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Old 10-03-2009, 22:08   #16
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in their canteen.
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:09   #17
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Nice to see some retaining their sense of humour, try redundancy, doesn't half take the edge of the laughter.
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:15   #18
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yep and ive been made reduntant 3 times its not good but you have to stay strong if you dont laugh you cry.doesnt mean i dont feel sorry and wouldnt do something if i could .
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:16   #19
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And where did the 'old' reporters eat then ?
no idea, but they did not do a weekly review of em plus there was none of these grot holes back then, just mainly chippies.
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:20   #20
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So I wonder how they will work it then. Advertising can work from Manchester but I would miss our local paper, and the local reporters (even though we have knocked them in the past). All a bit confusing yet. Would they send out reporters from Manchester to cover council meetings, etc., ?

Will there still be an Accrington Observer ?
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:21   #21
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Oh no.

Another empty shop on Blackburn Road and no office to pop into with photos, competitions etc.

Plus, our local paper compiled by people out of the area.
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:25   #22
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Oh no.

Another empty shop on Blackburn Road and no office to pop into with photos, competitions etc.

Plus, our local paper compiled by people out of the area.
Pretty much the way I see it too, maybe we will learn more in the Obby on Fri.
Can't see how local sport will be covered either, unless they keep some of the reporters on freelance.
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Old 10-03-2009, 22:26   #23
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Whilst people will miss it Lilly, the writings been on the wall with this paper, its been going downhill fer years, i used to deliver observers Tuesdays n Saterdays, me bag weighed a ton on those days, ya gotta ask why as the popularity faded badly.
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Old 11-03-2009, 00:00   #24
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Whilst people will miss it Lilly, the writings been on the wall with this paper, its been going downhill fer years, i used to deliver observers Tuesdays n Saterdays, me bag weighed a ton on those days, ya gotta ask why as the popularity faded badly.
You're right. The old Midweek Observer had as much news it it as today's tabloid weekend edition does now.

I'm not having a go, at the paper or the staff, just passing comment. I still love the Observer, and it's still an essential read, and feel very sorry for those who have lost their jobs.

It's rather weird. Just last night I was watching a Money Programme, on either BBC 3 or 4, and it was all about how the printed media is coping with the recession, and the ever changing way in which we expect our news delivered. We want to read news now, as it happens, with full colour moving pictures, all courtesy of the internet. All newspapers circulation is down, and the drop in revenue from advertising, on which many publications rely on for survival, is down by 25%+.

I really hope the Accy Observer manages to survive, and retain some identity as a good local newspaper, though the signs don't look promising.

The days when someone could join a local rag, work hard, and with luck on your side make it big on Fleet Street, which quite a few from the Observer have, seem long past.
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It's rather weird. Just last night I was watching a Money Programme, on either BBC 3 or 4, and it was all about how the printed media is coping with the recession, and the ever changing way in which we expect our news delivered.
Was that the one with Janet Streeteeth?
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Old 11-03-2009, 08:03   #26
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Was that the one with Janet Streeteeth?
Yeth, it wazzz.
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:15   #27
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This is deffo bad news for our town.
Good-bye Accrington Observer your heart has gone forever now
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:20   #28
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I bet her husband gets nervous in the bedroom
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:52   #29
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I don' think that the reporters will lose their jobs, after all they can still do the same job sat in their own home as they do sat in an office, there's this new phenomia called the ?lets see? oh yes, the Internet On the advertising front, I have for many years used the phone to place adds and entries in the hatch match and dispatch section and you can pay by CC too, If you want to include a photo, they'll give you an address to send it to, just included a SAE if you want it back. Would imagine by closing the office its cutting overheads, lighting, heating and maintenance
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Old 11-03-2009, 10:16   #30
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As a former employee of the Accrington Observer,I think it is sad that the office will close,but as someone else has said the writing was on the wall.
The fact that the paper has been printed in Chadderton for a number of years
means we have not really had a local paper since the early 90's.

THe Lancashire telegraph will follow the same path.
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