ALL A BYTE SAD

It's good to see 57 Wrawby Street, Brigg, back in use as the new base for Hub Computers. But somewhat ironic.
For if computers had been installed at this address in the mid-1980s, it's a fair bet the old Lincolnshire Times newspaper, which was based there, would have stayed in circulation a good bit longer.
The weekly paper was largely written by journalists based in Brigg, where advertising staff were also based. However, all the production, including printing, was done at the Hull Daily Mail's Jameson Street premises.
When the paper was closed in July, 1985 it was largely due to high production costs. However, just a few years later the newspaper industry was revolutionised by the introduction of so-called new technology (computerisation) which greatly reduced costs and reduced the reliance on old-fashioned printing skills and practices.
For those of us who worked for the old Lincolnshire Times it's hard to believe next summer will see the 25th anniversary of the faithful old paper's demise.
Our illustration, by Stephen Hill, shows Bryan Robins, long-serving Lincolnshire Times photographer and councillor, outside 57 Wrawby Street, some time in the mid-1970s.

If you wish to contact Hub Computers the number is 07813448340.