Quote Originally Posted by SteH View Post
This is the Liverpool Mercury's opening lines on Huskissons funeral. What amazes me is that back in 1830 at 3pm in the afternoon a local paper was able to run a story of something that had happened that day and got the issue out. If only we had the same type of service now.
You might have that same service if you were to pay the equivalent amount of money for a newspaper....

The 7 penny newspaper of 1830 cost the equivalent of 2.50 pounds now....



I bet only the rich could afford newspapers back then.

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