Express Story - Working at the Burnley Express (1974)

Express Story
This film, made in 1974 by John Rickard, looks at everyday life at the Burnley Express local newspaper and how the paper was produced before computers arrived in the 1980s. It is a fine example of John’s work, his story-telling, camera work and editing skills, that captures the everyday roles of the staff and the physical nature of their jobs in the mid-1970s.
Runtime: 15 min 11 s
John Rickard
John was a self-taught film maker who was born in Wigan in 1939 before his family moved to Burnley when he was eleven years old. After completing his National Service, John became a printer in Burnley. John’s interest in film making began in the 1950s when he began working with an 8mm cine film camera and later 16mm before graduating to video in the late 1990s.
John produced a number of films from the late 1950s onwards, about Burnley and the surrounding area that were in colour with sound and narration. John became a member of Burnley Cine Club in 1959 and continued making films until he died aged 79 in February 2018. Thank you John.

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Delightful memories of working there in advertising 12 years before. Exactly the same ! The Lino room was noisy but when the huge Webb press was running it was a sight to behold and you couldn't hear anything over the noise ! The smell of Swarfega was and still is magic.

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Nice 👍 One

[@waynefarrowcouk]

A fantastic bit of film!

[@zaczen]

I started work there in 1977 and they already had computers!

[@marksteven6116]

When I was lad