Re: The Tennis Ball Photograph Revisited

by Guest 17.09.19 23:43

Tony Bennett wrote:
REPLY: You dismiss this purely because it was reported in the media.

No Tony!

Because it was reported by the media without corroborating evidence. There is a very big difference.

by Guest 18.09.19 0:04

Tony Bennett wrote:@Verdi wrote
You actually completely contradict what you’ve said by quoting a media report! You wrote: “For a start, we have been assured that Madeleine was never referred to as Maddie/Maddy”. No, we haven’t. That statement came in one early media report. We have contradictory evidence that the McCanns called her Maddie. There was a comment on Facebook by Gerry McCann back in 2005 in which he appealed for volunteers to babysit for ‘Maddie’. He later wiped it. At no time since have the McCanns ever insisted that they always called her by her full name.

So, it seemed, had our daughter. Madeleine would be the first person to correct anyone who makes the mistake of shortening her name. ‘I’m not Maddie, I’m Madeleine!’ And quite right, too. It’s often done inadvertently, or in a good-natured attempt to sound more familiar and friendly, but the press know what her name is and yet to this day they insist on calling her Maddie or Maddy. I find it quite disrespectful. Unfortunately it’s what happens when your name is too long to suit their headlines – and there have been plenty of those.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN: Published April 2011.

Tony Bennett wrote:Surely instead of blandly insisting: “Anyone who takes the slightest notice of media reports needs to re-think”, wouldn’t it be better to simply advise that people should exercise discretion and judgment when reading media reports.

I frequently say media reports should be viewed with extreme caution. 'Anyone who takes the slightest notice of media reports needs to re-think' amounts to much the same thing.

ETA: I believe the reference to Madeleine never being called Maddie/Maddy by the McCanns was recorded on video in their own words. Unfortunately I can't recall what when or why. If I come across it I will upload on the forum.

by Guest 18.09.19 1:47

Tony Bennett wrote:I cannot agree that, as Verdi suggested, the words: ‘Maddie’s jammies! Where is Maddie?’ ‘must have been used for a reason’.

I suggest no such thing. I simply don't believe the sibling said those words.

What I said was that team McCann never say anthing without reason. There is a big difference.

by Doug D 18.09.19 7:55

This was GM’s post on ‘Friends Reunited’ showing that they at least did call her Maddie:

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(We) "never called her anything like that"…………….. 'Maddie' was a name "invented" by the media

This was the original mccannfiles link that no longer works. Need to find it again on the Pamalam site, but haven’t got time at the moment.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id169.html

https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t12339-friends-reunited-closing?highlight=friends+reunited+

by **PeterMac** 18.09.19 10:55

https://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id169.htm

by Doug D 18.09.19 11:20

Thank you PeterMac. Charlotte Pennington’s police statement of 7th May makes it pretty clear.

by Guest 18.09.19 12:01

Doug D wrote:This was GM’s post on ‘Friends Reunited’ showing that they at least did call her Maddie:

Thanks for posting that up Doug D, I've been looking everywhere for it - it had to be somewhere thumbsup

. I knew it was an old blog but couldn't remember what it was called.

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It's noticeable how the McCanns always refer to her as Madeleine. I can't see any reason why they're so insistent she was never called Maddy/Maddie.

It's not important is it?

Maybe it was just to emphasize how charismatic their little daughter was.

Whatever, I don't believe Amelie McCann made that comment about Maddy's jammies - or whatever it was reported by the press.

ETA: I think we've gone a bit astray. Madeleine McCann's pyjamas has nothing to do with the tennis ball photograph $i don\'t know$

offtopic

If members wish to continue discussing the subject of Madeleine v. Maddie, just say the word and I will find a more appropriate destination to stick it!

by Justice for Maddie 03.01.25 17:13

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Kate mentioned the "tennis balls photo" (taken on Tuesday) in her book.
Could it be that this photo was taken at the Leicestershire Tennis Club and not in PDL/Ocean Club?
If the tennis balls photo was not taken in PDL, is it possible that Maddie died earlier (Sunday, Monday)?

https://leicestershire-tennis.co.uk/courts/

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or at the Westfields Tennis Club

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by Justice for Maddie 03.01.25 17:49

or in Donegal

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by Justice for Maddie 03.01.25 19:47

The photo looks so photoshopped. Maybe they took a photo of Maddie with the clothes (T-Shirt etc.) on Sunday afternoon/early evening (the only warm day that week), but the rest is photoshopped.

by Clishmaclaver 03.01.25 20:58

Justice for Maddie wrote:or in Donegal

I would rule out Donegal, as I reckon that it was too cold for M to be dressed in shorts, T-shirt and sandals at Easter time in Donegal. I'm going by the photos we saw of that holiday in 2007, not long before the PdL holiday.

by pinkgladioli 03.01.25 22:17

Clishmaclaver wrote:
Justice for Maddie wrote:or in Donegal

I would rule out Donegal, as I reckon that it was too cold for M to be dressed in shorts, T-shirt and sandals at Easter time in Donegal. I'm going by the photos we saw of that holiday in 2007, not long before the PdL holiday.

The Donegal holiday I’ve wondered if it had something to do with commemorating the Easter Rising?

by Justice for Maddie 04.01.25 4:40

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/Georgina_Jackson.htm

According to the tennis coach, the McCanns had their first lesson in the morning on April 29th, 2007. Was the tennis balls photo taken on Sunday morning?

by Justice for Maddie 04.01.25 10:56

Amelie wore the same pink hat and bermuda shorts.

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by Mama Llama 09.01.25 8:35

I have always thought this photo very strange. If it was taken when and where Kate says it was where are all the other children? Why isn't there even a hand or foot or some other body part of another child in any part of the image?
Why is Madeleine running around in sandals? Is this PDL or somewhere else altogether?
The weather in Donegal coukd have been warm enough for this outfit if it was a warm Easter which it sometimes can be...and we all know how fond kids can be of wearing inappropriate clothing for the season. My youngest wore short trousers a lot and it was often a fight to get them to wear a coat yet on another day when it was too warm for a coat they would refuse to take it off!
IMO this photo tells a thousand lies. It is "shouting from the rooftops". Maybe in its own way it tells us everything we need to know.
1. It was not taken when Kate said it was
2. It may not be the location we are told it was
3. It may not even be taken by Kate but by a different person
These questions are not the only anomalies with this and other photographs. As I said in my first post anyone's photographs can be strange. It is only upon analysis that one begins to see odd things. These odd things may be innocent or they may be a deliberate action to deceive. We cannot know the entire story but what we do know is that something here is not right.
Without doubt we are being fed a story, a fairytale...the main problem being that this fairytale is straight from the pages of a book which has no happy ending: It's more like a tragedy and that is just so incredibly sad .

by **PeterMac** 10.01.25 17:32

https://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.com/2016/08/chapter-22-tennis-balls-photo.html

I looked at it, and failed !

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