Friday 20 May 2022

Latest Scottish additions to the British Newspaper Archive as it hits 53 million pages

The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) is about to hit 53 million pages, with 52,993,678 pages currently available as I type this.

The following Scottish content has been added over the last 30 days (no Irish content added that I can see this month, sorry!):

Stirling Observer
1612 pages, 1994

Irvine Herald
8198 pages, 1990, 1992

East Kilbride World
722 pages, 1991

Rutherglen Reformer and Cambuslang Journal
88 pages, 1885

Ayrshire Post
16426 pages, 1988-1989, 1991-1992

Strathearn Herald
1982 pages, 1989, 1991-1992

Paisley Daily Express
22605 pages, 1994-1997

East Kilbride News
2928 pages, 1991

Glasgow Chronicle
416 pages, 1849

Evening Times 1825
184 pages, 1825-1826

West Lothian Courier
13963 pages, 1873, 1876, 1879, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1890-1891, 1986, 1988, 1990-1992

Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
2021 pages, 1986

Daily Record
56580 pages, 1986-1987, 1993, 1995

Weekly Free Press and Aberdeen Herald
888 pages, 1876, 1882, 1886

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
3016 pages, 1993

Hamilton Advertiser
5221 pages, 1876, 1879, 1882, 1884-1888, 1910-1913, 1919-1920

Aberdeen Herald
368 pages, 1876

Kilmarnock Standard
4938 pages, 1993

Blairgowrie Advertiser
724 pages, 1991

Edinburgh Evening News
7450 pages, 1927, 1930

Chris

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