Walking inside Mellors newsagents is like stepping back in time to the golden age of the printed press. The shop has barely changed since Gordon Bird first became a newsagent in 1976. Now 91, he is up at 03:45 every day to open the business alongside the 78-year-old assistant who has worked with him for nearly 50 years. Gordon's shop is in the heart of mining country in the Barnsley village of Cudworth, and he was once a pitman himself before choosing a life above ground.