Friday 11 March 2022

British Newspaper Archive passes 49 million records

The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk), having reached 48 million records in mid-February, is currently going at a rate of knots, having now passed 49 million records (currently at 49,154,423).

The following are the releases for Scotland and Ireland in the last 30 days (I'm particularly delighted to see Ireland's Saturday Night, a Belfast based newspaper with sports results from Northern Iteland, having spent a few years delivering these every saturday night as a kid back in Carrickfergus!):

Scotland:

Banffshire Advertiser
1914

Blairgowrie Advertiser
1987

Bridge of Allan Gazette
1885-1886

Dumfries and Galloway Standard
1987

Edinburgh Evening News
1909

Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
1987

Paisley Daily Express
1990, 1992

Rutherglen Reformer and Cambuslang Journal
1880, 1883-1884, 1891


Ireland:

Dungannon News
1893-1906

Ireland's Saturday Night
1874, 1895-1922, 1924-1929, 1931-2005, 2007-2008

Leitrim Journal
1850-1872

Limerick Gazette
1804-1820

Limerick Reporter
1890, 1892-1894

Lurgan Times
1886

COMMENT: 20th century Glasgow still remains one of the final frontiers - a huge gap for Scotland's largest city, which I hope will be addressed at some point in the near future.

Chris

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