The Examiner newspaper in Launceston is celebrating its 175th birthday this month (12 March 2017) which is a remarkable achievement for any business let alone a media organisation. I spent just on 45 years of my working life at The Examiner and the 175th celebrations got me thinking about the history of the paper and what it was like when I started there. When I joined The Examiner staff in 1969 the newspaper office was in Paterson Street where it had been for 115 years. The