Welcome to Coastal View & Moor News Issue 136

Welcome to our first paper of 2023 and we would firstly like to wish you all a very Happy New Year and let’s hope it’s a healthy, peaceful and prosperous one for us all.

Here in Moorsholm we had a very quiet and restful Christmas but by the time the festivities were all over we were happy to get back to work, preparing for this issue.

If you’re a regular reader of this column you will have read in the December issue about the massive increases during 2022 we had on the cost of paper.

However we have many loyal advertisers who have supported us through thick and thin and who have stuck with us, some for many years to keep the paper afloat.

So all went well in December but just the other day we were ‘hit’ with another massive increase when the printer told us they were putting up our costs again. This was devastating to say the least.

Not only this but last November we were informed that our print site on Teesside was going to close.

Our hearts went out to the many people who work there and the fact they would be losing their jobs just before Christmas. We have been working with some of these people for almost 13 years and as you can imagine had built up a great working relationship and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their help and guidance. A massive thank you especially to Dave Grounds who, at times has bent over backwards to accommodate our needs.

This closure meant a very stressful few weeks as to what was going to happen in the future.

We were informed that Coastal View was now going to be printed in Oldham and then transported to Blaydon where we would have to arrange for it to be picked up.

As you may appreciate this has incurred and added more costs in producing the paper; so along with the rise in paper print costs this came as another shock.

So, the well travelled issue you are now reading has been up and down the country before making its way to you.

We would like to thank Chris at Parkside Logistics in Birtley for helping us sort out these arrangements which has also resulted in the paper having to be completed and sent to the printers a day earlier than normal going forward.

Then would you believe it? The day we were due to send the pages we were told ny Northern Powergrid that our electricity supply would be cut off due to work being carried out in our area. What else could go wrong?

Anyway despite all these setbacks we have managed to do everything on time and the pages will be sent later today, (Sunday) as soon as we finish writing this column. Phew.

We must thank Rob who is part of the Coastal View team and who takes delivery each issue for us and sorts out the distributors. It will be an earlier start in the morning for Rob in the future.

We must also thank Peter at Car Care of Marske, where we get the paper delivered and stored. Peter has always been so helpful and just simply ‘fits in’ whatever our arrangements are.

Because of all the recent events and upheaval we have done some soul searching and as a consequence we have decided some things are going to have to change. You can read more about this in the next issue.

We would like to pass on our condolences to the family of Moorsholm resident John Wood who sadly passed away on New Years Eve. John was a lovely man and a very decent human being who would do anything for anyone. He will always be remembered and sadly missed.

A note for all readers who would normally pick up the paper in Redcar Library please read the article on page 5. Due to the fact the library will be temporarily moved this issue will not be available until 25th January when the library re-opens in Tuned In.

.The days are getting longer and the sun is still shining although it’s very cold and snow is predicted; well it is as I write this so there’s plenty of reason for optimism.

Stay safe and we hope you enjoy reading this issue.

Lynne & Steve Nicholls

Coastal View & Moor News is published, produced and distributed by Genesis Media Promotions, 67 Guisborough Road, Moorsholm, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 3JA. Tel 01287 669418. Printed by Reach Printing Services Ltd Middlesbrough Copyright Genesis Media Promotions 2023

Genesis Media Promotions accepts no liability from any contract entered into with any advertiser. The publication of advertising in this newspaper does not imply any approval or recommendation by Genesis Media Promotions of those goods and services advertised. Any views stated in Coastal View & Moor News are not necessarily those of Genesis Media Promotions who remain impartial from and are not connected with any political parties and other organisations.

We conform to the newspaper industry’s voluntary Code of Practice, administered by the Press Complaints Commission. If you feel that we have made an error in a report, or have fallen below our high standards please write in the first instance to Lynne Nicholls, Genesis Media Promotions, 67 Guisborough Road, Moorsholm, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 3JA. Telephone 01287 669418 or email editor@coastalviewandmoornews.co.uk. For information about the Press Complaints Commission, including details of how to make a complaint telephone 0207 8310 0022 or visit www.pcc.org.uk

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