Evening Standard to become a free sheet

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on October 2, 2009 at 12:13

I suppose it was to be expected, but it is sad when something traditional disappears.

The evening newspapers were a classic piece of London Life.. The newspaper men everywhere with their flat caps (from the 20s to the 60s) and their calls: Evening Newwwwws and StanDARRRRRRRRRRRRDDDD!
The Newspaper vans racing about town with the left door open, ready to throw out the next bundle of papers..

Before my time... but a classic view

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on October 2, 2009 at 14:34

I'm older than you, Steve. Before 1960 it was Starnooz'n'standa!
Mind you, the Standa! was already rubbish then.

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Permalink Reply by Liz on October 9, 2009 at 18:08

The passing of a London tradition: Evening Standard seller says goodbye to London Bridge station.

and if you want to pick up a free copy you can do it locally here lets hope they don't end up littering the streets like those other tiresome freesheets

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