Hi Listers . Following the previous on The Oban Times I did a bit of digging into its evolution, and found it was: . "The Illustrated Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser" from 1st July 1861 to 1st Dec 1865 - published monthly (Issues 1 to 54) . "The Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser" from w/e Sat 7th July 1866 (issue 1) to w/e Sat 23rd Nov 1929 - published weekly (issue 3908) . "The Oban Times and The West Highland Times" from w/e Sat 30th Nov 1929 (issue 3909) to date - current issue 7592 dated Thurs 1st Aug 2002. . Back in 1861 it cost 1/2d it now costs 55p (ie 264 times as much) . When it was the "Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser" it was, to quote : . "The County paper of Argyllshire circulating extensively in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Greenock, Paisley, Stirling, Doune, Callender, tyndrum, Dalmally, Kingussie, Inverness, Fort William, Ballachulish, Tobermory, Easdale, Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig, Inveraray, Portree, Stornoway, The Lewis, Skye. the Western Islands and many other districts" . When it became the "Oban Times and The West Highland Times" the circulating area was ammended; Tiree, Coll, Iona and Islay being added and North & South Uist being substituted for The Uists. . The current issue is described as "The regional newspaper for the West Highlands, Islands and Argyll." There is a map showing the area of circulation as being, on the mainland, all of the counties of Argyll and Inverness-shire + the Inner and Outer Hebrides. . The OT is said to be the "best selling weekly newspaper in the Highlands" being "delivered via 1742 newsagnts weekly" . The OT has a website, on which there is a summary of the current copy,at : www.obantimes.co.uk . Les