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Help unlock 750,000 pictures of the past

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TrooperUK

TrooperUK Report 18 Aug 2013 10:03

Help to unlock 750,000 priceless Express & Star pictures of the past.

The Express & Star (Midlands) is planning to make some 750,000 photographs taken over the last 139 years onto a website available to the general public – but it needs your help.

The newspaper, with the support of the University of Wolverhampton and WAVE: The Museums, Galleries and Archives of Wolverhampton, is submitting a lottery bid which would allow its entire photographic archive, dating back to the time it was founded in 1874, to be made available to the public on an internet site where people can view the pictures free of charge.

The vast collection, at the moment in storage at the Express & Star head office in Wolverhampton, includes photographs of streets ravaged by bombs during the Second World War, royal visits to the Black Country, and countless smaller events from our region’s history.

Landmark occasions, such as King George VI’s visit to Dudley and Winston Churchill addressing crowds at Molineux, have all been captured on film. Black civil rights leader Malcolm X is pictured walking through Smethwick.

But the success of the Heritage Lottery Fund bid, will depend on support from the general public – and that is where readers come in. We need as many people as possible to write letters explaining the importance of the database as a social history resource.


http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/08/16/help-us-to-unlock-750000-priceless-express-star-pictures-of-the-past/

http://www.expressandstar.com/photo-bid/

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My Family Tree is a work in progress, information is continually being added, updated, changed or deleted to reflect current research conclusions. Please use my tree for CLUES to your own family history, And please contact me if you see any mistakes. Names: Cattell, Turpin, Evans, Fowell, Bevan, Myring, Curtling, Eccleston, West, Lycett, Shone, Oliver, Jobber, Tarbuck, Squire, Duncombe, Appleby, Lander, Tamlyn, Broomhall, Hartill, Wiley, Banks, Burke, Butler, Tonks and Whitehouse amongst other. Places: Willenhall, Short Heath, New Invention, Lane Head, Bentley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Darlaston, Bloxwich, Wednesbury, Wednesfield, Birchills, West Bromwich, Bilston, Hill Top, Handsworth, Pleck, Rugby, Sheldon, Meriden, Rowington, Warwick, Rugby, Stratford on Avon and Aldridge amongst others. Counties: Staffordshire, West Midlands and Warwickshire are the main areas of concentration.

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 18 Aug 2013 10:11

I would suggest you also post this on Rootschat

Is is FREE to join and will probably reach a larger audience

And on Facebook The Genes Renited, Finmypast and Ancestry pages.

This will certainly get you a far bigger response than 1 post on here.

Good luck :-D

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PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 18 Aug 2013 11:53

Thank you Stuart.

As someone from Walsall (Birchills) who's parents had the Express and Star Monday - Saturday I will send a letter. :-)

John and Paula where are you?

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AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 Aug 2013 11:58

Stuart

How about a draft letter saying the sort of things that would catch the judges eyes. Never quite sure what points to raise to beat other bids and I am sure other people won't be either.

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jgee

jgee Report 18 Aug 2013 12:23

Thank you Stuart..

I will send a letter to ..

jgee from Dudley..

TrooperUK

TrooperUK Report 19 Aug 2013 12:11

Thanks everyone, I will post on Rootschat, Genes Reunited, Findmypast and Ancestry pages.

Researching:
My Family Tree is a work in progress, information is continually being added, updated, changed or deleted to reflect current research conclusions. Please use my tree for CLUES to your own family history, And please contact me if you see any mistakes. Names: Cattell, Turpin, Evans, Fowell, Bevan, Myring, Curtling, Eccleston, West, Lycett, Shone, Oliver, Jobber, Tarbuck, Squire, Duncombe, Appleby, Lander, Tamlyn, Broomhall, Hartill, Wiley, Banks, Burke, Butler, Tonks and Whitehouse amongst other. Places: Willenhall, Short Heath, New Invention, Lane Head, Bentley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Darlaston, Bloxwich, Wednesbury, Wednesfield, Birchills, West Bromwich, Bilston, Hill Top, Handsworth, Pleck, Rugby, Sheldon, Meriden, Rowington, Warwick, Rugby, Stratford on Avon and Aldridge amongst others. Counties: Staffordshire, West Midlands and Warwickshire are the main areas of concentration.