[T][OPENING PARAGRAPH — scene-setting: the room, the sound, who's there at the time of day the interview happened. Written in the present tense. Around 90 words.]
[SECOND PARAGRAPH — the fact that anchors the piece: 1927, Fleming, £3. Establish the question the piece answers.]
On the £3[BARRETT, QUOTED AT LENGTH. Keep his cadence. Around 120 words.]
[CONTEXT PARAGRAPH — what other gyms charge; what £3 buys; where the money goes.]
“[PULL QUOTE — a line from Barrett or McDonagh that could stand alone on a poster. Under 20 words.]”On Brian Hughes
[BARRETT ON HUGHES — what he learned, what he kept, what he changed. Around 150 words.]
[MCDONAGH ON JOINING — how he came to the gym and what the two of them divide between them.]
[PARAGRAPH ON THE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY SESSIONS — no junior is named. Describe the room, not the children.]
“[SECOND PULL QUOTE — McDonagh.]”
[CLOSING SECTION — the hundredth year; what they want the gym to be; who they'd want to take it on. Around 150 words.]
[FINAL PARAGRAPH — return to the opening image. End on an observed detail, not a quote.]