Talk:William J. Tait

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@Ex-isle
Tait is not named for Moffats painting [1] - or is it possible that he is the only one not identified (right in the front/at the bottom the one with the black hat)??? Islandhopper 16:51, 3 July 2007 (MDT)

No, you're right, Billy wasn't included in Sandy Moffat's otherwise great painting - I think he just went for the best-known subjects. The pork-pie hat boy is a very young Alan Bold, later to become MacD's biographer, as you'll know. But Billy's photo hangs in Milne's Bar now, framed along with the text of one of his poems (I forget which - would need to check, and could easily nip down there to look - if you think it's worth adding a note that effect?) Ex-isle