This week at The Archive we are giving a hearty welcome to new title Chad (Alfreton), as we celebrate another local hero, this time miniaturist and friend of Harry Houdini, Randolph Douglas (1895-1956). Meanwhile, over the last seven days we have added another 285,136 brand new pages to The Archive, whilst from Brighouse to Broughty Ferry, from Carluke to Clitheroe, from Montrose to Morpeth, we have updated 21 of our existing titles from across England and Scotland. So read on …
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This August at the British Newspaper Archive we are taking a look at the history of holidays, and in particular, the history of British holidaymakers travelling abroad. Nowadays, the holiday season is synonymous with trips to the airport, with holidays abroad bookable at just the click of a button. Decades ago, however, travelling abroad was not that easy. With strict limitations on travel money, the difficulties of booking travel abroad, potential holidaymakers faced a range of challenges in getting away …
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This week at The Archive we are celebrating reaching 82 million newspaper pages, as we welcome one brand new title to our collection, the Whitley Bay Guardian. Meanwhile, we have added 318,607 brand new pages in total, whilst from Bicester to Boston, from Hartlepool to Hastings, from Spilsby to Sunderland, we’ve updated seventeen of our existing titles from across England. So read on to discover more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, and also to …
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This week at The Archive we’re delighted to welcome one brand new newspaper title to our collection, namely Yorkshire’s Hebden Bridge Times, alongside a total of 245,806 brand new pages. Meanwhile, from Derbyshire to Dunstable, from Eastbourne to Earlestown, from Thame to Todmorden, we have updated 15 of our existing titles from across England and Scotland. So read on to learn more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, as well as to discover more about …
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With the 2024 Paris Olympics in full swing this week, we thought we’d take a look back at some Olympic history from the pages of our Archive, as we shine a light on the 1908 London Olympics and the controversial marathon race which took place during that competition. Moreover, of course, we have some fantastic new pages added to our collection for you this week, with 360,841 brand new pages joining us in total, with one brand new newspaper being …
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As the 2024 Paris Olympics begin, we at the British Newspaper Archive could not help but look back at the 1924 Paris Olympics, with the same city playing host to the summer Olympic Games exactly one hundred years ago. Paris had also hosted the Olympics in 1900, and so this year will be the third time that the city hosts the iconic sporting tournament. And the 1924 Paris Olympics would prove an iconic one for Britain, with gold medal wins …
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This week at The Archive we are marking reaching 81 million pages, as well as remembering the Concorde disaster in Paris, which took place 24 years ago this week. Meanwhile, we’ve added 366,562 brand new pages to our collection, as two brand new titles join us from County Down and Shropshire. Furthermore, from Chorley to Crawley, from Hartlepool to Hastings, from Sheffield to St. Andrews, we’ve updated fifteen of our titles from across England and Scotland. So read on to …
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This week at The Archive we’ve added a fantastic 202,120 brand new pages to our collection, as we take a trip to new town Milton Keynes with the addition of new title the Milton Keynes Citizen. That’s not all, we’ve also added a brand new Derbyshire newspaper the Glossop Times, whilst from Clitheroe to Coleraine, from Matlock to Morecambe, from Skegness to St. Andrews, we’ve updated nineteen of our titles from across the UK. So read on to discover more …
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This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome two brand new newspaper titles, the Bicester Review and the Warwick Courier, to our collection, as we mark 35 years since the passing of legendary British actor Laurence Olivier on 11 July 1989. Meanwhile, we have added 320,851 brand new newspaper pages in all over the last seven days, whilst from Barnoldswick to Biggleswade, from Kirriemuir to Knaresborough, from Peterborough to Portadown, we’ve updated 21 of our existing titles from …
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This week at The Archive we have achieved an incredible landmark as we have reached over 80 million pages all now available to search. Alongside this wonderful achievement, we have added 425,567 brand new pages in total to our collection over the past seven days, including two brand new titles. Meanwhile, we have updated 20 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom. So read on to discover more about our two brand new titles of the week, the …