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Jul 28
Today is the day! We're delighted to unveil the new British Newspaper Archive platform, in partnership with the @britishlibrary, as we introduce a more powerful search experience and exciting new tools to help your research. Explore it here: bit.ly/44MZso1 #NewEdition
Four vintage newspaper front pages are displayed against a background with text reading, "Welcome to the new The British Newspaper Archive." The newspapers include "The Northern Whig," "The Illustrated London News," and "Y Genedl Gymreig."
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Between 6,000 to 7,000 West Indian volunteers joined the RAF during the Second World War - our newspapers capture some of their experiences, from drills in front of officials and to the reality of life in UK. Discover more here: bit.ly/4zcftS1 #Remembrance
Black and white photograph from the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 11 July 1944. It shows West Indian R.A.F. recruits undertaking a drill on a Browning gun, with officials, like the Secretary of State for the Colonies, watching on.Sepia toned clipping from the Daily Mirror, 1 October 1945, showing the text of a letter from Aircraftman J.E. Robinson.
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'Coal Peace Again Deferred - 'Hours' Fight at Downing St. - Pit Delegate Conference Called for To-morrow - Leaders' Hands Tied,' Sheffield Independent, 9 November 1926 bit.ly/4iV6kr9 #OTD #1926Newspapers
Black and white front page of the Sheffield Independent with the main central and left headline addressing the coal peace. There is a landscape photograph of Prince Leopold of Belgium and Princess of Astrid greeting each other in Antwerp. Other headlines cover a fight with escaped convicts, the Liberal Party's new Whip and the injuring of 28 children.
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During the Second World War over 80,000 troops from West Africa sailed to South Asia to participate in fighting in Burma (now Myanmar) - The Sphere, 26 Feb 1944, pictures soldiers from the Royal West African Frontier Force on arrival in India bit.ly/4zcftS1 #Remembrance
Black and white photograph of group of soldiers from the Royal West African Frontier Force. Mostly seated, they smile at the camera, a row of soldiers standing in the background.
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Nov 8
'The Malahide Murders - Gardener Arrainged on Six-Fold Murder Charge - Crowded Court - Incidents of Great Tragedy Recalled,' Evening Herald (Dublin), 8 November 1926 bit.ly/4e1e20m #OTD #1926Newspapers
Sepia toned front page of the Evening Herald, with a red 'final stamp.' The far left headline covers the Malahide murders, with other headlines covering the Garibaldi case, the Hall crime, a big Irish demonstration in Philadelphia, and prospective peace in the British coal dispute.
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'Indispensable in your late-year wardrobe,' according to Britannia and Eve, 1 Nov 1956, is the 'little wool dress.' You could order this Vogue Pattern, with a shallow-necked bodice and narrow skirt, from the magazine to make for yourself bit.ly/3UqrVON #SaturdayStyle
A woman dressed in a vintage, elegant outfit stands in profile. She wears a buttoned, fitted dress with a belt, gloves, and a hat. She holds a handbag in one hand. The background features a classical statue and blurred architectural elements.
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'Will Armistice Week Bring Peace? - Day of Coal Parleys in Downing Street - Progress of New Effort to End Great Stoppage,' Reynolds's Newspaper, 7 November 1926 bit.ly/4imzYnQ #OTD #1926Newspapers
Black and white front page of Reynolds's Newspaper with the main central and left headline addressing a possible peace in the coal peace, with headshots of six different individuals involved in the negotiations: politicians Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill, coal owners Evan Williams and Sir Adam Nimmo, and miners' representatibes Herbert Smith and A.J. Cook. The other large headlines address the Italian precautions to protect Mussolini, with a photograph of Colonel Garibaldi.
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For fashions fresh for November 1973, Jill Whiffing urged readers of the TV Times, 22 November 1973, to 'join the twin set,' showcasing designs from Bellmans, British Home Stores and Dorothy Perkins bit.ly/47Sqo7p #FridayFashion
Three women are smiling, each wearing a stylish sweater and hat. They are holding small dogs. The text above them reads "Join the Twin Set." The background behind them is a dark yellow.
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Nov 6
The Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 6 November 1926, pictures boys from the Somerset Boys' Home enjoying Guy Fawkes Day in Bath bit.ly/4idDCSj #OTD #1926Newspapers
Sepia toned front page of the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette with a large landscape photograph showing a group of boys standing around a bonfire, the effigy of a Guy just about visible in the flames.
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Nov 5
Women's magazines have been providing advice for centuries - look no further than examples from the 1770s and 1780s that we found in the Lady's Magazine. Discover more in this week's blog: bit.ly/4edBDLc #WomensHistory
Sepia toned engraving from the Lady's Magazine, January 1786, showing three women and one man, elegantly dressed. The man stands to the far left, as he puts out his hand as if in protest, whilst a woman stands beside him, looking shocked. To the right, one finely dressed woman moves away in horror from the couple, whilst a more plainly dressed woman looks down and away from the scene.
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The Vote, 5 November 1926, profiles the City of Glasgow's first woman senior magistrate Bailie Mrs Mary Bell, who was a member of the Women's Freedom League. She had the reputation for 'setting precedents and creating records' bit.ly/4zckQRb #OTD #1926Newspapers
Sepia toned front page of The Vote, with the title's masthead and contents taking up the top quarter of the page. Beneath that is the headline 'A Scottish Woman Chief Magistrate,' with two columns of text, interspersed with a photo of Bailie Mary Bell in her robes of office.
