Correction! they were the Newcastle Weekly Leader and Daily Leader. Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Stan Mapstone <stanmapstone@aol.com> To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 8:53 Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Unknown Newspaper There was The Northern Weekly Leader (1884-1919), and The Northern Daily Leader 1885-1903) tan Mapstone -----Original Message----- rom: Bruce Dodd <bmdodd@rogers.com> o: Eng-Dur-Sunderland <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND@rootsweb.com> ent: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 4:50 ubject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Unknown Newspaper would like to ask your help with one more local-knowledge question; en I'm into read-only mode till after Christmas. have inherited a discoloured newspaper clipping about the rescue of a all boy who fell into the Wear from the Panns Steps beside the armouth Bridge. It carries a handwritten annotation. he date is clear: "19-9-05". The three-word name of the newspaper has come less than legible in the past century. The first word is "North" "North'n". The second defeats me: it may start with "C", and end th "y", though the latter may be a comma. The third might be "Leader" perhaps "London". That is the consensus of several eyes. 'm hoping these feeble clues may be enough for some knowledgeable sters to identify a paper that would have devoted a quarter column and picture to a purely local story. hank you, Listers, yet again. ruce Dodd, tawa, ON ------------------------------ unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of e message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message
It could be it was the Northern Weekly Leader and the Newcastle Daily Leader, the list I have is not very clear. Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Stan Mapstone <stanmapstone@aol.com> To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 9:55 Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Unknown Newspaper Correction! they were the Newcastle Weekly Leader and Daily Leader. Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Stan Mapstone <stanmapstone@aol.com> To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 8:53 Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Unknown Newspaper There was The Northern Weekly Leader (1884-1919), and The Northern Daily Leader 1885-1903) tan Mapstone -----Original Message----- rom: Bruce Dodd <bmdodd@rogers.com> o: Eng-Dur-Sunderland <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND@rootsweb.com> ent: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 4:50 ubject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Unknown Newspaper would like to ask your help with one more local-knowledge question; en I'm into read-only mode till after Christmas. have inherited a discoloured newspaper clipping about the rescue of a all boy who fell into the Wear from the Panns Steps beside the armouth Bridge. It carries a handwritten annotation. he date is clear: "19-9-05". The three-word name of the newspaper has come less than legible in the past century. The first word is "North" "North'n". The second defeats me: it may start with "C", and end th "y", though the latter may be a comma. The third might be "Leader" perhaps "London". That is the consensus of several eyes. 'm hoping these feeble clues may be enough for some knowledgeable sters to identify a paper that would have devoted a quarter column and picture to a purely local story. hank you, Listers, yet again. ruce Dodd, tawa, ON ------------------------------ unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of e message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message