Talk:Brighton Voice

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Roundtheworld in topic 2011 comments

2009 comment

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When was the first issue? When was the last? Anyone have a photo of one of the front pages? Roundtheworld (talk) 11:26, 27 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

2011 comments

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the last issue was probably around '88-'89 - I have photos of the then collective on Mayday '87 and we staggered on for some considerable time after that. Actually, in my time we did take paid advertising - or at least we tried to - and also ran a "send it in we'll publish" policy [excepting other lefty groups with their own papers]. What killed the Voice was the growth of commercial listings magazines in B'ton (viz, the Punter) and the emergence of more apocalyptic anarchist rags such as Brighton Bomber: We tried to keep it going, but ... GraemeE17 (talk) 19:53, 9 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

I've amended the text in para 5. Please go ahead with further additions. I'd like to do a summary of the main issues covered over the years, but that is rather difficult as I am not in Brighton. Roundtheworld (talk) 13:38, 10 January 2011 (UTC)Reply