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With seven new titles and a further seven existing publications updated, we’re delighted to announce that our page count passed the 90 million mark this week.We added 381,980 pages to the Archive – there are stories from Banffshire to Bournemouth for you to explore.Register now and explore The ArchiveThis week’s largest new addition is Lady’s Pictorial, with 124,602 pages covering intermittent years between 1881 and 1921 available for you to discover. Founded in 1880, this magazine catered to middle-class women and was originally…

Adding 220,681 pages this week brings us tantalisingly close to 90 million pages in the Archive—another milestone on our journey to 100 million pages. To reach this, we’ve welcomed three new titles and expanded fifty-three existing ones.While we always enjoy adding new titles (and more on those in a moment), one of the most rewarding, and often intricate, tasks is adding new material to existing publications. Expanding coverage by tracking down ‘missing years’ requires careful investigation by our scanning team. Once a…

This week 282,566 pages have joined the archives from ten Titles. We have added one new title and augmented our holdings of a further nine titles extending coverage from the 1810s and 1990s.New to the Archive this week is the Folkestone Daily News 1910-1914. The title, which shows evidence of extensive handling before being microfilmed and subsequently digitised, joins three other Folkestone titles in the Archive. The four titles combined cover the history of the harbour town from 1855 to 1999.In our…

This week at The Archive we have added two brand new titles to our collection – the Blackpool Gazette and the Scunthorpe Star – as we’ve added 304,982 brand new newspaper pages in all over the last seven days. Meanwhile, from Chichester to Cleckheaton, from Fraserburgh to Frome, from Pembrokeshire to Perthshire, we’ve updated 34 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom.So read on to discover more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, and also to…

This week at The Archive we have been extremely busy, as we bring you one brand new title, namely the Bromley Local Guide and Advertiser, and updates to 67 of our existing titles from the United Kingdom and beyond. That’s not it, we’ve also surpassed the 89 million page mark, with 307,800 brand new pages added in total, as we continue to augment our collection of historical newspapers, with our updates this week spanning nearly three centuries of headlines.And so, read on…

This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome a brand new title from the sunny south coast, the Bournemouth Times and Directory, as we take a moment to remember the devastating Bournemouth Blitz. In all, over the last seven days, we’ve added 366,686 brand new pages to our collection, whilst we’ve updated 25 of our existing titles from across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.So, from Buckingham to Burnley, from Dingwall to Driffield, from Mid Sussex to Mid Ulster, read…

This week at The Archive we are delighted that iconic story magazine the People’s Friend has become our friend, as we are joined by the first 59 years of the long-running Scottish title. Before we delve into the history of the wonderful People’s Friend, and explore one of its first ever stories, ‘Faithful and True,’ which appeared on its inaugural front page on 13 January 1869, we also wanted to celebrate the addition of 291,950 brand new pages, which have taken us over the 88…

This week at The Archive we have put in a sterling effort as we have now reached over 87 million pages, having added 299,609 brand new pages in all, alongside two brand new titles (the Rotherham Advertiser and the Stirling Journal and Advertiser), as we get into the festive spirit by exploring an Edwardian Christmas. That’s not all, as from Brechin to Bridgnorth, from Crawley to Cumbernauld, from Larne to Leamington Spa, we’ve updated 22 of our existing titles from across England, Scotland…

This week at The Archive we’ve added 122,203 brand new pages to our collection, as we mark 41 years since one of the largest robberies in British history: the Brink’s-Mat robbery, in which £25 million worth of gold bullion was stolen from an industrial estate near Heathrow Airport. Meanwhile, we’ve updated two of our existing titles this week, with new pages joining the Alnwick Guardian and County Advertiser and the Daily Record.Register now and explore the ArchiveFounded in the Northumberland market…

This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome Blackpool title the West Lancashire Evening Gazette to our collection of newspapers, as we have added 289,279 brand new pages in total over the last seven days. Meanwhile, from Belper to Bexhill, from Harrogate to Hucknall, from Melton Mowbray to Morecambe, we’ve updated 20 of our existing titles.So read on to discover more from our new and updated titles of the week, as we mark 27 years this week since the release…