Buying an old newspaper

dekbhoy · 04-11-2010 3:09pm #1

guys any idea where i might get a newspaper from a previous date . looking for the whole newspaper . just trying to bring together some memoribilia from the 13th of october 2010, the day my niece was born, think its agreat thing to have when looking back, tried irish times website but they only sell the front page and do not keep the actual paper

alejandro1977 · 04-11-2010 3:10pm

dekbhoy wrote: »

guys any idea where i might get a newspaper from a previous date . looking for the whole newspaper . just trying to bring together some memoribilia from the 13th of october 2010, the day my niece was born, think its agreat thing to have when looking back, tried irish times website but they only sell the front page and do not keep the actual paper

I'm going to make a huge leap of imagination and suggest... a library?

Osgoodisgood · 04-11-2010 3:12pm

DeLorean...........88mph........you know the rest

prinz · 04-11-2010 3:14pm

Contact the newspaper. Bit late now, but you could also have gone into some barbers and asked if they still had any old papers about.

FatherLen · 04-11-2010 3:15pm

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

DeLorean...........88mph........you know the rest

do NOT forget the flux capacitor

also thats my birthday!!!!

Odysseus · 04-11-2010 3:43pm

You can get back issues of most papers I think, you just have to cotact the main office.

Kimono-Girl · 04-11-2010 4:04pm

put an appeal out to any newspaper hoarders out there, they would definitely have one

bonerm · 04-11-2010 4:06pm

You should have pressed pause on the internet.

AnonoBoy · 04-11-2010 4:11pm

Find a shop that went out of business on that date and hasn't cleared out any of their stock yet or one that was abandoned in some sort of Marie Celeste type scenario but in shop-form.

They should have copies of every paper from that date still left in there.

orourkeda · 04-11-2010 4:27pm

dekbhoy wrote: »

guys any idea where i might get a newspaper from a previous date . looking for the whole newspaper . just trying to bring together some memoribilia from the 13th of october 2010, the day my niece was born, think its agreat thing to have when looking back, tried irish times website but they only sell the front page and do not keep the actual paper

Try the offices of the other papers. Someone somewhere are bound to keep a decent archive.

kiad · 04-11-2010 4:52pm

Old people always collect newspapers so maybe you could seduce one and change her will, then kill her and inherit the paper in question.

bala · 04-11-2010 6:06pm

dekbhoy wrote: »

guys any idea where i might get a newspaper from a previous date . looking for the whole newspaper . just trying to bring together some memoribilia from the 13th of october 2010, the day my niece was born, think its agreat thing to have when looking back, tried irish times website but they only sell the front page and do not keep the actual paper

Am sure there is a company in dublin that have a "day you were born" package that contains the newspaper and a cd with the chart topper on the day all gift warped. PM me on tuesday and I'll get you a number

dekbhoy · 05-11-2010 3:28pm

have tried ringing office of one of the main papers but they only sell the front page , dont do whole newspapers ....... have got one paper off a fellow boardsie.... so thank you for that. Will try ringing independent today but reckon STORY will be the same ..... (see what i done there!!!!!!)

THANKS GUYS......

AnonoBoy · 05-11-2010 4:00pm

dekbhoy wrote: »

Will try ringing independent today but reckon STORY will be the same ..... (see what i done there!!!!!!)

Turned Caps Lock on and then off again?

FatherLen · 05-11-2010 4:01pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Turned Caps Lock on and then off again?

or held shift......

alejandro1977 · 05-11-2010 4:03pm

dekbhoy wrote: »

have tried ringing office of one of the main papers but they only sell the front page , dont do whole newspapers ....... have got one paper off a fellow boardsie.... so thank you for that. Will try ringing independent today but reckon STORY will be the same ..... (see what i done there!!!!!!)

THANKS GUYS......

seriously, have you never seen the micro fiche machine in a library; stores old newspapers going wayback - Irish Times for one. They had one in the library when I was in university
AFAIC you can print off pages too

Sauve · 05-11-2010 4:10pm

I'd say put an appeal out to all your mates....surely there's someone out there who doesn't do the recycling EVERY week?!

DublinWriter · 05-11-2010 4:12pm

Your local library should be able to get a hardcopy of any edition of a national newspaper that's been published in the last six months.

Amalgam · 05-11-2010 4:40pm

If you're in Dublin, you can call into The Irish Times and buy a copy going back a few weeks. Best to ring them first and find out.

EDIT - http://www.irishtimes.com/about/contact/

Saadyst · 05-11-2010 4:51pm

less than ten seconds on a google search.

https://www.memorablemoments.ie/product_info.php?products_id=6

Sonnenblumen · 05-11-2010 7:15pm

dekbhoy wrote: »

guys any idea where i might get a newspaper from a previous date . looking for the whole newspaper . just trying to bring together some memoribilia from the 13th of october 2010, the day my niece was born, think its agreat thing to have when looking back, tried irish times website but they only sell the front page and do not keep the actual paper

There's a newsagent that stocks old papers, on Dun Laoghaire's Main Street opposite Walshes Carpets (Mellifont Ave).

squeakyduck · 05-11-2010 10:34pm

I would try and email the paper themselves. I guess they would keep a few copies off the press for themselves. Maybe a neighbour or friend has one lying around their house?

dekbhoy · 06-11-2010 11:03am

Saadyst wrote: »

less than ten seconds on a google search.

https://www.memorablemoments.ie/product_info.php?products_id=6

120 euro.for one newspaper..... no thanks!

dekbhoy · 06-11-2010 11:04am

squeakyduck wrote: »

I would try and email the paper themselves. I guess they would keep a few copies off the press for themselves. Maybe a neighbour or friend has one lying around their house?

Friend works in editorial in Irish Times , he says they dont keep copies of previous papers around, they only sell front pages from dates gone by

dekbhoy · 06-11-2010 11:05am

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

There's a newsagent that stocks old papers, on Dun Laoghaire's Main Street opposite Walshes Carpets (Mellifont Ave).

thanks dude will try this

Poor Uncle Tom · 06-11-2010 11:38am

kiad wrote: »

Old people always collect newspapers so maybe you could seduce one and change her will, then kill her and inherit the paper in question.

Just one problem with you're post....They don't always collect newspapers, sometimes it's bags or tea cosies and sometimes the Alzheimer's kicks in and they can miss whole months of collecting time, so major flaw there......just thought you should know.

Buying an old newspaper

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