Monday, 22 October 2012

Vintage Newspapers - A Narrow Squeak for Some Paper Treasures







Having featured a number of treasures gifted to me by my nan recently, this time it's my gran - my dad's mum - who has really come up trumps. Every time one of us sees Gran she hands over several carrier bags full of newspapers for my guinea pig. So when she handed over another bag to my parents when they saw her last week, none of us expected what we found inside...













Apparently she said that if they were of no interest to me I could still use them for the guinea pig. Sorry Alfie, but there's no way you'll be parking your furry behind on these!

One person's ephemera is another's treasure...




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15 comments:

  1. thriftwood22 October 2012 at 08:01

    Ooh, how fabulous! I love the advertisements in old newspapers, and how awful would it have been, if they had been thrown out with the rubbish!

    Have a happy Monday ...

    Love Claire xx

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    1. Anna @ Miss Beatrix22 October 2012 at 11:49

      Yes I'm looking forward to sitting down and looking at them properly because the adverts fascinate me too! x

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  2. Imogen22 October 2012 at 09:33

    How lovely to find these! Perhaps not the best idea for Alfie to wallow in them (that's if guinea pigs do wallow?!) What do you think you'll do with them now? Frame parts of them or keep them in a collection? xx

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    1. Anna @ Miss Beatrix22 October 2012 at 12:00

      Alfie likes to sit and mutter - he reminds me of Churchill sometimes! I'm not sure, I'll certainly be storing them more carefully for a start, but it wouldn't surprise me if Gran has lots more of this sort of thing stashed away!

      x

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  3. Tangled Sweetpea22 October 2012 at 11:11

    I love ephemera! What a fabulous collection of papers!
    Victoria xx

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    1. Anna @ Miss Beatrix22 October 2012 at 12:01

      Thank you, I love how they span so many decades too, a real slice of history. x

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  4. Laura22 October 2012 at 12:14

    Wowm what treasures! Is that a picture of President Nixon? He looks just like Alan Sugar there! Hehe

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  5. Adventures and Tea Parties22 October 2012 at 12:18

    Oh how wonderful! Being a Librarian, I'm totally all over these!

    Jo :-) x
    adventuresandteaparties.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Anna @ Miss Beatrix22 October 2012 at 18:19

      Yes the archive fan in me did a little jig of joy, Jo! x

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  6. Vintage Sheet Addict22 October 2012 at 12:59

    Gosh, these are great, are you going to read them with a cuppa! Ada :)

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  7. Laura UP IN THE CLOUDS23 October 2012 at 18:25

    wowww!!! thats anazing!!!! definitely keep those.. aww haha ur grandmas just like.. i dont need these, no big deal. hahaa. this is very very cool. :)

    laura

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    1. Anna @ Miss Beatrix23 October 2012 at 19:51

      Yep, after decades of collecting she was strangely relaxed about what happened to them! They'll have a good home here. x

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  8. Jane23 October 2012 at 22:32

    Hello! I have tagged you in my blog: http://plainjanedawson.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-eleven-question-tag-or-random-facts.html Have a nice day x

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