Yorkshire Evening Press, 1954

There are six pages of Yorkshire Evening Press photos on Metal Type. Check the “Related Pages” menu to see the rest.

Many thanks to an ex-colleague, Ian Cottom, for sending in a scan of the front cover of “The Newsman” from October 1954.

I’ve got to say that I’d never seen this publication before. The blurb at the bottom has been cut off, but sounds intriguing: “The live journal for the progressive newsman and . . .

Stonehands
Featured on the photograph, as Ian recalls: Syd Wynn, nearest, Me (Ian Cottom), Sam Doherty (Napper), Wilf Benson, Armstrong, Bob Anley and I think Don Wilkinson (stone sub-editor).

One thought on “Yorkshire Evening Press, 1954”

  1. Great photo. My late father was probably a reporter back then, he left in 1970 to join the NoW in Manchester. I recall walking around here with him as an eight year old. I was at the Minster school and met my father each evening to drive home, so I was in the Coney St plant most days.

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