Mayoral Election Whimper

Today voters are going to the polls for local elections in England, Wales and Scotland – and to elec […]

Queen Victoria was highly amused

When they write the story of Queen Victoria the picture portrayed is generally that of a slightly st […]

15 April 1912 – Another quiet news day

I think we forget how immediate news media is today. Here is an edition of The Western Times – Monda […]

Friday 13th Beware!

November 1931 and The Hull Daily Mail were warning its readers of the perils of the dreaded Friday 1 […]

‘Good News’ – Titanic Safe

As we all know RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 causing the deaths of 1,514 people. However on the […]

All Aboard – The Titanic

I found this White Star Line advertisement in The Western Times – exactly 100 years old. Here they a […]

Television is a “Passing Phase”

It’s 1950 and Mr. Clifford Gwilliam, the manager of the Theatre Royal, Exeter (Devon) is confidently […]

The Restrained Royal Jubilee of 1810

The 50th Jubilee of George III on the 25th October 1810 was a comparatively low-key affair. Two issu […]

The Pauper Whom Nobody Owns (1875)

Following the industrial revolution and certainly by the 1850′s pauperism in Victorian Great Britain […]

Mr. Coxwell’s Balloon Obsession

There is no doubt that some Victorians were  a tad mad, unquestionably overzealous and darn-right  e […]