Pete, together with James Anderson, Stephen Booth, Russ Cummings and Mark Downie came up with the idea of a local magazine for Stevenage and District...

THE EYE was born in January 1984

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Unfortunately, THE EYE only ran for three issues. Issue one above...

 ...followed by two (above) and three (below)...

After the demise of THE EYE, Pete and Jon Ridley started a Musician's Switchboard, using Pete's telephone to put bands and musicians in touch with each other. This rapidly turned into a monthly magazine, SWITCHBOARD, which became and instant hit...

The first edition of Switchboard (above) hit shops in Stevenage in June 1985.

Switchboard ran successfully for a year, until Pete became unhappy with Jon's tardy approach to editorial content. Jon resigned and Pete took over, renaming the publication MOTF SWITCHBOARD, Phase Two...

However, due to Pete's failing health with polymyositis, Switchboard finally came to an end in 1988.... 

 There was one edition of a glossy version of Switchboard, produced by local busniessman Martin Randall in 1988, - but it proved unpopular, and Mr Randall tried to rip Pete off. Advertisers and musicians refused to co-operate with Mr Randall, so it came to an end...

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