A nightclub closure prompted a weekly newspaper to pay homage to one of the most famous tabloid front pages ever.
The Croydon Advertiser gave a nod to The Sun’s splash from the eve of the 1992 General Election as it lamented the decline of its patch’s nightlife.
The famous Sun front urged the last person in Britain to “please turn out the lights” should Neil Kinnock win, while the Advertiser asked the “last clubber to leave town” to do the same following the closure of Croydon’s Tiger Tiger venue.
Friday’s front page, pictured below, was created by designer Alex Leys, with the story written by chief reporter Gareth Davies.
Editor Andy Worden said: “Our chief reporter Gareth Davies broke the story on our website and it helped us to our best ever day online (more than 87,000 uniques).
“We wanted to bring the story on a little and also not have a front page which just had a picture of a nightclub on it.
“We hope the front page – which owes a lot to our design whiz Alex Leys – still does the job of grabbing the attention of anyone who didn’t realise by our publication day that Croydon’s biggest club is closing, but will also be enjoyed by those readers who remember the very famous front page it is inspired by.”
The Sun’s front page, pictured below, led to the newspaper being credited with influencing John Major’s victory in 1992, with the tabloid coining the phrase “It’s The Sun wot won it” afterwards.
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“…one of the most famous tabloid front pages ever…”
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Cut to all the other clubs/bars in town “Hey!!”
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Hey Karl…………………….get a life
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Tacky, overpriced cattle market nightclubs and local newspapers are just two things which mankind has decided it has no further need for during the opening act of the 21st century. Face it guys, life isn’t local any more. The internet has connected the whole world and people have unlimited amounts of entertainment and content at their fingertips for free, day in, day out. Local news still has a place online, to pass on information which people need, but I just don’t think there’s really enough of that to build a market on. Personally I still like the idea of hyperlocal – local news provided as a citizen service by small, independent teams. I wouldn’t like to be dependent on it for a living at this point, but the ethos is good.
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