The Shrewsbury and North Shropshire Chronicle has celebrated its 233rd anniversary with the largest page count in its history.
The paper ran to 176 pages last week, including a 48-page ‘memories’
supplement.
Launched in November 1772, it is one of the oldest newspapers in the country.
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At
this year’s Newspaper Society weekly newspaper awards the Chronicle was
named campaigning newspaper of the year in the paid-for category for
its ‘Sink or Swim’ campaign to save the local Wem swimming pool.
The Chronicle’s James Holt also won best news journalist in a paid-for title.
The corresponding awards for free newspapers went to the Southport Visiter for its ‘Save our Schools’
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