The British Newspaper Archive
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Love it or loath it, another Eurovision Song Contest is just around the corner. In our special blog we examine over 50 years of Eurovision headlines, as we mark the agony and the ecstasy of the much-derided, much-beloved contest: bit.ly/4a3l1kv #Eurovision #MusicHistory
An interesting selection of people recorded as subscribers to the Church League for Women's #Suffrage #OTD 1916, including Lady Rhondda & Rev William Duncombe & his daughter Isobel Hereford Cathedral. Here's Rev Duncombe in the cloisters. (Images: The British Newspaper Archive & #Herefordshire History).
It's not often that I feel Dubliner pride but this has just kicked it right up. I mean, really...
The Devon and Exeter Gazette, 30 April, 1902.
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Before Grindr and Tinder, what did gay men use to find partners in the early twentieth century? They used The Link of course, although in a covert manner. Have a read! #queerhistory The British Newspaper Archive
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This week we've added one brand new title from Northern Ireland - the Banbridge Chronicle - to The Archive, with over 300,000 brand new pages joining us in all from across the UK. Find out more in our weekly blog: bit.ly/3JG7tkg #TuesdayTitles
I've become a little obsessed by this beer, and I've fallen once more down a rabbithole. It deserves and will receive a better write-up, but it seems to be a relatively unique style - a strong brown beer. Here it is in The Belfast Telegraph in 1887 via The British Newspaper Archive ...
From digitised articles and adverts to family notices, exploring The British Newspaper Archive before viewing our newspaper microfilms and hard copies might just save you precious research hours ⌛️
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The Sphere, 18 July 1953, pictures 'refreshment-time for the clippers and their helpers' during a hot day of sheep-clipping, which was performed by hand in the Kentmere Valley, Cumberland bit.ly/3y2K5dO #FarmingHistory
It seems this 'beer ticket' (an electioneering tactic outlawed in 1880s) might have been a spoof of some sort in contested campaigning tactics used in South Hackney during 1895 Gen Elec when Liberal John Moulton lost seat to Cons Herbert Robertson - letters courtesy of The British Newspaper Archive
#MementoMoriMonday Grave of Sister Elizabeth Robertson Thomson in Rosebank Cemetery, Edinburgh. She was born in Tweedmouth and was a nurse in London in 1911. Her shipmaster father, George, took HM Stanley to Africa. The British Newspaper Archive
'All Newcastle Turns Out to Welcome Home the Proud Winners of 'the' Cup - Amazing Scenes in a Black & White City,' Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 29 April 1924 bit.ly/3UhSlyp #OTD #1924Newspapers #FootballHistory
Showcasing the 'lighter side of farming,' the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 4 October 1950, pictures the 'Hop Festival at Paddock Wood,' which entertained those engaged in hop picking during the autumn bit.ly/3UxYqYU #FarmingHistory
Attending to her seedlings is this model, who wears a summery lemon-yellow poplin dress by Cresta, chosen by Mariel Deans for The Tatler, 6 May 1953 bit.ly/49JpTeo #SaturdayStyle
