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London, UK
Joined May 2011
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Where else than the front cover of Jackie can you discover some fantastic Halloween looks from the 1980s and 1990s? And why not take inspiration from these looks for your Halloween costume this year? bit.ly/4ilOtt7 #FridayFashion
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The Sphere, 23 October 1926, pictures the 'stupendous task' of converting a London telephone exchange to 'the new automatic principle,' involving 'five million new connections' bit.ly/4B9TcWl #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Our fascinating condiment-themed new title this week, Worcestershire Sauce, contained multiple submitted stories, poems and illustrations. In this week's blog, we take a look at some of our favourites bit.ly/48427Lw #WeeklyTitles
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'Massed Raid on Food Train - Gang Outrage Near Sheffield - Bacon, Eggs and Butter Carried Off - Engine Driver Threatened,' Sheffield Independent, 22 October 1926 bit.ly/4ykCYH6 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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The British Newspaper Archive retweeted
This promises to be an interesting talk at #Herefordshire Archives on 3 Nov. Alfred Watkins (Ley Lines researcher) was an advocate for women in many fields, incl. photography & the Woolhope Club, he had more success with the former! (Image: @BNArchive Kington Times 16 May 1931)
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Jamaican-born equal rights campaigner Eric Irons made history in 1962 when he became Britain's first Black magistrate - the news making the front page of the Daily Mirror, 10 May 1962. Eric sat on the Nottingham bench for 29 years bit.ly/4jjKUot #BlackHistoryMonth
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The Daily Mirror, 21 October 1926, pictures the Duchess of York on board an engine, which was later driven by her husband the Duke of York (later George VI) bit.ly/4jjM0R2 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Five brilliant new titles join the Archive this week. In this week's blog, we explore highlights such as Worcestershire Sauce and two titles from the Midlands. Discover more here: bit.ly/48427Lw #TuesdayTitles
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The Sketch, 20 October 1926, pictures French-born actress, pianist and singer Yvonne Arnaud in her role 'And So To Bed,' which was playing at the Queen's Theatre bit.ly/47nsH25 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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The British Newspaper Archive retweeted
A 5-1 win for top of the league Burnley at Ewood Park on 16 October 1926. Unsurprisingly this got more of a write up in the Burnley Express but for reasons of space this is from Blackburn Times 23/10/1926 courtesy @BNArchive.
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On 22 July 1967 the TV Times profiled 25-year-od Ruth Saxon. Ruth, from Manchester, was the first Black woman to appear as a regular interviewer on British TV, starting out on 'Scene.' bit.ly/4ymvTWy #BlackHistoryMonth
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'Six Premiers in Downing Street To-Day - What the Empire Council Means - Men Who Speak for 441 Million People - Abbey Ceremony - The Prince to Unveil Memorial to 1,000,000 Dead,' Daily Express, 19 October 1926 bit.ly/4zwXCoq #OTD #1926Newspapers
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In 1915 Jamaican-born 23-year-old Private James Slim made history when he became the first ever Black Guardsman, as he joined the 4th Coldstream Guards. He is pictured here by the Times of India, 14 April 1915, in Windsor bit.ly/3VCn51c #BlackHistoryMonth
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'Stalin as Despot Over Russia - Trotsky and Zinoviev Brought to Heel - Lenin's 'Will' on Deathbed - Present Dictator Indicted,' Westminster Gazette, 18 October 1926 bit.ly/4drGKHh #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Actress and singer Dame Cleo Laine had an extraordinary career in the performing arts - which the TV Times tracked - chronicling her perfomances alongside her striking outfits bit.ly/4hKkedR #SaturdayStyle #BlackHistoryMonth
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'America in an Ectasy of Queen Worship - New York Prepares for Queen Marie - 7 Women Detectives to Guard Her,' Daily Express, 17 October 1926 bit.ly/4hNJf84 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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The TV Times presents two different studies of the record-breaking Dame Shirley Bassey: one, glamoursly attired for her show at the London Palladium, 1960, and a more relaxed study at a 1964 recording session bit.ly/3VtZDTW #FridayFashion #BlackHistoryMonth
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The Illustrated London News, 16 October 1926, presents this striking photograph of the recently unveiled Deville Wood South African National Memorial alongside shell-torn tree-stumps, 'relics of the fighting' bit.ly/4hMJqk2 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Yr Amserau, one of our new titles this week, was founded in 1834 by William Rees. He was better known in Wales under his bardic name, Gwilym Hiraethog. Rees was a poet and an author, writing a book heavily inspired by Uncle Tom's Cabin bit.ly/47mpVtV #WeeklyTitles
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'Lord Oxford Resigns the Liberal Leadership,' Daily Mirror, 15 October 1926 bit.ly/47EKEsS #OTD #1926Newspapers
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