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A genuine original archive newspaper from the date of your choice
A perfect gift to commemorate a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion.
Man Lands on the Moon
King Edward Abdicates
The Titanic Sinks
Vatican Announces New Pope
President Kennedy is Assasinated
The Queen - At the Races
The Sun Newspaper Launches
D-Day landings
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Perfect gifts for Birthdays, Weddings and Anniversaries
Ideal commemorative gifts for a key milestone in someone’s life such as a Silver or Golden wedding Anniversary, a 40th or 50th Birthday,
a Christening, Bar Mitzvah or even a retirement.
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Range of Gift Packs
Choose from a range of attractive Gift Pack options, including gift boxes, presentation folders, bound leatherette books and a selection of frames.
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Largest UK Archive
See which titles are available for your date and order direct from the largest and only major newspaper archive in the UK, dating back to 1685.
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Personalised Gifts
All gift newspapers come with a personalised Certificate of Authenticity including the recipient name, the paper date and a personal message.
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Peter, Leicester
I would just like to say how impressed I am with the product, its prompt delivery
and the level of customer service I have received to date.
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...Many thanks once again, and naturally I will recommend you! I look forward to
giving this to my grandmother who will be 100 on Sunday...
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Big thanks from us for such a great service! Our order arrived yesterday... Thanks
to everyone, we really appreciate your speedy response, Best Wishes...
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Historic Newspaper Archive
Historic Newspapers is the UK’s largest archive of original newspapers with around
7 million papers. This historic collection has been painstakingly put together over
the years to create a wonderful archive that captures our history over the last
three hundred years.
We assembled our newspaper archive by buying old newspapers from Libraries, Government
Departments, and Universities, that in years gone by used to hold a newspaper from
every day. The Times, in particular was the newspaper of record held. In the sixties
and seventies many of these institutions micro-fiched their newspaper archives in
order to free up the space taken up over decades and sold off their original archive
of historic newspapers. This has enabled us to supply Birthday Newspapers as a gift to
commemorate someone's birth date, or to celebrate other important milestones.
Birthday Newspapers
We bought many of these newspapers as they became available, to establish a gift
business selling newspapers for birthdays, anniversaries, and other special occasions.
Buying a newspaper from someone’s birth date or from a wedding date has become a
very sought after gift.
These Birthday Newspapers are seen as a very special gift because they have a real
personal resonance for the recipient. Historic newspapers are seen as special by
the recipient because they report the news in the newspapers on the date of their
birth or marriage, a nostalgic view on their past.
Indeed, we have received many emails and letters from our customers who have recieved birthday newspapers, to say how much they loved their gift. Birthday newspapers can be fascinating to read, an insight on life on their birthdate.
Suzanne C. from Norwich wrote about her Birthday Newspaper order: 'Always excellent service – I have ordered many newspapers for special family birthdays and they are always appreciated – a unique gift.'
Original Newspapers
All of our newspapers are genuine, not copies. These original newspapers are archived by us in optimum conditions for decades, until they are ordered by one of our customers as birth date newspapers.
Personalised Newspaper Gifts
These original gift newspapers can be further personalised through the Certificate
of Authenticity. We print the name of the recipient, the date of the newspaper,
and a personal message on each certificate.
Archive of Old Newspapers
Our newspaper collection includes a wide range of titles. Some of historic newspaper
titles, still printed today, were first published over two hundred years ago;
The Times was first published in 1785, starting life as the Daily Universal Register,
before being renamed The Times in 1788.
The Observer is the oldest Sunday Newspaper, first published in 1791.
Slightly more recently, the News of the World was launched in 1843 as a broadsheet.
But some great old newspaper titles have long since folded. The Morning Post was
merged with the Daily Telegraph in 1937. The Picture Post, a weekly pictorial news
magazine, closed its doors in 1957. And The Daily Sketch was published until its
merger with the Daily Mail in 1971. Some of these historic newspaper titles were
great papers, and are a fascinating insight into the past. We have many of these
newspaper titles, that are no longer in existence, in our archive – and the fact
that they are no longer printed today, makes them a particularly nostalgic newspaper
gift.
Our archive of old newspapers goes back over 300 years, our oldest newspaper being
from 2nd November 1685 (The London Gazette). However, as we mostly sell Birthday
and Anniversary Newspapers as gifts, the main interest in our archive is from the
last hundred years.
Buy Old Newspapers Online
The simplest way to buy old newspapers for a birthday is online. With over 36,000 birth dates to choose from over the last hundred
years, it would not be possible for a retailer to hold the necessary range of newspapers to cater for every birthday need. This is
multiplied out when ones considers the range of newspaper titles available. However, buying old newspapers online could not be
easier. By going online at www.historic-newspapers.co.uk, you can see the exactly what newspaper titles we have in stock in our
newspaper archive of over 7 million old newspapers. Online, you will be able to choose the relevant date for a birthday or
anniversary, and also see what old newspaper titles we have available
Once you have chosen your old newspaper online, you can then select your gift presentation. Historic Newspapers have an impressive
range of ways to present your gift newspaper, to help you create a very special birthday or anniversary gift.
Historic Newspapers Research Facility
As the country’s leading newspaper archive we have a research facility, led by our
newspaper historian. This is used by media companies researching programmes in development,
educational establishments, and by the general public who are looking an old newspaper
with an article or photo of themselves or someone they know. If you are interested
in having some newspaper research done for you, click here.
Other Personalised Gifts
If you are interested in seeing a wider range of Gifts, visit our sister website www.GoneDigging.co.uk where you will
find a fabulous range of personalised gifts.
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