And of course, if you have a Notts library ticket, you can access and search the Nottinghamshire Guardian and other newspapers elsewhere via the Notts Library website. Thanks to Trish Symonds, you can see extracted Beeston references from the Guardian (see my Miscellany page) David Hallam [email protected] www.beeston-notts.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brian Binns > Sent: 29 November 2011 10:41 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTT] Newspapers on line > > > The British Newspapers Archive went live this morning. They have digitised > newspapers from across the country, including all the major local ones. > > > > Their website is > > > > <http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk> > http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk > > > > I have tried it this morning and needless to say have found some > interesting > articles (well the headlines at least) but it does suffer the symptoms of > digitising poor quality paper and print, in that there is a lot of > gobbledygook appearing in the translation from the actual printed word > > > > It is free to register and access the database, but there is a > subscription > cost for getting a copy of the actual report. However, there are many > libraries with newspapers on film, such as The Local Studies section at > Nottingham Central Library, and I for one will be using it to identify > articles and more importantly the issue date. I will then go to > the Central > Library to look it up and take a copy, avoiding having to trawl through > days, months, and indeed years of pages. > > > > Brian Binns > > _____ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4645 - Release Date: 11/28/11 > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes thanks David, I forgot to mention this - and I have a card too. However for Nottingham, it is only the Notts Guardian, whilst the British Newspapers site has the Evening Post as well. Brian -----Original Message----- From: beeston-notts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 29 November 2011 10:58 To: Brian Binns; [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTT] Newspapers on line And of course, if you have a Notts library ticket, you can access and search the Nottinghamshire Guardian and other newspapers elsewhere via the Notts Library website. Thanks to Trish Symonds, you can see extracted Beeston references from the Guardian (see my Miscellany page) David Hallam [email protected] www.beeston-notts.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brian Binns > Sent: 29 November 2011 10:41 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTT] Newspapers on line > > > The British Newspapers Archive went live this morning. They have digitised > newspapers from across the country, including all the major local ones. > > > > Their website is > > > > <http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk> > http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk > > > > I have tried it this morning and needless to say have found some > interesting > articles (well the headlines at least) but it does suffer the symptoms of > digitising poor quality paper and print, in that there is a lot of > gobbledygook appearing in the translation from the actual printed word > > > > It is free to register and access the database, but there is a > subscription > cost for getting a copy of the actual report. However, there are many > libraries with newspapers on film, such as The Local Studies section at > Nottingham Central Library, and I for one will be using it to identify > articles and more importantly the issue date. I will then go to > the Central > Library to look it up and take a copy, avoiding having to trawl through > days, months, and indeed years of pages. > > > > Brian Binns > > _____ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4645 - Release Date: 11/28/11 > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4645 - Release Date: 11/28/11 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4645 - Release Date: 11/28/11 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4645 - Release Date: 11/28/11