Google news archive

[scruff]

I've just discovered this and it's amazing, apologies if it's been posted already. You can search back through newspapers going right back to the early 1900s!!

 

http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search

 

Lots of US stuff, but a few minutes browsing and typing in the makes/models of various shitters soon turn into hours... even the old ads are interesting.

 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hkQsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6246,6284021&dq=peugeot+205+diesel&hl=en

 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IbxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4685,5038522&dq=land+rover&hl=en

[M'coli]

Thank you, I shall while away the hours tracing more history of Scotland's hydro-electric schemes as reported at the time.

[Guest]

[trigger]

Just found a load of scans from the Scottish Evening Times newspaper from the 70's, makes interesting reading with the car adverts

 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2 ... de=2&hl=en

 

[Pillock]

Hmmm, Trefoil Cars are showing a '71 Escort for £475, I reckon I could stretch to that. I'll give them a bell tomorrow.