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I don’t really know how the Parish Burial Register system works. Is it only for people buried in the churchyard, or do they include any burials in the parish that are officiated by an Anglican minister? This is the Elmton and Creswell Cemetery in Skinner Street, very nice and well looked after. http...

I forgot to add the story about the lady blown over a cliff. John O'Groat Journal (Wick), Thursday, December 10, 1863 A YOUNG lady of Aberystwith has been blown over the cliffs, but, thanks to her crinoline, which acted again as a spanker boom sail, she alighted safely on the sands after her aerial ...

Thanks everyone, This week we’re shopping in Dundee, way back in 1865. The streets are crowded and we’re dodging other shoppers left, right, and centre. There’s something up ahead! It’s slowing us all down! It looks like …………… a perambulator! Read all about it in the Dundee Courier, Monday, Septembe...

This is a link to the search results for “Henry Wright” for March 1922. I should have posted it earlier. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1922-03-01/1922-03-31?basicsearch=%22henry%20wright%22&phrasesearch=henry%20wright&exactsearch=true&retrievecountrycounts=false&sortorder=...

The British Newspaper Archive site is here https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ They offer a pretty mean and miserable free trial when you register. You can access the Derbyshire Parish Records at Ancestry here https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/local-studies/family-history-resources/family...

Hello barnsleymeth2000, The British Newspaper Archive has some reports of the death, etc, but apparently only as under. Published: Wednesday 29 March 1922 Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Henry Wright (41), Ann Street, Creswell, was killed by a fall of roof at the Creswell Colliery, yesterday. N...

Last week, while looking for articles about shopping, I stumbled upon an interesting series of testimonials by Scots, in the 1890s, in support of that remarkable cure, Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. That’s the one that was effective in the treatment of paralysis, influenza, rheumatism, ana...

For Glasgow, Google has the following. The Glasgow Herald https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19780501&b_mode=2&hl=en Evening Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C&dat=19780903&b_mode=2&hl=en The British Newspaper Archive appears to have four Scottish newspape...

Glasgow Herald, Tuesday, June 3, 1890 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l9REAAAAIBAJ&sjid=trYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6500%2C5985029 The following companies have been registered at the Joint-Stock Companies’ Office, Edinburgh, since 21st May:— No. 2015.—Incorporated Glasgow Old Man's Friend Society and Old ...

Thanks everyone, This week’s story is from the Evening Telegraph, Dundee, Friday, November 22, 1878, and is about how the poor did their shopping. There’s nothing specific to Scotland, but there was no shortage of really poor people there, especially in places like Glasgow. THE SHOP WINDOW TELLS HOW...