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Originally Posted by Guinness
Guess that there are more than one of us who remember the days of the Accrington Observer on Edgar Street that used to publish news about the area.
The days you could walk in with a photo and a relevant local story. When you bought it to see where you stood in the local darts, dominoes and snooker league.
When it was filled with news from our local area, with on site reporters who talked to people face to face instead of just ringing up for a quote and publishing councillors photo-ops....
Today...
Man trapped in car for nine hours with broken leg and internal injuries - Accrington Observer
A river in Blackburn in the Little Harwood area is 'NEAR RISHTON'???? And it's 'LOCAL' news.....and...It's almost copy/pasted from the LT...talk about lazy journalism.. |
Well yes, it's a paper that's seen it's day, BUT, what are we doing most days?
AccyWeb used to be the best local site around here, just look over the past few days, next to nothing, maybe we shouldn't be too critical until we post things of interest?