Morning all,
There's a
newspaper article and accompanying photo saved on Ancestry that has been compressed so many times it's nearly unreadable. I've been trying to find which newspaper it came from so I can 1. get a better copy, and 2. know which newspaper / edition to cite.
I'm hoping that someone will be able to figure it out. I've typed the article out below for readability, along with a couple of assumptions and where I've already checked.
50 Years Ago
August 4, 1951
MEET Dingwall's proudest grandfather - Mr Peter Williamson, of 44 Meiklefield Road, an 80-year-old retired horse dealer. On Sunday, Mr Williamson celebrated the birth of his seventy-fourth grandchild to his son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs Robert Williamson. A record? "I'll be surprised if it isn't," he told the North Star on Monday, as he reminisced on the palmy days of yesteryear. But that is not all of Mr Williamson's descendants. In addition he has 52 great grandchildren, and 8 great, great grandchildren, all of whom reside in Ross-shire. A native of Alness, Mr Williamson is the son of the late Isaac Williamson, at one time biggest horse dealer in the country. He had been married twice and had a family of 14 - four by his first wife, and ten by his second. Two sons were killed in the First World War and one in the last. In his youth Mr Williamson went with his parents to America, but returned to his native heath on reaching manhood. He has a "well-kent" face in Dingwall, where he took up residence on his return[?] eleven years ago.
ASSUMPTIONS- The article was originally published circa 4 Aug 1951, then republished as a "lookback" around 4 Aug 2001.
- Leading on from point one, this would mean the newspaper was most likely in print in both 1951 and 2001.
- It's clearly aimed at a local audience, so it's more likely a local newspaper.
Because the
North Star is mentioned in the article, I checked there first - nothing in the July, August, or September 1951 editions. Although it went out of print in the 60s, I thought maybe it had been subsumed by another paper. Turns out it has, by
The Ross-shire Journal: nothing in July, Aug, Sep 1951 and nothing for July to October 2001 either but also the typeface used does not match the '50 Years Ago' on the clipping. Also checked the
Highland News,
The Inverness Courier, and the
Northern Chronicle (all Jul - Sep 1951, and Jul - Sep 2001 for the Courier).
I know it's a longshot but does the combination of the typeface and a '50 Years Ago' feature in a local paper stir any recognition in any of you? The Ross-shire Journal does (or did?) a 'Reflections' feature, but it's in a different format and I've checked the editions anyway!
Right guys, what am I missing here? Any suggestions welcome!
