Grocott's Mail turns 140!

Hip, hip, hooray! Today is the 140th birthday of Grocott's Mail, South Africa's oldest independent newspaper. What can we say - a good thing never dies!

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Grocott's Mail staff and students celebrate the 140th birthday of the newspaper on 11 May 2010.  


From left to right are Ronel Bowles (advertising manager), Louise Vale (general manager), Steven Lang (editor) and Jeff Grocott. Jeff is the great-grandson of the newspaper's founder (Thomas Henry Grocott). He joined the business in 1960 and retired in 2009. Read a detailed history of Grocott's Mail.


The 140th birthday cake, kindly provided by Pick n Pay Grahamstown.

 

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