The man they called The Chief was mesmerised by his thundering new presses: The paper is literally flowing in like a rushing stream, and at the other end the papers are being tossed out in dozens. to the carts in waiting, and the race for the railway stations and distributing agencies begins, he recalled.
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.
Now, the first editions of the Daily Mail were speeding through the machines at up to 96,000 copies an hour.
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.
Because of this it was decreed that the official date of the ending of the Great War was to be August 31, 1921.
Indeed in Saffron Walden on November 11, 1918 the roll of honour had five more names to be added to it.
In the immediate aftermath of the war, the town struggled to come to terms with the grief brought about by the huge loss of life.
For most people the establishment of a suitable memorial to the fallen was paramount.
In the minutes of the council meeting dated November 27, 1919 various suggestions were mooted, including a monument at the top of the High Street arranging for the reception of a captured German gun .
Dec 28, 2020
Hermes, a French high-fashion designer, is selling a Chaine d’Ancre bag for more than $10,000. The purse is shaped like a wastebasket.
Fashion critics are making fun of the purse for its shape, even finding a real, nearly-identical wastebasket for sale on Amazon.
The company calls the bag a feat of expert craftsmanship with a promise of sophisticated elegance.
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Christmas card sent from the frontline offers hope for all who are dreaming of better days We d like to take this opportunity to wish readers a Happy Christmas, however different it is for you this year. All your contributions and feedback for these nostalgia articles have been so appreciated during 2020, a time when old photos and memories have provided us with a significant amount of comfort during the pandemic. Here we bring you a Christmas missive sent home from the Western Front in 1918 that describes the long trail to happiness , something extremely resonant as we all hope 2021 offers a happier time for us all.
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