Reynolds News, 12 October 1879 |
During Victorian times there was no National daily press as we know it, but rather a lot of local newspapers (many weekly) with some papers in London having a more general circulation. As a result many local papers devoted more space to national, parliamentary and international news than to strictly local news. This can mean that an "interesting" Hertfordshire news story was often widely reported - and because of the British Newspaper Archives the story can be quickly found online. The story as given in these cuttings was undoubtedly reported in much more detail in Hertfordshire papers such as the Watford Observer - which are not yet available online - but the main facts can be gathered by the short reports reproduced here.
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Morning Post, 13 October 1879 |
For more about Charles Bradley and his shop see BRADLEY, 173-175 High Street Watford, 1870s |
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The York Herald, 15 October 1879 |
Reports in The Times, October 11 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, October 11 Morning Post (London), October 11 Reynolds News (London), October 12 Aberdeen Weekly Journal, October 13 Morning Post (London), October 13 Bury & Norwich Post, October 14 York Herald, October 15 Berrow's Worcester Journal, October 18th Blackburn Standard, October 18 Graphic (London), October 18 Leicester Chronicle, October 18 Preston Guardian, October 18
and undoubtedly at least 50 more as the British Newspaper Archive is currently a small percentage of the papers it is planned to have online. |
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