The Guardian and Observer Digital Archive makes available online every page of the Guardian since 1821 and the Observer - the oldest Sunday paper in the world - since 1791. Previously only available on microfiche or in fragile bound copies, you can now take a journey through time from the execution of Marie Antoinette to the first man on the moon at the click of a mouse.
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I attended an event at 'The Guardian' headquarters earlier in the month, and as a result have a free months trial.
The first thing I did was to search for the newspaper on the day I was born, which turned out to be a SUNDAY, so there was a copy of the OBSERVER REVIEW for that day, which had a completely appropriate headline, which is shown above.
Later in the same issue was another fascinating piece on the development of tourism in the UK...
Interestingly there was a graphic showing the percentages of British holidaymakers going to European countries which I think was still being used in certain geography textbooks thirty years later...
Finally got round to doing a few searches today...
Will let you know how I get on.
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