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A REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE
A History of the Aberdeen and Northern Counties Printing Industry




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Northern Counties - Golspie
In 1998, the year after the move to new premises the Countess of Sutherland sold The Northern Tin to lain Carmichael, chairman and managing director of Method Publishing Company Ltd. I remained in control until 1994 when he sold both companies to Scottish Provincial Press. Short thereafter Seaforth Photo-Litho Ltd cease making plates for The Northern Times and in 19’ the firm closed down.

James Henderson retired as editor in July 19~ after a period in hospital and was succeeded F Duncan Ross who had been acting editor for several months. He belongs to an Inverness family of which four generations have now been connected with local and national newspapers over the past one hundred years or so.

The printing of The Northern Times at Golspie ended in 1995 when production was switched to The John O’Groat Journal presses at Wick. Two years later another transfer took place and the newspaper is now printed at the premises of Ti Ross-shire Journal at Dingwall. However, commercial printing operations continue at the Times premises at Golspie.




 

Reputation Aberdeen

Volume 3 published 1996
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