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The British Library New exhibition and search Penn

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Judith

Judith Report 29 Jun 2006 08:29

Thanks for this link Sharon. My dear old nan, whose dad was a gardener for a race horce owner in Newmarket always claimed she was named after a horse. I've just searched on her christian names and there it was, 'Lily Agnes' ran in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket in October 1875 :-) (nan was born in 1878)

Perranmaid

Perranmaid Report 28 Jun 2006 21:38

Sounds like a good find. Thankyou for sharing going for a look later.

Sharon

Sharon Report 28 Jun 2006 21:27

My eldest accidently managed to go there today, but didn't she bring back a gem. There is an exhibition on Celebrating 100 years of the British Newspaper. (Well worth a visit if you are near she reckons) She also brought me home some copies of newspapers from across the years. Online you can search the complete run of the Penny Illustrated from 1861 to 1913 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/frontpage/homepage.html