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Collections being recorded: Hartland Times: 1981 - present (Nov. 2011)
Hartland Times first MastHead Logo drawn by Percy Beer 1981
| The birth of a new venture! After several years of dreaming of such a paper and now after several months of preparation, our first edition makes its debut. You will see from the heading on the front page that the "Hartland Times" is affectionately dedicated to Thomas Gory Burrow and his "Hartland Chronicle" which printed its last edition some forty-one years ago this month.seen in those forty-one years! On the world scene with the advent of television in nearly every home, domestic electrical appliances that have taken most of the drudgery out of housework, the motor car now an essential part of rural life and space travel with men walking on the moon the sort of travel that provokes comment. Now in the early 'eighties' we are beginning to see so many changes as we enter the era of the 'micro-chip'. Certainly 'Cory' Burrow would hardly recognise the equipment on which the "Hartland Times" is produced —gone are those typefounders' metal letters used to make up and print the words (although we still use them for the letterpress side of our business): the text is now produced photographically on a micro-chip photosetter! Instead of a hand fed letterpress machine this will have been produced on an offset litho press that is capable of printing at speeds up to 5,500 sheets per hour! Indeed, times have changed and times will change and it is our hope that the "Hartland Times" will be here to reflect those changes and how they affect Hartland and its people. One thing will be very different right from the start; the "Hartland Chronicle" was very much a one man paper and this little paper will be very much a team effort —there is no Thomas Cory Burrow in Hartland today. Something For Everyone So what can our readers expect to find in the pages of the "Hartland Times"? There is no doubt that we shall be unashamedly nostalgic in many of our features, a quick look through this issue will bear evidence to that! We shall also hope to reflect as accurately as we can the life that our community now leads, in all its aspects; its work and leisure, sporting activities and social clubs. News from all our churches will also feature and of course, the ups and downs in the lives of the folk of Hartland will be within our scope. How fortunate to be able to report on two weddings of our young people and three of our senior citizens celebrating 90th birthdays in our very first edition! News In Pictures A most important requirement of good reporting will be to build up a good news network so that we know before we publish all the news that should be included. We can only be successful in this if we have the cooperation of the whole community. So that you can help us in this, we shall print in each issue the date for last copy for the next "Hartland Times". A major part of our production will be a liberal sprinkling of photographs and in this aspect we are very pleased that Dennis Heard of Galsham is joining the team and will be frequently turning up at functions, as and when able, to add that extra interest to the pages of forthcoming editions. Support From Many It would be impossible for this to be a viable commercial venture without us taking several short cuts. One of these will be that the editorial work will be done by myself at home in my spare time, a labour of love that will give me a great deal of pleasure. For this reason I would be most grateful if contact with me about matters to do with the "Hartland Times" is made at my home at 1 Shamrock Cottages, Tel. [01237 441481], and not at work if possible. Generous help has been received from local artists; Mr. Percy Beer who has promised to draw illustrations for this and future editions and Mr. Michael Nix who has designed our 'Masthead' on the front page, both giving of their talent freely to enable the "Hartland' Times" to succeed. Our sincere thank to them. The way that the tradesfolk of the community have backed this venture with their financial support through the advertisements has been absolutely first class —a look through our pages will suffice. Our thanks to them and we hope that you, our readers, will in return give them your support. Near And Far It is very important that we build up a good circulation to ensure that we can proceed into the future. To help in this we would ask you, if you wish to take the "Hartland Times" regularly, to place an order with Christmas' Stores. We shall also be running a 'mail order' department for those friends of Hartland who would like a copy sent on to them, wherever they may be. A cutout coupon is printed elsewhere for that purpose. If you would like a copy sent to anyone, perhaps as a present, just fill it in and send it along with your remittance. One more plea; it is hoped to run a lively 'letters' column in each issue so please let us have your contributions, whether they be serious or lighthearted,a plea for help of some kind or sharing some experience that you think others would be interested to read—just send them in. All at Jamaica Press and fellow members of the team join me in hoping that you will enjoy this first edition of "Hartland Times" and tell others about it. TONY MANLEY Editor BUMPER FIRST EDITION Future issues will average 16 pages. ©The Hartland Times. Printed and published bi-monthly by the proprietors, Jamaica Press, Mambury Moor Estate Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5NL. 01237 452333 All communications to the Editor, 1 Shamrock Cottages, Hartland, Bideford, Devon. |
** Addresses and contatct details are updated to 2011. Read the story of Thomas Cory Burrow and "The World's Strangest Newspaper" - LINK |
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