened to Preston,and has the highest Catholic population per head ,than any other town in England.
Paul…………………………………………………………………..
..desertbhoy
14:54 on
15 October, 2013
…green hand added, but why doesn’t it accept international locations… many have moved on from these shores!
Sally McCoist demands to know the names of all those blue hands on that fenian wall.
canamalar,
No apologies required from you at all.
You can hold your head high on this whatever the outcome.
A couple of thoughts.What do you think.
The following questions should be put to the board either at the agm or before.
1.If,as has been claimed,all avenues to question the 2011 UEFA licence have been exhausted,can you confirm you referred the matter to the CFCB,when you did so and what was their response?
2.If you did not refer it to the CFCB then all avenues have NOT been exhausted and we would urge you to vote in favour of the resolution
May not be the ideal wording but you get my drift.
When we dispense with all the smoke and mirrors,wind and pish and get right down to it is that not what this is all about?
I must admit, on this subject I have been looking at every rag and meeja outlet thats published it and none have actually published the resolution, they have all went with the supporting statement, who says the meeja dont influence and I thought I was a wee bit cuter than that, just goes to show eh.
I have love reading the hoards rants on the comments sections that somehow the resolution is aimed at them, especially when the examples used are about a club that dont exist anymore or soon wont when the liquidation process is complete.