The first Arran Banner came out in March 1974 although its inception is now somewhat lost in the mists of time.
What did happen is that early that year a group of different people, not known to each other, got together to discuss the possibility of an island newspaper.
Find out more about how ‘the voice of the island’ developed over the last 40 years – including making it into the Guinness Book of Records in the Arran Banner edition of March 22 2014. Also available on line at www.arranbanner.co.uk/digital