Here's how I do it. Yype the and symbol then #60; (no spaces) for the left facing one, The right uses #62 instead.
Alternately use the and symbol then lt; for the left and gt; for the right.
Example: <img src="URL Here">. You may have to avoid spell check when using these methods.
For reference see:
Free Republic 2011 HTML Sandbox (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2650195/posts)
http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm
Thanks. I’ll try that next time.