Summary
FROM campaigning against slums in the 1920s and bringing the Red Arrows back to RAF Scampton in March 2001, to creating a centre for abused women and getting changes made to driving laws, the Echo has always campaigned for the issues that matter most to its readers. In the fifth of a special series charting the history of the paper, CERRI DELANEY looks back at some of the major campaigns the Echo has covered ...
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Fighting for What Matters
And since its inception, the Echo has acted as a voice for the local people by spearheading or putting its weight behind campaigns.
As far back as 1928, the Echo campaigned against slums which would see new houses built. The idea was to get people to sign up to donate money which would then go to subsidise the rent for people who could not otherwise have afforded the new rent cost of 9 shillings a w...See the full content of this document
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