Not surprised you wanted to protect the identity of the competitor interviewed if he was around in the 1870s.
"Q â€" The results and the racing have been reported on back in the days of websites and emails but
having been to Burton Weeks in the 1870s what was your overall opinion of the Burton Weekend
thirty years later back in 2009?"
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Noting the tone of the article, the thought comes to me that "1870" might just be a deliberate spolung mistook? :K)
Or not poof read?