Unfortunately The Leicester Mercury for the 1940s has not yet been digitised and therefore is unavailable to search on any website - The British Newspaper Library or Find my past. Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 31 March 2014 18:22 To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LEI] Prison'rs Hi Terry First port of call would be the online newspapers Otherwise I would contact the Leicestershire Records Office HM Prison Leicester: prison records 1866-1985 (DE 4766) I doubt you will find anything online unless its mentioned in the papers Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 31/03/2014 18:01, terence holmes wrote: > Hi list, does anyone know of a web site where i can find a prison'er > around 1949ish poss welford rd. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Brian Yes you are correct but there are other papers that are available covering later years, and juicy stories were shared around (even dull ones on a quiet day) So its always worth checking as a story may appear in another areas papers Certainly chances are better in local papers but you never know if you don't check Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 31/03/2014 20:36, Brian Binns wrote: > Unfortunately The Leicester Mercury for the 1940s has not yet been digitised > and therefore is unavailable to search on any website - The British > Newspaper Library or Find my past. > > Brian Binns