Hello Campbell It is now on http://www.berrowsjournal.co.uk/ Mike Fisher Wythall,WOR One-Place Genealogical Study http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tysoe" <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [WOR] BATES, "Berrows"? Newspaper > Hello Campbell, > > Berrows Worcester Journal - "The Oldest Newspaper In The World" ** - is > still Alive and Well. > > Their website would seem to be < www.thisisworcester..co.uk > - or at > least > *was* in late 2001. > > ** Continuously-published, that is. And a Weekly. Founded 1692 > > > I don't know offhand of a Diglis-based newspaper, for as far as I'm aware > Berrows was produced at The Trinity, very close to the City Centre. > > But the company also produced a daily Evening Paper - "The News" (or maybe > "The Times") which was amalgamated with its rival around the mid-1930s. > Fred > BATES could have worked for any of them - and the other *might* have been > produced in Diglis, some ¾ mile South of The Trinity. > > HTH > > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Campbell Stanford <stanford@ihug.co.nz> > To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:41 AM > Subject: [WOR] BATES, "Berrows"? Newspaper > > >> My relatives were the BATES family of Diglis, Worcester. >> Rumour has it that Fred Bates (born 1883) may have been the editor of a >> Diglis newspaper. Some relatives say they used to receive the "Berrows"? >> Worcester Journal whilst living in Worcester in the 1920's. >> >> Can anyone give me any more information or ideas to obtain more data on >> these matters? Sure would appreciate it. >> >> >> >> ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== >> Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG >> for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com >> UK Census on-line >> http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ >> http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ >> >> > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > >