The Big T has been going through tools boxes belonging to his father and grandfather. Yesterday he found this wire gauge — wrapped in a page from the New Zealand Herald, Saturday July 16, 1966. On one side are the entertainment listings; Thunderball or The Great Race perhaps, or a night of caberet at El Cortez — “wine, dine and dance.” On the other side are the birth and death announcements.
The wire gauge maybe more useful, but the newspaper is fascinating to me.
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Zimmerbitch 
I have an old gardening book that belonged to my grandmother. She put clippings of articles from old newspapers in it. They are a delight to look at. Love those old newspapers.
Leslie
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What a treasure Leslie. And the. Kipling’s Re a bonus 😀
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🙂
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Er … auto-correct chaos. “… the clippings are a bonus.” But you knew that 🙂
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What an interesting newspaper discovery, Su! It reminds of a field trip of my class many many years ago, when I took my students to an old log house, which was used for the fallers in 40’s. There we found newspapers, which were used between the logs for insulation. The kids were also more interested in the news of a time, when they had not been born yet.
Happy Easter, Su!
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I can believe it!! What a cool experience for your students.
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I had a similar experience over Xmas… Found some ODTs from the 50s…intact! Incredible time capsule and so interesting
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Otago Daily Times? Or am I being dim 🤨
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Spot on….the finest journalism you’ll ever read! (while in the greater otago area…)
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😂
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I love coming across old newspapers, cards 😊👏
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They can be such a treasure trove 😀
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Indeed they can
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Of course! You are after all a genealogy person. Newspapers are always fascinating. 🙂
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🙂
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Firstly, this is a stunning photo. And what a nice discovery. That newspaper is a treasure for sure. My dad gave me some old newspapers that he found when demolishing my grandma’s old house. They used to insulate the home with them. The one he gave me dates from 1903! I framed it.
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How cool. A few years ago I found a newspaper from the 1870s in a box of stuff that was itself only from the 1950s. The box came from an organisation, and no-one could explain why the old paper was there. Everything about it was fascinating — like the front page was all classified ads rather than “news.”
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Oh my, these are the kind of treasures I love seeking for. To me, they are more precious than diamonds. Hope you kept this newspaper.
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I know what you mean about value. I have kept it. I keep thinking I’ll use it in a photo shoot some day. 😀
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That would be awesome su.
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Such a cool find! I’d definitely be more interested in the newspaper as well. 😊
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🙂 Newspapers were such an amazing snapshot of everyday life. I guess social media does that now 😦
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A terrible thought to be honest 😦
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