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Ahead of ITV's 70th anniversary next week, we're delighted to welcome the TV Times to our Archive. First published on 20 September 1955 to cover the listings from the new TV channel, it's a treasure trove of social and television history bit.ly/46or434 @tvtimesmagazine
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The Westminster & Pimlico News, 3 January 1991, shares a photograph taken during the 1990 Gay Pride Week in London bit.ly/3Q7SaaQ #PrideHistory
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'Rain Takes First Innings in the Test Match' - Daily Mirror, 14 June 1926 bit.ly/43rStAc #OTD #1926Newspapers
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This Roy Halston Frowick design breathes class and sophistication into business fashion. We love Halston's combination of leather and ultrasuede, incorporating 'understated elegance' into professional circles - Country Life, 3 January 1974 bit.ly/43rcrLy #SaturdayStyle
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'England's First Test Match Pair in Action' - Weekly Dispatch (London), 13 June 1926 bit.ly/4v0Z1ll #OTD #1926Newspapers
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For 'enchanted evenings', this gown captures 'Grecian elegance' with its striking leopard-skin girdle. Exotic and delicate, this captivating Pierre Balmain piece has caught our eye this week - from the Tatler, 17 September 1958 bit.ly/3QAAYLb #FridayFashion
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'Remodelling A London Terminus - Cannon Street Station Being Transformed By a Horde of Workmen' - The Sphere, 12 June 1926 bit.ly/4fAkL2U #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Our new title this week the Family Doctor and People's Medical Adviser featured a correspondence column, where readers could write in for free medical advice. Have a browse through, and marvel at some of the remedies that were suggested: bit.ly/4exq7L2 #MedicalHistory
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The London Daily Chronicle, 11 June 1926, publishes 'facts that every Nursing or Expecting Mother should know' bit.ly/3Qv466z #OTD #1926Newspapers
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#OTD - 1855: The Liverpool Daily Post is first published. Price - 1d. Cuttings via @BNArchive
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The Liverpool Daily Post, 13 March 1990, spotlights a photograph of openly gay actor Sir Ian McKellen at a Section 28 demonstration bit.ly/4ftyngh #PrideHistory
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The Daily Mirror, 10 June 1926, pictures 'Guests at Last Night's Brilliant Royal Court' bit.ly/4v4vGqw #OTD #1926Newspapers
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We've got a magnificent 7 new newspaper titles for you to enjoy this week, with highlights including motorcycling title Autocycle, the Family Doctor and People's Medical Adviser, and the Birmingham Graphic. Discover more here: bit.ly/4exq7L2 #TuesdayTitles
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The Tatler, 9 June 1926, pictures 'Founders Day at Chelsea Hospital' bit.ly/3Q1AUE7 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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The Daily Star, 17 April 1979, features a photograph of Maureen Colquhoun and her agent, Fiona Dilleigh. Colquhoun was the first openly lesbian Member of Parliament, coming out in 1975 bit.ly/4uWXzAJ #PrideHistory
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'Princess Ingrid's Visit - Princess Ingrid of Sweden (left) greeted by Princess Helena Victoria on arrival in London yesterday' - Daily Mirror, 8 June 1926 bit.ly/4g72TwA #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Remembering former Halifax brush manufacturer Abraham Mitchell, who died on this day in 1899 at the age of 60. Obit courtesy of @BNArchive
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There's a @lancs_league T20 game being played between Rawtenstall & Haslingden as I type, 100 years to the day since the 2 met in a league game. That game ended in a narrow Rawtenstall win (report from Ramsbottom Observer 11/06/1926 courtesy @BNArchive).
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Photo from the Bootle Forum Bootle Hot Pot Club (Est. 1894) Report - Bootle Times Dec 30 1910 @BNArchive #Bootle L to R; Hugh Carruthers (former Mayor). Mayoress and Mayor James R Barbour, Mr C H Hunt (Librarian) J Partridge 914 hotpots served to the poor Xmas day
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Prior to the turning point of the Stonewall Riots, queer literature received heavy backlash and was frequently banned. One such novel was The Well of Loneliness, published in 1928 - Sheffield Independent, 17 November 1928. Discover more: bit.ly/4uQlO3s #PrideHistory
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