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Wigan Observer Crabtree printing press at Woods street. 1970-80
Photo: Colin Harlow
Photo: Colin Harlow
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Item #: 31440
Item #: 31440
The Wigan Observer goes to press for another edition of the paper. Here the Crabtree press roars up to speed and churns out copies of the Wigan Observer at speed. Printer Terry Hateley checks the print quality of pages and a team of men stack and tie the bungles of papers ready for the newsagents.
Comment by: Colin Harlow on 14th August 2019 at 14:04
Sorry should have said "Bundles of papers".
Comment by: RON HUNT on 14th August 2019 at 14:06
These day they would probably only have to run it for 5 minutes...
Comment by: Colin Harlow on 14th August 2019 at 14:28
Yes your right Ron, the World's fastest newspaper web offset press is the Mitsubishi Diamond Star it can print broadsheet papers at 90,000 per hour.
The Wigan Observer Crabtree press was geared for 32 broadsheet pages at 20,000 per hour.
The Wigan Observers Victory-Kidder press at Rowbottom Square up to 1966 would produce 16 broadsheet pages at 8,000 per hour.
I think they call it progress.
Comment by: Arthur on 14th August 2019 at 14:39
The Wigan Observer and Post are down because news information is on our mobile phones, printed news circulation in all newspapers are down.
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