scouserdave
10-04-2006, 04:24 PM
Found a load of newspaper posters in the loft from my days working for News International in London. I wonder if they're worth anything?
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/today001.jpg
Howie
10-04-2006, 04:50 PM
I'm sure they are - someone, somewhere will be interested. I had a 1932 copy of a News Chronicle, found when taking up the old oil cloth in a flat in Anfield, on which the frontpage story was about the NUR negotiating a further cut in railwaymen's wages. One of me mates gave us a tenner for it.
Today Newspaper, remember that? 'I'm ready' lol.
johnny
12-13-2006, 11:09 AM
Just read in the local paper about a disagreement amongst councillors regarding the routing of the Queens procession during her next proposed visit to the city.
Apparently the route will take in Croxteth, Brunswick Rd, Moss St, Daulby St, Brownlow Hill, Mount Pleasant, Hope St, Hardman St, Leece St, Bold St, Church St, Lord St, James St and the Goree before boarding her yacht at the Pier Head for lunch.
The problems start upon her proposed route back to Lime St Station which will mean her passing through the disgusting Manchester St as opposed to taking the more circuitous but magnificent Castle St way.
One councillor expressed his disappointment that her Majesty would miss out on the true magnificence of the first port of all her dominions.
This was taken from the Gores General Advertiser (Thursday) September 18, 1851. We found three copies of this paper, all in good condition, which appear to be the printers own copies as the advertisements are all numbered in beautiful long hand and marked as paid or otherwise. Their main content is in regard to the docks and cargos arriving or leaving but there are also some amazing news articles. Men brought back to the city in leg irons for refusing to obey tyranical Captains etc.
One of my favourites from what I've read so far is a small but pertinent news item which states simply...
'A Woman was freightened to death yesterday by a lunatic in Manchester.'
Another good one is a fella fined 5 shillings for being drunk after attending the attrocious and disgusting custom of ' the Irish wake.' The advertisements are also hilarious, masturbation is apparently the cause of all mans ills. ( that's most of us done for!)
Has anybody ever come accross this paper before?
PhilipG
12-13-2006, 12:01 PM
Just read in the local paper about a disagreement amongst councillors regarding the routing of the Queens procession during her next proposed visit to the city.
Apparently the route will take in Croxteth, Brunswick Rd, Moss St, Daulby St, Brownlow Hill, Mount Pleasant, Hope St, Hardman St, Leece St, Bold St, Church St, Lord St, James St and the Goree before boarding her yacht at the Pier Head for lunch.
The problems start upon her proposed route back to Lime St Station which will mean her passing through the disgusting Manchester St as opposed to taking the more circuitous but magnificent Castle St way.
One councillor expressed his disappointment that her Majesty would miss out on the true magnificence of the first port of all her dominions.
This was taken from the Gores General Advertiser (Thursday) September 18, 1851. We found three copies of this paper, all in good condition, which appear to be the printers own copies as the advertisements are all numbered in beautiful long hand and marked as paid or otherwise. Their main content is in regard to the docks and cargos arriving or leaving but there are also some amazing news articles. Men brought back to the city in leg irons for refusing to obey tyranical Captains etc.
One of my favourites from what I've read so far is a small but pertinent news item which states simply...
'A Woman was freightened to death yesterday by a lunatic in Manchester.'
Another good one is a fella fined 5 shillings for being drunk after attending the attrocious and disgusting custom of ' the Irish wake.' The advertisements are also hilarious, masturbation is apparently the cause of all mans ills. ( that's most of us done for!)
Has anybody ever come accross this paper before?
They have it in the Record Office at Central Library.
Gore is more famous for producing the annual Liverpool Street Directories, which the Record Office also have.