2015 is a very different world in a lot of respects from 1915. 100 years ago the Great War was slaughtering our young men on the Western Front, motor cars were the exception rather than the rule, and the idea of having a telephone in your house, never mind one you might carry around in your pocket, was the stuff of dreams. But the one constant in the passage of time tends to be the contrary human being - men women and children - as the following Aberafan excerpts from old Welsh newspapers illustrate.
It's fascinating to read the pages of an old paper whether we're checking to see what might have happened on the day we were born (we all imagine, or hope for, great things!) or just leafing through for an impression of an earlier time. If you enjoy this selection then you can search for your own stories at Welsh Newspapers Online. (Click on each image below to enlarge.)
From the Cambrian Daily Leader 19th March 2015.
It's fascinating to read the pages of an old paper whether we're checking to see what might have happened on the day we were born (we all imagine, or hope for, great things!) or just leafing through for an impression of an earlier time. If you enjoy this selection then you can search for your own stories at Welsh Newspapers Online. (Click on each image below to enlarge.)
From the Cambrian Daily Leader 19th March 2015.
From the Herald of Wales 22nd May 1915 (I'm 'the hungry writer' so there always has to be something about food!)
From the Cambrian 13th August 1915.
And finally the bizarre story of the walking match that never was from the South Wales Weekly Post 16th October 1915.
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