Editorial
2005, New Year Resolution time, and the Crier is resolving again! In 2003, we
resolved to get a regular crossword, in 2004 we resolved to get a photographer
and new columnists, and in 2005? Read on...
In the early days, Crier production - typing, setting, printing, and so forth - was so hard that it required a whole horde of villagers to get it done.
In those days, the editor rose at noon, and, suitably equipped with his velvet smoking jacket and small cigar, sauntered out to see how things were going on. But new technology (and the wherewithal to pay for it: thank-you, advertisers) soon changed all that. As the years flew by in a flurry of restructuring and redundancy notices - in 2004, even our collators had to go - it seemed that we might be in danger of centralisation.
But not quite. Most unusually, the Crier did keep its New Year resolutions of 2003 and 2004, and if you'd like to know how, cast your eyes to the page on the left, where all will be revealed. New staff! But now on the editorial side, and that's 2005's Resolution... more new staff! Just like our District Council in fact.
We need new photographers to join our existing team, two new section editors (School News and Village Events) to ensure that events are covered by the Crier team (and no, you don't have to be computer literate), layout/ photo mangling help - the Eds are bad at this! and, last but not least, IT staff, for the long-proposed Crier WEBSITE. To help, get in touch now, before our agents call round inconveniently at 6am...
Meanwhile, great carols, wonderful Advent by Candlelight (£1008!!), and many congratulations to Tricia Harrison, much deserving Gay Bulleid winner, 2004.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!