Oz-some discovery Down Under

Old editions of the Times & Speaker have a habit of popping up in the strangest of places - as a collector in Australia discovered.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th May 2014, 12:57 BST
PAST PAPERS: One of the old editions.PAST PAPERS: One of the old editions.
PAST PAPERS: One of the old editions.

Brisbane resident Belinda Long nipped into an antique shop while on holiday in Melbourne and bought a lot of newspapers to take home.

After discovering editions from 1883, 84 and 85 (the Times was first printed in 1883), Belinda took to the internet in a bid to find out more about the paper and the Scottish town she had been reading about, and discovered our Facebook page.

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