Queen Elizabeth II: The Early Years
Queen Elizabeth was born at 2:40am on 21st April 1926 at her maternal grandfather’s house at 17 Bruton Street in...
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The Pre 1799 Rare Newspaper Collection
For hundreds of years, the reading medium of Newspapers has amassed a strong popularity since the time of Ancien...
The Final Days of The Third Reich and The Death of Adolf Hitler
On the 12th April 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt died at his home in Warm Springs, Georgia. Upon hearing the...
Ten Facts on the Sinking of Titanic
Lingering as the most devastating nautical scar in Britain’s maritime history, the sinking of Titanic remains a ...
Princess Diana Charity Work
Diana Frances Spencer was born in 1961, in Sandringham, England. Daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp and ...
Marilyn Monroe: A Tragic Farewell
“It’s all make believe, isn’t it?” – Marilyn Monroe Nothing less than perfection was Marilyn Monroe’s goal. She ...
The Life of Muhammad Ali
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been g...
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Leicester City: Premier League Champions
The 2015/16 Premier League season is one that will live long in the memory for all Leicester City fans. Followin...
D-Day: First Hand Accounts
During the Second World War, Operation Overlord attack involved over 5,000 craft and succeeded in landing ...
Paper Rationing During World War II
Rationing didn’t suddenly start at the beginning of the Second World War since it took time for the war to bite,...
1940s Recipes and More from Newspapers
Shortly after ‘the war to end all wars’, many wonder what could have even happened to lead to another world war....
1930s Recipes and More from Newspapers
You only have to read W H Auden’s September 1,1939 to understand the 30s. 80 years on and for some, the reality ...
1980s Recipes and More from Newspapers
It’s easy to overlook the 80s; remembered through shoulder pads, Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding, an...
1960s Recipes and More from Newspapers
If there was a decade warped by change in just a few short years, the 60s qualifies as a Technicolor world of op...
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1950s Recipes and More from Newspapers
Remember the bygone era of the 50s? 50s food, 50s economy and 50s Britain? Historic Newspapers revisits this hal...
Napoleonic Era Newspaper Collection
The famous Napoleon was a military leader and French statesman, who was in charge of many successful campaigns d...
Wigtown Shop Front
We’ve recently been sent this stunning water colour from local(ish) artist Gary Harper. Historic Newspapers as a...
1970s Recipes and More from Newspapers
The 1970s – blink and you’ll miss it. It was a difficult period for Britain, remembered as one of the worst deca...
Jack the Ripper Newspaper Collection
Jack The Ripper newspaper coverage from 1888Image: Wikimedia Commons In the early hours of Friday, 31st...
1990s Recipes and More from Newspapers
The 90s were a decade like no other. It combined 60s freedom, 70s political gloom mixed with serious distrust an...
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