We found some old newspapers (parts of two) serving as insulation under the itchy coo in the loft so if you’d care to browse some of the articles making the news back in 1964 and 1956, I have pictures to share with you.
The 1956 paper seems to be a copy of the Dispatch, possibly of the 22nd June. We’ve only got a few shreds of it. But it’s still interesting to find a newspaper (or remains of) which is older than our building (this block of flats was built in 1957). We found complete sheets from the Saturday, July 11 1964 Daily Mirror (a newspaper name which is perhaps more familiar and yes, the date was printed in the American style, you can check below). The newsagent had written a surname in the top corner so someone must have had a regular order.
The next few posts will probably be knitting-based so my apologies if you’re not the biggest fan of the craft but hopefully I make it interesting for knitters and non-knitters alike; knitting often becomes a metaphor for me to explore and discuss bigger ideas, issues and themes so even if you don’t knit, read along and see, for example, how fear can hold us back and how our hobbies can be barometers of growth and change.
And now for the headlines:
- 1956 – Non-Stop Flight to Moscow
- 1956 – Do You Have a Washing Machine?
- 1956 – Don’t Plunge Good Girls into Evil
- 1956 – Keep Girls and Boys Apart
- 1956 – Celebrity Quotes
- 1956 – Breaking the Laxative Habit
- 1956 – Parrots have Accents
- 1956 – Somerset Cricket
- 1956 – Cricket: England v Australia
- 1956 – Vaccination Failure
- 1956 – Television’s Wheelchair Girl
- 1956 – The Truth about Rupture
- 1964 – Daily Mirror for 3d
- 1964 – Passengers Grounded
- 1964 – Frenzy in Beatlepool
- 1964 – Topless Girl on Bus
- 1964 – Same Sized Columns
- 1964 – Almost Round-the-Clock Radio
- 1964 – Cat with Puppies
- 1964 – Accident on New Forth Bridge
- 1964 – Bullivant Shatters Record
- 1964 – Great Mirror Armada
- 1964 – Fishing Column
- 1964 – Rain at Times
- 1964 – Home Movies for 39 Guineas
- 1964 – Straight Pineapple Juice
- 1964 – Hotpoint Twintub
- 1964 – Felix Catfood (Supermarkets not Available)
- 1964 – Russian Watch
- 1964 – Trend for Exotic Pets
- 1964 – The Difficulties of Polygamy
- 1964 – Admitting to Being Lost
What do you think? Has the world changed in the last fifty years or not?
I Spy with My Idiosyncratic Eye 
I love these fragments. The round the clock light programme and Jean Shrimpton joining the Daily Mirror. Times gone by…
Times gone by or changed times?! :)
Wow. It’s so interesting to see those headlines. Found the birds with accents funny since I could swear I just saw that same research published last year!
I’ve recently seen something about cows on the BBC too! ;)
Haha! I love the comics. I want to know more about “Don’t plunge good girls into evil” and I can’t wait for your knitting posts. I really do enjoy them
Cartoons are always funny, although some very topical ones do of course date. I think it was something about prostitution but there wasn’t much of the viewpoint piece left, sorry! (Maybe paper mites were the quoted evil instead). Thank you. :)
Aha, a little further squinting at remaining edges and it seems to be about children in care, the ‘good’ are being placed at times in ‘remand homes’ where there are clearly ‘evil’ girls awaiting the approved school. :)