An earlier Star deliverer
We received an interesting letter from Val Johns’ brother in law Lloyd who lives in Australia. He wrote;
“In the 1950s I delivered Charlie Michelle’s Martinborough Star to around 40 or so residents each Wednesday after school for the princely sum of 2/6d.
( 2020 = $8.72). On every Wednesday, the Star went over the front gate or was stuffed into the letter box if accessible without stopping, but on the last delivery before Christmas, every paper was hand delivered to Charlie’s readers – it was well worth the effort to get off the bike and knock on the back door !
I did this for several years until my bicycle fell apart and Lamb’s garage had great difficulty getting spare parts for it.” … Continue Reading
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