Hold The Front Page

Front pages (and usually back, middle or other pages) chosen at random (more or less) from my collection of mostly 20th Century mostly British newspapers. Weekly new posts on Sundays, a Random Cutting on Wednesdays and a Random Advert on Fridays.

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Apollo13

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The Evening Standard dated Tuesday April 14th 1970 Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Apollo 13 was launched on April 11 th 1970 with Jim Lo...
Sunday, 20 November 2011

Dortmund Bombing Raid

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The Daily Sketch dated Tuesday May 25th 1943 Click to Enlarge Back Page continuation -  Click to Enlarge Seven days after the famous Dambus...
Sunday, 13 November 2011

How I Did It - Yuri Gagarin

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Daily Mail dated Thursday April 13th 1961 Click to Enlarge top or bottom half Lady Gaga the first person to orbit the Earth? No – that’s Ga...
Sunday, 6 November 2011

Diana Dead

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News of the World dated Sunday 31 st August 1997 Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Diana, Princess of Wales, died at 3a.m. on a Sunday mo...
Monday, 31 October 2011

Kennedy is Shot (1968)

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Adding labels seems to have moved this old post to the top of the blog and I can't see a way of returning it to its proper place, sorry....
Sunday, 30 October 2011

New Orleans Ship Fire - 150 Die

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The Manchester Guardian dated Saturday June 17th 1837 The Manchester Guardian founded in 1821 became the The Guardian in August 1959. This ...
Sunday, 23 October 2011

Amelia Earhart in London

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Daily Mirror dated Monday May 23rd 1932 Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Amelia Earhart, the pioneering aviatrix, left Newfoundland early ...
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