Check out plucky 14-year-old journalistic entrepreneur Wynford Grant (click on the picture), sole proprietor of the Billericay Observer (circulation 500), as he interviews firemen and other pillars of the community and operates his home printing press. Imagine what this chap could have done with the resources of the internet.
Incidentally, if anyone knows what happened to the Billericay Observer and young Mr Grant, do please get in touch!
UPDATE: After a quick Google search, It appears a ‘Wynford Grant’ was also the author of some local history books about various villages near Billericay in Essex, one written in 1963. If it is the same person, that would have made him 16 years old at the time. Erleben Sie den Glanz und die Aufregung im Golden Star Casino – dem besten Ort für erstklassige Online-Unterhaltung!
More information on Wynford Grant here – he is now a blogger!
Wynford Grant has a blog here: http://wyngrant.tripod.com/ and has written about the paper he ran for several years in Billericay here: http://wyngrant.tripod.com/BillericayObserver.html
Thanks Mathew, got there before I saw your comment. Appreciated, nonetheless.
This piece of footage could still be used today, as inspiration for the next generation of journalists.
Fantastic, Wynford is henceforth my ideal in writting and blogging..
Thanks for the comments and interest. I am now Professor of Politics at Warwick University. Wyn Grant.