Jac O' the North is back
and writes about the Evening Post
After a short break (his Summer holidays?) Jac O' the North's blog is back in action, and what do you think, while away he bought a copy of The South Wales Evening Post. His comments reflect the thoughts of many of our readers who no longer buy the paper - as the price of it goes up, the circulation goes down. The end is neigh, forecast one reader.
Here is what Jac O' the North had to say about it:
"While I was away I picked up a copy of the Evening Post, a Swansea institution that has gone downhill in recent years. The ‘paper I knew long ago used to bring out its first edition around midday, with further editions up to and including the ‘Final’ or ‘Late Night Final’. You knew which edition it was by the number of windows filled in on the Mumbles lighthouse image at the top right of the front page. One window filled for the first edition . . .
Then of course there was the Sporting Post on Saturday night, with young boys racing from pub to pub to sell their allotted copies......."
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