Chatham News
This series of newspapers was last updated two years ago, and the planned/promised issues have yet to materialise. Would it not be a good idea to complete the promised digitisation of papers such as this, rather than adding new, obscure titles?
At the moment, Chatham News has just ONE year available from the 20th Century, 1939. The plan was to add 1903 to 1955, which would cover both major conflicts of that century at what was one of Britain's major Naval ports.
JOHN
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Andrew Hoad
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I can only reiterate what the previous commentators have said, this is a major conurbation encompassing the vital Chatham Dockyard. The level of cover smacks of tokenism (1860-64; 1870; 1889; 1891; 1901; 1939; 1948; 1950; 1951; 1971). Both world wars omitted, how many obituaries must there be that would be invaluable to family history research? Yet BNA seems obsessed by low circulation publications that are likely to be of interest to few if any researchers.
It is now 7 years since the first comment, high time this publication was dealt with properly and comprehensively. -
Andrew Ashbee
commented
The Medway Towns comprises the largest urban conglomeration in South East England, but is currently represented by only three years of the Chatham News. The area includes Rochester Cathedral, Chatham Dockyard, and the home of Charles Dickens, not forgetting the villages around. It would be good if more could soon be made available of this newspaper (and hopefully its predecessor 'The Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Gazette')
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JOHN
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.. and still no response..