We lifted some ancient lino from the little bedroom from MILs house - and discovered some quite old newspapers beneath ... They have been formed into a tube for future reading ... :-))) When my father died - I found an old brown leather case in his attic ... Inside were his 'shooting' medals / cups / silver spoons - which he'd won over the years - and covering them all - was a pile of old newspapers ... At first glance - they appeared to be just 'normal' old newspapers - but on closer inspection - in the top right hand corner of the front page - were the words - "For Susan" - written in my paternal grandmother's fair (beautiful) hand ... One showed my birth entry - others were related to various Royal events - marriages / birth announcements --- etc ... All were after my birth ... Some were 'specials' - like the one depicting the 1953 floods of Lincolnshire & elsewhere - we have connections to some of the parts of - & to some of the people who were flooded --- plus there was one for the Coronation of the same year ... I love reading these papers - from cover to cover - including all the historic adverts .. :-))) ..... My only gripe about doing this is how 'dirty you get ... I hate with a passion newspaper print - always have - GUess I always will ... My father knew this, of course, and when we had puppies to clean up after - he'd always give 'me' the discarded newspapers - he'd never give them to Andy --- he would giggle as he did so - & then amuse himself with my face pulling and rush to the tap to wash it all off ... Urghhh - horrid stuff ... Sue The centre for Oxfordshire Studies in Oxford, which I visit most Thursdays to look for answers to correspondents' Family History Problems, has an excellent collection on microfilm of local newspapers, Some dating from as early as the 18th Century. I get a lot of pleasure In reading the reports of past celebrations or other events. Howie

Oh I hate newspaper print to....why can't they find something that is not so dirty :) DiDi http://photobucket.com/albums/d100/didi_45 We lifted some ancient lino from the little bedroom from MILs house - and discovered some quite old newspapers beneath ... They have been formed into a tube for future reading ... :-))) When my father died - I found an old brown leather case in his attic ... Inside were his 'shooting' medals / cups / silver spoons - which he'd won over the years - and covering them all - was a pile of old newspapers ... At first glance - they appeared to be just 'normal' old newspapers - but on closer inspection - in the top right hand corner of the front page - were the words - "For Susan" - written in my paternal grandmother's fair (beautiful) hand ... One showed my birth entry - others were related to various Royal events - marriages / birth announcements --- etc ... All were after my birth ... Some were 'specials' - like the one depicting the 1953 floods of Lincolnshire & elsewhere - we have connections to some of the parts of - & to some of the people who were flooded --- plus there was one for the Coronation of the same year ... I love reading these papers - from cover to cover - including all the historic adverts .. :-))) ..... My only gripe about doing this is how 'dirty you get ... I hate with a passion newspaper print - always have - GUess I always will ... My father knew this, of course, and when we had puppies to clean up after - he'd always give 'me' the discarded newspapers - he'd never give them to Andy --- he would giggle as he did so - & then amuse himself with my face pulling and rush to the tap to wash it all off ... Urghhh - horrid stuff ... Sue The centre for Oxfordshire Studies in Oxford, which I visit most Thursdays to look for answers to correspondents' Family History Problems, has an excellent collection on microfilm of local newspapers, Some dating from as early as the 18th Century. I get a lot of pleasure In reading the reports of past celebrations or other events. Howie ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Today's Memories will be of interest to our Descendants. But for this to happen they need to be told. This List is here for just this to happen.