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abslad | 22:35 Sun 23rd Dec 2007 | History
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can anyone direct me towards sites where newpapers can be read on line. My interests are mainly 1940's and 50's.

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I don't think many papers have digitised their archives in this way (it's a huge job). Most of what you'll find online just covers the period since they set up their websites. This site should take you to newspaper sites generally:

http://www.thepaperboy.com/
The Guardian and Observor have digitized a lot of their archive here:

http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/Di gitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&en ter=true&AppName=2&AW=1198481156545

The archive currently covers the period of 1821-1975 for the Guardian and 1900-1975 for the Observer

Searching is free of charge but you do have to pay for other things like viewing full articles or printing.
The British Library in London has a HUGE collection of Newspapers (the building is well worth a visit anyway).

You can read more about the newspapers here (as well as which can be accessed via the internet)

http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html

Intro to the British Library in general

http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/index.html
The Times digital archive is available free of charge, but only at public libraries (this is not currently available for home use). The Guardian/Observer facility (mentioned by vehelpfulguy above) can be accessed at home, but there is a charge. You can buy subscriptions by day, month, year, etc.

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