Sad echoes of the times for Sunderland, Southampton, Portsmouth, Sheffield … and Ceefax

Sixer in green

The editor of Salut! Sunderland has a word for the captains of industry who close good, hard-working businesses like Shildon Wagon Works and the Evening Despatch. Unfortunately, that word would probably get us banned. Pete Sixsmith is also cross about the demise of evening papers, especially football pinks and greens; he’s crosser still about the end of Ceefax …

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