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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Renfrewshire => Topic started by: bleary2eyes on Saturday 03 July 10 18:36 BST (UK)
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I'm trying to find a newspaper report from the 1980's. It was reported in the Greenock local newspapers etc., and was concerning a piece possibly entitled 'Pensioner knocked down next to Cemetery gates!'
The pensioner was named Mr Donald Ross of Greenock. I'm trying to get hold of a copy of the newspaper article for family history purposes.
Can anybody please advise me where I can obtain a copy of the page containing the story. Kind regards
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Try contacting the local newspaper editorial[at][/blue]greenocktelegraph.co.uk (Replace [at] with @)
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Hi JPMAC, thank you for the email address, I'll do that. regards :)
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bleary, I think there's a searchable index at the Watt Library BMD Index online ,Greenock. Skoosh.
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I think there should be a law banning the installation of these automatic gates in public places.
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bleary, I think there's a searchable index at the Watt Library BMD Index online ,Greenock. Skoosh.
Hi Skoosh, is it available online, only I live in Norfolk, England so I can't get there.
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Hi again JPMAC, I sent them an email the other day but it's just come back via mailordemon saying they could not deliver it.
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I think there should be a law banning the installation of these automatic gates in public places.
Hi behindthefrogs, which automatic gates do you mean? I don't know Greenock at all so I don't know the cemetery either. Have you read the piece in the papers? It was long before I met my partner (it's his own father mentioned in the paper) and my partner was abroad in the services for some time and only got told about it himself. As an avid family history addict I've been working on my own family for many years now but when he mentioned both accidents involving his father (i.e. the Cemetery gates accident where he was knocked down and the fall in Tesco) I thought I'd do a bit of digging.
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The Watt Library Index is searchable online. Cheers.
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Sorry if my sense of humour confused you, I was trying to work out how the the cemetery gates could have knocked down the pensioner and concluded that they must have been automatic gates.
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Sorry if my sense of humour confused you, I was trying to work out how the the cemetery gates could have knocked down the pensioner and concluded that they must have been automatic gates.
Oh, I see! :) sorry about that, my fault for being a bit dim :-\ and tired. Not sure though whether it was a bus or a car that hit him but he survived that one, poor man. I agree with you, though, that sometimes those automatic gates can be a danger, especially to the old and infirm. :)
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This is the online Watt Library Newspaper Index but didn't think it would cover as recent event as 1980s-
www.inverclyde.gov.uk/tourism-and-visitor-attractions/local-history-and-heritage/watt-library-newspaper-index
Here's the Greenock Telegraph website-
www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk
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Aghadowey is right the index only covers up to the early 1900's
to find a story in the Greenock telegraph you would need to go through
the back issues to try find it (James Watt Library) have copies of back issues
which could take some time as the paper is printed daily 6 day's a week
without a rough date of when the accident happened you would be looking at reading through
a lot of tele's I'm afraid,
have you tried contacting the telegraph office (email address on aghadowey's post)
to see if they would maybe run a story to see if anyone remembers the accident,
Elaine
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This is the online Watt Library Newspaper Index but didn't think it would cover as recent event as 1980s-
www.inverclyde.gov.uk/tourism-and-visitor-attractions/local-history-and-heritage/watt-library-newspaper-index
Here's the Greenock Telegraph website- www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk
Hi aghadowey, thank you for those weblinks which I'll look at today. :) Much obliged.
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Aghadowey is right the index only covers up to the early 1900's
to find a story in the Greenock telegraph you would need to go through
the back issues to try find it (James Watt Library) have copies of back issues
which could take some time as the paper is printed daily 6 day's a week
without a rough date of when the accident happened you would be looking at reading through
a lot of tele's I'm afraid,
have you tried contacting the telegraph office (email address on aghadowey's post)
to see if they would maybe run a story to see if anyone remembers the accident,
Elaine
Hi Elaine, I did email the newspaper a coupla days back on the kind advice of another member but not heard from them yet, however, I'll try again. Thank you for your kind advice. best regards.