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There are six pages of Yorkshire Evening Press photos on Metal Type. Check the “Related Pages” menu to see the rest.<\/p>\n

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

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 . . .<\/p>\n

\"Stonehands\"<\/a>
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).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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