History of the Bucks Free Press
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From one Perrin to another: How my grandad inspired me to become a journalist
Celebrations: Looking back at dancing around the Maypole
Looking back at Handy Cross - before it turned into this
PICTURES: When the Queen visited High Wycombe for the first time
‘We ran for our lives if someone dropped some heavy type in case the ceiling came down’
Calling all ex-employees
Celebrating 150 years of newspapers
2005 Bucks Free Press makes the move
Printing took place in town centre
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William Butler founded BFP in 1856
Paper was delivered by horse and cart in the 1860s
How the news is treated is decided in daily editorial conferences
Our reporters either cover a patch or specialise
More than 100 staff work at our Gomm Road site
Current editor took over in 1994
For colour pages, four plates were needed
Paper runs over a reversed image on a rubber blanket
The negatives were used to make metal plates for the press
By the 1980s type was set on screen
Midweek launched in 1968
Gomm Road factory opened in 1956
Papers were snatched from the press mid-run for checking
Ink rollers ran over the plates while the paper raced through
Pages were paired up on the press
The metal pages would be read using a wet piece of paper
Compositors had a seven-year apprenticeship
Lines of metal type were placed in a frame
In 1938 a much faster press was installed
William Hollins became editor in 1919
Paper changed name during First World War
Thomas Butler became editor in 1885
Single sheets were hand-fed into the printer in the 1850s
Adverts are added to complete the paper
Sub-editors design and check the pages
The newsroom works to daily deadlines
Photographers mostly use digital cameras
The papers reach the newsagents early on Friday morning
Printing was contracted out in 1990
New editor Tim Blott takes over
A process camera produced full-size negatives of the page
Bill Tilley became editor in 1976
Arthur Church became editor in 1956
The paper was modernised in the mid-1950s
Metal plates were made for the press
Paper moulds were used in the production process
Typesetters retyped articles to create lines of metal lettering
A Linotype machine enabled type to be set mechanically
The BFP used to have a high street shop
Whittles and Baldwin
A rotary press was installed in 1924