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.

Friday, 13 September 2013

Random Ad - British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (1949)

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Click to Enlarge British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) was an Australian based company formed in 1946. In 1948 it took delivery ...
Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Random Cutting - Anti-Vietnam War demo (17/3/1967)

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Click to Read I have this cutting because I was in Grosvenor Square on March 17 th 1967. I had gone with a friend to take photos of th...
Sunday, 8 September 2013

Duke and Duchess of York in Baltic

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Daily Sketch dated Tuesday March 19 th 1929 Click to Read The Duke and Duchess of York in the Baltic. The Duke was to become George ...
Friday, 6 September 2013

Random Ad - Ronald Shiner and Westclox (1953)

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Click to Enlarge Popular cockney film comedian of the cheeky chappie school, Ronald Shiner played a con-man hiding out in a school in ...
Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Random Cutting - Coronation Honours (1953)

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Click to Read The 1953 Elizabeth II Coronation Honours List ran to about 1000 names.
Sunday, 1 September 2013

De Gaulle Drama

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Evening Standard dated Tuesday May 27 th 1958 Click to Read Click to Read Algeria in North Africa had been a French Colony since...
Friday, 30 August 2013

Random Ad - Pratt's Fuel (1925)

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Click to Enlarge A 1925 advert for Pratt's petrol that includes instructions on how to drive up hills. I have a Pratt's Road At...
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