This is a brilliant idea and I'm happy to add my vote.

My family has lived in and around Hinckley for generations - 300 years at least. So much of this time span has been difficult to to explore real life and events, but The Hinckley Times has been a wonderful resource for the most recent hundred years or so. Sadly, so many of the old back editions are becoming unreadable and I think this fantastic provincial paper really needs to be digitised for future generations.

I think it is imperative to digitise as much of the local history as possible to enable future generations to enjoy family and social history. The Hinckley Times has been invaluable in local history; past and present.

I would love to see these old copies of the local papers digitised. I often use old newspapers for my family history research.

Please digitise, when the back issues erode we lose so much history

It would be a splendid idea to digitise this local paper. So many people are very interested in family history and social history of the area. And as another comment mentioned not just for now but for future generations

Hopefully you will grant permission to release these back copies which are full of local news and history

There is a lot of interest in local history at present. This would be a great aid.

This is a must and vital for future generations as I believe print journalism will not be around forever!!

It is needed to digitise the hinckley times for history. We are living history. Without this being done thecwhole character of Hinckley both good and bad will be lost forever

Not sure about the voting protocol but think that with the future of local newspapers looking so precarious digitisation is a not only in the public interest - it is also a no brainer

With so much interest in family and local history at the moment, the digitisation of the Hinckley Times would prove to be an essential source for information and interest in the area.

It’s a must to preserve our local history for future generations

Worked there for some years cam across lot's of characters saw lots of places.

Hinckley has such a rich history and though I left the town in 1955 I still like to keep in touch.

It is essential that these old newspapers going back into the 19th century are fully digitised to preserve the history of the locality for historians and social scientists. Mike Clifford

Yes be very handy

Please digitise the hinckley times

This would be a valuable source of information for the people of Hinckley and surrounding villages.

Although there are some years copied on to microfilm at Hinckley Library the filming project came to an end many years ago ... it is now essential to digitalise the entire collection and make it available to the wider public via the internet.

A valuable source of articles and photographs relating to Hinckley and its surrounding area.