Now THIS was an excellent find !

[Bustedwing]

Ok so I've been cleaning up my basement and getting rid of stuff.
A number of years ago I was helping my ex sister inlaw move her Dad out of their family home, he's since deceased. He was a very interesting guy and very creative but a MAJOR pack rat. There was all kinds of stuff and most of it went to good will or the dump.
I found these under a huge pile of old lapidary magazines.

It's the front pages of the Vancouver Herald and the Vancouver Sun Dated May 7th 1945.
Wish I had the rest of the paper, very interesting to read from the perspective of the time !

 

[Nonskimmer]

Hey, nice find!
You'll want to be looking after those!

 

[Pisis]

That's exactly why I keep newspaper from significant events. So far I have news from 9/11, Afghanistan, Saddam Arrested........etc.......

Good finding! It has also a certain value, I believe.

 

[Gnomey]

Good find bustedwing. Interesting reading too I'm sure. I have a copy of the local paper from late June 1940 that was found at my old house in Aberdeen, it is really interesting reading (currently framed in the bathroom).

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

why the bathroom

and that's quite a find, i'd pay for summit like that so hang on to it.........

 

[Gnomey]

why the bathroom

and that's quite a find, i'd pay for summit like that so hang on to it.........

Not sure why, I think because it is the only place there is room for it to hang on the wall, means people will read it anyway

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

so they can be flushed with the allied success

 

[cheddar cheese]

Makes an alternative to porn in the bathroom...

Good find! 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

maybe to him it is porn ............

 

[Gnomey]

maybe to him it is porn ............

No it isn't, maybe for you though...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what a fantastic comeback could've made atleast a passing gay comment

 

[evangilder]

Good stuff Busted. I have a few like that from my grandmother. They get very brittle though here in the dry California air.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Very good find.

A couple of years ago I recieved from my Grandmother a couple of News Papers that belonged to my Grandfather. They are French Newspapers, One anouncing the fall of Paris and the other the French surrendure. Very very interesting news papers. I also own a couple of Yank News Papers from 1944 and I have several German Newspapers from between 1943 and 1945 from Berlin.