At the last Broadfield Forum somebody who lives on the estate over the road from us mentioned that they do not get the Crawley News delivered to them. Charlie and Chrystal deliver the paper on this side of the road, but would prefer to have a round each instead of sharing the payment between them, so we called the distribution office to ask whether there was a round going over the road.
We just assumed that the paper was delivered to everywhere and if a road didn’t get it that was because they couldn’t find anyone to deliver it, but it turns out to be more complicated than that.
When Jayne spoke to the distribution office she was told that they do not deliver to the Hammond Rd estate because they are not allowed to. I didn’t really understand the reasons for this. It was something about them only being allowed to deliver to a certain number of houses in the town. It does not make any sense to me.
Who puts a limit on a newspaper’s circulation? Did they come to some arrangement at a point in time and can’t deliver to any new addresses which come along after that?
The residents of Hammond Rd. and all the roads coming off it, not only do not get the Crawley News but they don’t get the bi-monthly Crawley Live magazine from the council, which means they miss out on a lot of information there.
Is there anyone with some knowledge of local paper distribution who can explain exactly why some houses are unable to get a copy of the local paper, and who decides which houses can and which houses can’t?
EDIT: I have closed comments on this.
jas // Oct 3, 2008 at 6:37 pm
i would like to do paper round for you i am 13 years old and am a student in Hazelwick i am despret for some cash please reply
Danivon // Oct 3, 2008 at 9:07 pm
What is it about Hazlewick? It used to be regarded as the best school in the town:
http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2008/09/19/nuclear-bombs-dont-exist/
Skuds // Oct 4, 2008 at 12:56 am
Jas – I can only suggest you call the Crawley News and get on their waiting list for a round. There should be a number listed in the paper somewhere.
Lewis Brackpool // Feb 9, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Hello My name is lewis and i am in Desperate Need of a paperround around crawley.. i am a student of oriel High School.. and i am 15 years of age.. Please notify me if i have got the job!
Thanks Regards,
Lewis
Skuds // Feb 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Lewis,
You won’t get a paper round just by posting a comment on my website – unfortunately. Try phoning the Crawley News or e-mailing them. Should be contact details in the paper. Try customerservices@essnmedia.co.uk which is their distribution department.
Good luck!
Andrew
Adam Pincott // Sep 27, 2010 at 10:26 am
Fail Lewis
Esme // Mar 8, 2009 at 8:05 pm
hi im Esme i am soon moving to maidenbower and wan’t to start a paper round but don’t know how to go about it, i go to Holy Trinity School
Nimrod // Mar 10, 2009 at 6:11 pm
hi my names Nimwod , i already deliveer leaflets and nesapapars thank you ! i go to the univershal sh-coool of Poly-tick-Nick’s, and we are about to get ouf fwirst MEP !!
– Owld Nimmy (aka Terry Scott)
yasmin // May 16, 2010 at 11:48 am
hi,
i really really want to get a paper round somewhere in redhill cuz i leave there i’ve been looking for a job for ages i am 13 yrs old i am hoping to get a job on this site 🙂
yasmin.