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- The newspaper was founded as the Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer, by printer George Frankland, from Preston, as an eight-page penny weekly.
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The newspaper was founded as the Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer, by printer George Frankland, from Preston, as an eight-page penny weekly. It was politically Conservative.
The Burnley Express was founded by Preston-born printer George Frankland in 1877, as a weekly paper comprising 8 pages and costing 1d. Its political orientation was Conservative. The paper started life as the Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer then absorbed the Burnley Advertiser in 1880 to become the Burnley Express and Advertiser.
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Sep 8, 2017 · The paper was originally founded as the Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer by printer George Frankland who was from Preston.
Sep 26, 2013 · It was founded in 1877 as the Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer. Three years later it absorbed the 1855-founded The Burnley News and became the Burnley Express and Advertiser; it added greater geographical specificity to its title in 1886 by becoming the Burnley Express and Clitheroe Division Advertiser.
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The newspaper was founded as the Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer by printer George Frankland from Preston as an 8-page penny weekly. It was politically Conservative. In 1880 it merged with the Burnley Advertiser, becoming the Burnley Express and Advertiser, and in 1886 became the Burnley Express and Clitheroe Division Advertiser.
The newspaper was founded as the Burnley Express and East Lancashire Observer, by printer George Frankland, from Preston, as an eight page penny weekly. It was politically Conservative . It merged with the Burnley Advertiser in 1880, becoming the Burnley Express and Advertiser , and in 1886, it became the Burnley Express and Clitheroe Division ...
In 1901 - prompted by the success of the Ancoats' Lads' Club in Manchester - Riley founded the Burnley Lads' Club, immediately taking on the post of Honorary Secretary. The Club's first premises amounted to three rooms over a stable in Chaffer Court, Adlington Street.