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It is estimated that over 10,000 men from British West African regiments lost their lives in the First World War - here, injured and sick members of the Nigerian and Gold Coast Regiments return home with a nurse - The Graphic, 1 June 1918 bit.ly/4zcftS1 #Remembrance
Black and white photograph of four African soldiers, two standing and two sitting on the floor, alongside a white woman nurse, who is seated between them. The soldier standing on the right has his arm in a sling, whilst the soldier seated below him has his head wrapped in a bandage. They are onboard the deck of a ship.
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'Great Betting Boycott - Bookmakers' Sensational Betting Tax Protest - To-Day's Race Meetings to be Boycotted - Pickets at the Rings,' Birmingham Daily Gazette, 4 November 1926 bit.ly/4yRBAw7 #OTD #1926Newspapers
Black and white front page of the Birmingham Daily Gazette with the main central and left headlines addressing the betting boycott by bookies. Other headlines cover a prison riot in New York, a sensational American murder trial, the 'pluck' of an express drive, four women being elected to U.S. Congress and ongoing coal talks. There is a photograph of Misses Mary and Jane Maitland on horseback wearing the latest in hunting fashions.
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Nov 3
It's Ladies' Week here at the Archive as we welcome five pioneering women's titles from history, including the Lady's Magazine, which has been dubbed the 'first recognisably modern women's magazine.' Discover more here: bit.ly/4edBDLc #WomensHistory
Sepia toned front page of the Ladies' Magazine from January 1779.Sepia toned front page of the Maids, Wives and Widows Magazine from 17 November 1832, with an illustration of a women wearing an outdoor outfit, complete with hat and cape.
Front page of the Christian Lady's Magazine from January 1834, with the title surounded by a wreath of flowers.
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Nov 3
The Bystander, 3 November 1926, publishes its Winter Sports Number with an illustration by Howard K. Elcock bit.ly/3URrFss #OTD #1926Newspapers
Colourful front page of the Bystander, the magazine's title picked out in orange. The illustration shows a snowy scene of a woman on horseback, and another, on skies attached to the horse. Both women look back at the viewer, wearing winter clothes, scarves, hats and coats, and jodhpurs. Beside them are snow-covered trees, and in the background is a large stately home.
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Over 700,000 Black personnel served in British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War - here members of the West African Regiment are seen departing Freetown in 1914, whilst Jamaican soldiers leave for Europe in 1916. Discover more bit.ly/4zcftS1 #Remembrance
Black and white photo from the War, showing a group of soldiers from the West African Regiment leaving Freetown - there is a large open boat beside a brick quay, loaded with uniformed soldiers, with bystanders watching.Black and white photo from the Graphic, 1 July 1916. It shows a ship, with a crowd in the foreground, a group of men and women, some men with luggage.
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'Labour Sweeping the Municipalities - 147 Gains in First Returns - Stoke and Birmingham Head the List - To Govern Sheffield,' Sheffield Independent, 2 November 1926 bit.ly/4zVDsER #OTD #1926Newspapers
Black and white front page of the Sheffield Independent with the main central and left headline addressing Labour victories in local elections. Other headlines cover Mussolini's boast, with a photograph of the dictator, the combining of two chemical companies, a promise action involving a bottle of whisky and the search for a coal peace. There is a photograph of Miss Brittain getting out of the Kenwood pond after a winter dip.
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Nov 1
This month we will remembering the forgotten faces of #Remembrance, starting with Sergt John Demetrius, who served in the British West India Regiment during the First World War, frostbite leading to the amputation of his feet, African Telegraph, 1 Dec 1918 bit.ly/4idFF8W
Sepia toned photograph of Sergeant John Demetrius. Is pictured sat on a wooden chair, in uniform, his legs crossed and his feet amputated.
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Film fan magazine The Picturegoer publishes its November edition, which features Hungarian actress Vilma Bánky on the front cover bit.ly/4iAk5LK #OTD #1926Newspapers
Colourful front cover of the Picturegoer, showing actess Vilma Bánky on its front cover. She wears a gypsy-style costume, with a red headscarf, blue patterned crop top, and long blue and red skirt. Her hair is styled in ringlets, and she wears several bangles, as she looks directly at the camera.
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Oct 31
With Halloween falling today you're sure to be in need of some spooky stories - why not explore our collection that charts the ghostly tales that surround Blickling Hall? The property is rumoured to be haunted by none other than Anne Boleyn bit.ly/4yw5u8V #SpookySeason
Black and white image of the south front of Blicking Hall, reproduced from the 1820 painting by John Buckler. It has a spooky, ominious feel. From Country Life, 17 March 1988.
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'Coal Struggle Nearly Over - Peace Possible Within The Next Fourteen Days - Leaders To Let Rank and File Decide,' The People, 31 October 1926 bit.ly/3Ue1qMp #OTD #1926Newspapers
Black and white front page of The People, with the main central and left headline addressing the possible coal peace, with a photograph of Herbert Smith. There is round central portrait of Princess Astrid of Sweden, who was set to marry the Belgian Crown Prince. Other headlines cover the meeting of famous races, the search for non-mining talent in the coalfields, and the theory that the Bayswater murderer had been found a prison, with a photograph of Chief Constable Wensley.
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