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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] London newspapers
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 23:21:51 +0000
In-Reply-To: <00ac01c05477$1cdf1fc0$bc8c1dcb@bigbrother>

In message <00ac01c05477$1cdf1fc0$>, Eric Percival
<> writes
>Hi all. Around 1946 or so my father was a barrow boy in London and went to
>court over a minor offence. He said the incident appeared in the London
>Evening
>News. Does anyone know of such a newspaper or the correct name (it definitely
>wasn't The Times) Thanks.

This was one of the two main London evening newspapers, the other being
the Standard. There was a third the Star, which seemed to vanish
earlier. The cry was 'Starnewstandud!' I think only the Evening
Standard remains, having steadily eaten up the others.
The 'evening' is a misnomer, since the first edition tended to appear
at about midday.
I think the copies would have to be sought at the Newspaper Library,
Colindale - they would do a photocopy if they had an exact date, but
would not search all the issues even for a year (365/6 of them. )
1946 or after sounds about right. The barrow boys were often in
tropuble with the law for obstructing the pavement, by selling goods
without an official pitch/ If they saw the policeman coming, the shut
their cases and moved on (they didn't necessarily have actual barrows,
which were stalls in the regular market, but laid out a case or tray
full of goods on the pavement.

>
>Christine
>
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Eve McLaughlin

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