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Princess Diana Charity Work
May 2, 2017
Diana Frances Spencer was born in 1961, in Sandringham, England. Daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp and Frances Shand Kydd, Diana belonged to a family...
Marilyn Monroe: A Tragic Farewell
March 13, 2017
“It’s all make believe, isn’t it?” – Marilyn Monroe Nothing less than perfection was Marilyn Monroe’s goal. She built her name in the glitzy, and...
The Life of Muhammad Ali
October 10, 2016
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to...
Leicester City: Premier League Champions
August 5, 2016
The 2015/16 Premier League season is one that will live long in the memory for all Leicester City fans. Following Tottenham’s second half capitulation at...
D-Day: First Hand Accounts
August 3, 2016
During the Second World War, Operation Overlord attack involved over 5,000 craft and succeeded in landing 156,000 troops within its first 24 hours. Indeed, by...
Paper Rationing During World War II
June 3, 2016
Rationing didn’t suddenly start at the beginning of the Second World War since it took time for the war to bite, nor did rationing suddenly...
1940s Recipes and More from Newspapers
March 3, 2016
Shortly after ‘the war to end all wars’, many wonder what could have even happened to lead to another world war. Nothing changed humanity quite...
1930s Recipes and More from Newspapers
February 3, 2016
You only have to read W H Auden’s September 1,1939 to understand the 30s. 80 years on and for some, the reality of the period...
1980s Recipes and More from Newspapers
It’s easy to overlook the 80s; remembered through shoulder pads, Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding, and Hollywood. Nothing changed Britain more in 10 years...
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 opportunity. It was...
1950s Recipes and More from Newspapers
Remember the bygone era of the 50s? 50s food, 50s economy and 50s Britain? Historic Newspapers revisits this halcyon decade; looking back on its economy...
Napoleonic Era Newspaper Collection
December 3, 2015
The famous Napoleon was a military leader and French statesman, who was in charge of many successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary wars and the...
Wigtown Shop Front
We’ve recently been sent this stunning water colour from local(ish) artist Gary Harper. Historic Newspapers as a company is over 25 years old, and has...
1970s Recipes and More from Newspapers
October 3, 2015
The 1970s – blink and you’ll miss it. It was a difficult period for Britain, remembered as one of the worst decades of economic and...
Jack the Ripper Newspaper Collection
October 2, 2015
In the early hours of Friday, 31st August 1888, a carter coming to work found the body of a woman lying by a stable door...
1990s Recipes and More from Newspapers
April 3, 2015
The 90s were a decade like no other. It combined 60s freedom, 70s political gloom mixed with serious distrust and 80s youth culture personified. The...
Sunday Newspapers in the 1940s
March 12, 2015
Sunday newspapers are so rare because most of the stock we receive at the archive now is from bound volumes stored by libraries. However, these...
Newspaper Facts You Never Knew
October 22, 2014
Other than wrapping up a tasty batch of fish and chips, and their iconic smell, here’s a few facts you never knew about newspapers… Turn...
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