Saturday 1 June 1946 Daily Herald. Price 1d Four pages. The day my wife Katy was born (not in the paper) Headline -' Bread decision will come this month. Rationing of bread and flour may be necessary.' On the front page is the report of a 14 year old schoolboy given the part of Wackford Squeers Junior in the film of Nicholas Nickelby with dame Sybil Thorndike. Lucille ball starred in a new film reviewed. 5,000,000 cigarettes from Canada went on sale at 2s9d for 20. Yorkshire topped the cricket championship table above Lancashire.
Monday January 12 1970 The Times Price 8d - the first 8 pages. Headline: 'Ojukwu flees as Biafra faces total collapse. Gowon calls on remaining troops to surrender...920 days of fighting, death and hunger.'
1977 The Sunday Times Jubilee A pictorial record of the Queen's silver jubilee celebrations Price 75p Complete
25 march 1979 Observer Magazine. Article - What kind of summer are we going to get? With a photo of our family friend William Foggitt the weatherman from Thirsk.
30 May 1981 Potters Bar Press price 25p Some pages including a photo of Katy's father driving a new minibus for the 60 Plus Club.
Thursday July 30 1981 Yorkshire Post Two inside pages on the wedding of Charles and Diana.
November 1981 Evangelical Tomes Two inside pages with headline : Nigerian baker gets books into supermarkets.'My friend Dele Onamusi ad his company, Amazing Grace, for which i planned to work until forbidden by my employers, The Church of Christ in Nigeria. This precipitated my departure in 1982 after 12 years work for them in Nigeria.
Friday April 26 1991 The daily telegraph - article "Christians flee after 150 die in rampage by Nigerian Muslims'. This is Bauchi.
Saturday April 11 1992 The Times Supplement "The new House of Commons' - after Major's surprise election win.
2 October 1992 The Times Article 'Beware Germany. Lord Jacobovits warns of a threat to Europe'.
Saturday December 27 1992 I think. The Times produced, War Times, dated Saturday December 27 1642 Headline: 'Prospects for peace". It was a Civil war special supplement.
Wednesday June 26 1996 The Herald price 48p 'Professor a free man. Macleod cleared in sex case as sheriff speaks of enemies within the free Church'.
Thursday August 12 1999 The Times price 30p Headline, 'The twilight of wonder' and beneath it a photograph of the total eclipse of the sun.
Friday December 31 1999 The Times price 35p Headline, 'Showbiz dames top the bill'. The millennium new year's honours list -Taylor, Bassey and Andrews.
January 1 2000 Time Headline:'Welcome to the new century'.
Saturday January 1 200 The Times price 60p all its parts and supplements. Headline: Here's to the new millennium.
August 19 2000 The Times. Only the football supplement: Premiership 2000-2001
Monday January 1 2001 The Times and The Times 2 and Sport Monday. price 35p Headline: Ministers pressed to reopen Dome.
Saturday June 9 2001 The Times price 60p Together with Election 2001 supplement. Headline:A kiss, then Blair wields axe. Picture Blair kissing his baby son Leo.
Saturday September 15 2001 The Times price 70p with supplement Terror in America. Headline: America's might turns on Arab terrorist havens.
Wednesday June 5 2002 including World Cup inserts price 40p Headline: 'Gratitude, respect and pride. ' The Queen's golden jubilee.
Wednesday July 27 2011 The Sun price 25p Headline;'Farewell Amy, 1983-2011.' "Goodnight my angel.Sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much'. I knew Amy Whitehouse's mother, a fellow pharmacist.
Thursday July 28 2011 The Sun headline: "Quitting booze killed our Amy'.
Friday July 29 2011 The Sun page 7 'Amy would have wanted fans to have her clothes'.
August 12 2011 Greenford and Northolt Gazette price 65p 'Fear, shock, anger. Ealing riots:Community pulls together to count the cost of one night of mindless destruction, while residents and businesses refuse to be be cowed."
I have not regularly bought papers for many years. I used to take The Times every day but stopped in disgust around 1997.
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