Daily Mail

Normally I wouldn't give the dreadful rag house room, but I've just
acquired the Daily Mail copies that my Dad collected between June 7th
1944 and the end of that year, with a few other later ones such as the
death of Rooseveldt, VE Day and so on. Fascinating to see what is now
well known history being reported as new news.

 

I'd like to as they're pretty fragile having been kept folded for 50
years and been in the loft for the last 5 or so - but they're
broadsheet so it might be a bit of a job - any thoughts?

I also got hold of his collection of the "Aeroplane Spotter" from
issue 1 in 1941 through to early 1948. Facinating stuff.

 

AW wibbled:

ooohh - jpegs!

That's quite something - how long did it take them to report on the
d-day landings?

 

A0 scanner rental
http://www.rentit.biz/news20061.htm

 

Try reading it, then. **** knows you need it.

D.

 

Just photograph them if you've got a digital camera with decent
resolution - works a treat.

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Ebay them out one at a time as novel birthday pressies for those
approaching retirement.

 

Pages 31-94: House prices collapse in Caen.

 

Oh yes, decent photographic equipment isn't a problem. I'll give it a
whirl...

 

Page 15: Whale-meat - is this the new cancer superfood?

 

Well that worked pretty well - quick first attempt:

http://www.takkatakka.co.uk/Paper.html

 

I see the war didn't distract the government from normal business:

"Rail and bus cuts coming"

 

Heh:

"Bear Brand Stockings - Here's luck for someone"

WTF?

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Did you see the advert top right?

 

Indeed, and even at this time there was planning going on for the
shape of the post war nation - one of the copies from early 1945 talks
about the proposed welfare state.

 

I know, made me laugh too. The past is a another country, they do
things differently there.

 

June 7 so next day. The radio news and evening papers presumably
carried it on June 6

 

Pages 95-256: Our boys at Pegasus Bridge: will they find Maddy in
time?

 

Ma worked at SHAEF, and was waiting for the landing on 5 June, but the
weather caused a postponement. She also inadvertently saw some maps and
dates/times, some time prior to D-Day, and was told, rather severely,
that she must not tell anyone else....

 

"Thousands of pleasure boats lost in Channel - German Ambassador
notified for Air-Sea rescue attempt."
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