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As part of our history of law and crime month on The Archive, we are delighted to featured a very special guest post by author and former probation officer Martin Baggoley, who has written extensively on the history of crime and punishment.In this guest post, Martin describes how he used The Archive to research the tragic topic of infanticide in Victorian Salford, a desperately sad chapter in Britain’s crime history. So read on to discover the methods that Martin…

The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, like other British newspapers, reported that Britain joined the First World War on 4 August 1914.The Courier makes for especially fascinating reading because it reported the news in a very different way.Manchester Courier: ‘Keep your country out of a wicked and stupid war’Many newspapers included an advert encouraging unmarried men between 18 and 30 years old to join the Army on 5 August 1914.This example is taken from another title printed in Manchester, the Manchester…