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owenking
05-10-2006, 09:27
Hello all,

Back in the early, heady days of the information superhighway, I remember constant plaudits for urban75 in the now-defunct but then-great Internet Magazine. Back then Brixton was just a place on the Tube map for me but now, about 10 years later, I'm actually here!

After finding these forums a fount of local knowledge and wisdom (the loud scary helicopters (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=170016&highlight=helicopters) incident being a dramatic example), I thought I'd post a couple of questions I've been wondering about for a while:

1. Can anyone recommend a good local paper?

2. Does anyone know of a newsagent that does a paper round in the Acre Lane area (or is this wishful thinking)?

Many thanks!

Owen.
fortyplus
05-10-2006, 09:32
Yogi Agencies on Acre Lane deliver our papers.

It's the newsagent next to the launderette between Plato and Solon rds.
Donna Ferentes
05-10-2006, 09:32
Excellent names both.
marty21
05-10-2006, 09:35
hackney gazette... thrives on crime , sells out whenever there's a major crime

should sell out this week as there was a murder in hackney:(
Donna Ferentes
05-10-2006, 09:36
In my experience most British local papers basically live off crime stories.
Mrs Magpie
05-10-2006, 11:24
up to a point Lord Copper....small ads, local issues eg road widening, local history, local good news ....more a 'all human life is here' thing
Belushi
05-10-2006, 11:27
I cant abide local papers, I just find them so depressing.
Ms T
05-10-2006, 11:28
The South London Press is our local rag, and not a bad one, as local papers go.
drag0n
05-10-2006, 12:42
Gosh, internet magazine. That's how I got onto urban75 as well (also in a delayed stylee).
hendo
05-10-2006, 14:54
I found Urban 75 because it was attacked in the Daily Mail.
owenking
05-10-2006, 16:21
Thanks for all your suggestions so far!

I'll pop into Yogi Agencies this evening, though not to buy the Daily Mail I should add... :eek:
Leon
11-10-2006, 14:00
The SLP - pretty good paper, bi-weekly.
Mrs Magpie
12-10-2006, 08:19
The Tuesday edition is pretty shit though.
mysterybadger
15-10-2006, 08:39
Don't read the SLP it will only depress and scare you. Collating all the horror from a catchment area of 2-3m people and making you feel like it's happening on your doorstep.
jontibs
15-10-2006, 11:36
Don't read the SLP it will only depress and scare you. Collating all the horror from a catchment area of 2-3m people and making you feel like it's happening on your doorstep.
Multiply the catchment by about 2000 and you've got the world service!