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Diseased Meat – Birmingham 1882
Food safety, the manner it was manufactured, stored, prepared and sold was never out of the news. Despite crude guidelines and basic regulations enforced in law, purveyors of every range of food were...
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The Lost Exeter Bank note – 1776
The Exeter Bank had been established in 1769 along with England’s first hotel, The Royal Clarence, destroyed by fire in 2016. Mr. Short was in Oxford in July 1776 and placed this advertisement in the...
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Television Starts – Where Will It End? 1936
2nd November 1936 – regular television broadcasting commenced from make-do BBC studios at Alexander Palace in North London. The corporation had already tackled the question of whether to employ the...
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Emily Cave (née: Windebank) 1892
Whilst doing more family research I sadly discovered that my great, great grandmother (Emily Cave (nee Windebank)) committed suicide in 1892 after drinking the contents of a bottle of Carbolic Acid. I...
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Unexploded shell – in a fish – 1948
Dundee Courier – Wednesday 14 July 1948 The job of clearing Britain’s cities and towns of unexploded devices after the war has taken many years. Indeed even today we see still hear of exploded bombs...
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Protecting the ‘unknown’
For King and Country – brave, fearless and now sadly ‘unknown’. Since auction websites like eBay entered the online arena the success of moneymaking ventures by some has in a way caused serious social...
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Bridgewater Assizes – Friday 21 August 1801
If you suspect that your ancestor may have been involved in a court case, whether accused of a crime, deported, imprisoned, or acquitted, I can potentially unveil the news as it was reported at that...
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Nottingham Journal – Saturday 19 March 1864 – Crimes
At Shire Hall in Nottingham, crimes were dealt with and recorded in the newspapers along with many names and help for historians years on. Nottingham Journal – Saturday 19 March 1864 This free to use...
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Love Tragedy at Winchmore Hill – 28 August 1909
Much like today, news media has always demonstrated its sensational side. The Illustrated Police News was a highly popular newspaper especially during the Victorian and Edwardian era, full horror and...
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Examination Results – Western Times – Tuesday 08 July 1913
I was looking for some news reports of my Grandfather and his family the other day. I knew he lived in Newton Abbot in Devon, South West England. He was born in the 1890’s, died in the the 1970’s and...
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