Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Hi, try this, http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/start.do?pr...pName=britlibtr[/url Tap in Sheffield in the search and off you go! Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Check to be sure your User Group ID or other authentication credentials are correct. That's what I get; anyone got any further ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 With this link, I get this. http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/start.do?pr...pName=britlibtr British Library News Demo Please enter the password here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I got into it but the only Yorks papers available were the Hull Packet and L**ds Mercury <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Sorry Guys, try this http://access.gale.com/newstrial/ if this dont work i'll get mi' coat! Password - british yes, no Sheffield papers but by tapping Sheffield in the search you do get Sheffield related stuff, that's what we want isn'it? Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 413048 hits for Sheffield, this may take a while ! Excellent find. Thank you, indeed disappointing there aren't Sheffield papers there - but - exactly what we are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Hi, i think this is a limited set up, afraid i dont know when the trial run's out. enjoy! Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Search for sheffield +victualler or sheffield +campo or even sheffield +corner +paradise Make up your own, mine were Pub-related tests Now, I just need about 400 years leisure time to make the most of this resource Brilliant, Deansgirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 From a purely selfish point of view, I think we should nominate a subject and go for it while the place is available. I could, if required, provide a listing of Pubs with no known keeper ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I really must get round to changing my name to just DEAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Just winding you up lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I really must get round to changing my name to just DEAN! Thanks for the link 'deansgirl' And Don't worry about the user name, 'POPPYCHRISTINA' never lets things like that bother him ... Do they George ... he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Hi Guys, pure idleness on my part! in fact im gonna leave it just so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Hi Richard, just an heads up, i tapped in Sheffield and then Soldiers and got a story headed, Serious outrage by Soldiers at Sheffield, L**ds mercury, 9/10/1861. Arrested along with a soldier was a Michael Mason of the Fairfield Inn, Hillfoot. Baby now crying for his feed, so not got time to get the piece up on screen, Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Hi Richard, just an heads up, i tapped in Sheffield and then Soldiers and got a story headed, Serious outrage by Soldiers at Sheffield, L**ds mercury, 9/10/1861. Arrested along with a soldier was a Michael Mason of the Fairfield Inn, Hillfoot. Baby now crying for his feed, so not got time to get the piece up on screen, Dean. Farfield/Muff Inn/Owl Muff Inn ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Apologies Dean, I misunderstood. Sadly there's not enough of my life left to linger long on that site lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 No need for apologies Gramp's, i dont think there's enough of my life left to get through that lot!! Muff-Inn, thats a Piclet in'it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Mind Boggling this! Just tapped in Pitsmoor, 400 results, Paradise Square, over a thousand! hope someones saving all this!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 You may have the Midas Touch, watch out ! I once downloaded HistoricalDirectories.Org - yes, that's right all of it, relating to Sheffield. Sounds good ? 19.5 Gigabytes of it, not a problem, plenty of disk space .... 19.5 Gb of text, now that's a serious amount of text. but ... it was mixed up, Page 1 1857, Page 2 1871, Page 3 1857, Page 4 1822 Multiple thousands of millions of pages containing every known fact about anything Sheffield related ever - and all of it completely unusable ... I still have it on disk thought I don't know why. posted previously on this site as "King Midas in Reverse" (incidentally a single by The Hollies, circa 1968). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I think the HistoricalDirectories site have all their page images in a database with some odd kind of look-up table. If you save a page image to local file you'll get something like tiffnnpng.exe which most people would discard as useless. However if you rename the file as tiffnn.png you have a usable image but the resolution doesn't seem good enough for OCR. I'm happy to use the resource as it's offered rather than try and hack it, although I appreciate the challenge of it ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Nice find! Only had time for a quick scan, but the first impression was what a riotous lot they were in Sheffield! No wonder it got a reputation around the country if this is what people read in the papers. Nearly as good as Look North (don't get me started!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Thank you very much much of my family history is deathly dull and eventually all lines end up with agricultural labourers I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed ! One of my gggrandfatherswho briefly lived in Sheffield in 1839/40 moved on to run a pub in Chesterfield. Obviously there he too his work seriously ! See the green highlight from the Derby Mercury Wednesday November 13th 1872 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 My quick scan has basically involved every spare minute since you posted this; I'm going to give the wife your home address then you'll be in bother lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hello Richard, please dont send the wife round, i cant fight!! Are there any gems you have found yet to post? Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I'm particularly happy with finding a keeper for the Eagle and Child, got a bunch of bankrupts to post, another murder and a couple (so far) suicides. The Bankrupts, insolvents, dividends, assaults etc etc will end up in a pinned-thingie. Watch out. Bear in mind, I'm only looking for Pubs, beerhouses etc - sure there is tons of exciting stuff - just the time/effort required to go and get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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