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It was May 4, 1896, and 30-year-old Alfred Harmsworth had been working non-stop for two days, editing, fine-tuning and overseeing his brainchild.
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But that was not fast enough to keep up with demand for this revolutionary daily journal, offering all the news in the smallest space for only a halfpenny.
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Thanks to Laocoon for suggesting this tribute to Shirley Williams, who died this month, and who was once secretary of state for prices. I restricted it to the names of actual government departments, rather than ministerial titles or responsibilities (Denis Howell, minister for drought, was a popular one); there was an actual Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, 1974-79. Roy Hattersley was the only other secretary of state.
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Captain William Manson from Thurso became a hero in the aftermath of the Silvertown Explosion By Contributor Published: 16:14, 16 January 2021
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The aftermath from the explosion with an inset of Captain William Manson.
This month marks the 104th anniversary of one of the great tragedies that shocked the country and in which one Thursonian played a little-known lifesaving role.
During World War I, ammunition supplies quickly dwindled as Britain was unprepared for a prolonged conflict. One site the Ministry of Munitions used for ammunition production was the Brunner Mond chemical works, Crescent Wharf, Silvertown. For the first 14 months, work continued with no significant mishaps.