John Bull dated September 24th 1827
This is the oldest item in my collection and one of the very few prior to 1900. Call me shallow but I look at it and realise why I prefer 20th century papers. There are no headlines, no pictures and little or no variation from very small (8 point?) text. There is no news on the front page - just produce and market prices.
The John Bull newspaper ran from 1820 to 1892 and this edition is a single sheet printed on both sides and folded to give 8 pages of about the same size as those of a Daily Mirror.
Whilst creating this blog I noticed how the sentence at the bottom of the previous story continued -
The partially obscured word on the third line is definitely 'DEATH'. 1827 - also known as 'the good old days'.
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