I found that if you increase the percentage size of zoom in - on the right hand side of the bar that runs across the bottom of screen(I don't know the correct term) reading the book is much easier on the eyes! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Haden" <haden.sally@googlemail.com> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 8:23 AM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Annals of Manchester > Hi folks, > thanks so much to Ruth for the link to the Annals of Manchester. >> >> (http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofmanchest00axon) >> >> This is the website. You can read the book on line because >> Microsoft has >> digitised it. >> > I have been reading some of it (though it is a bit hard on the eyes - > anyone know how to increase the size?The "Help" doesn't say) and > found some most interesting things. For anyone wanting daily detail, > it's a good online substitute for scouring the newspapers on fiche. > > For instance,there is an extract from Queen Victoria's diary when she > and Prince Albert visited Manchester in 1851 (Page 258) giving lots > of interesting detail. > > I found an account of a big flood in the city in July 1872 (starts > page 333), which makes one feel glad of modern flood defences and > public services. > > Which reminds me, what was the cause of the water damage on the 1851 > census? Was it a large flood, or a simple building flood? > > Sally > in Yorkshire > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >