Before Newspapers, Before TV


	Before Newspapers, Before TV

mickfinn

1-15-2008 6:57 PM

250 views

tags:

social history

1 Comment |

Add a Comment

1-16-2008 6:38 AM

michellezm

WOW! I've just been reading one of the notices reporting on a child who had been locked in a beer barrel by his father for years. From a social, cultural and historical point of view this is a little treasure trove. Good job in finding it.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from January 15, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f9748efe-665a-4b6c-a5c8-245fd37a025f/A4BB02B4-D619-4039-939D-77E7AE4EB1E7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/" href="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nls.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nls.uk/img/EC245FDD-9C7E-4DEE-BAEE-AB9A410F461B" alt="The Word on the Street" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nls.uk/img/8844AC5E-6067-4172-8534-39E64055F557" alt="The Word on the Street" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top" align="center"><H1>How Ordinary Scots</H1>
	<I>in</I> 
	<H2>Bygone Days</H2> 
	<H3>Found out what was Happening</H3></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><P><SPAN class="cap">I</SPAN>n the centuries before there were newspapers and 24-hour news channels, the general public had to rely on street literature to find out what was going on. The most popular form of this for nearly 300 years was 'broadsides' - the tabloids of their day. Sometimes pinned up on walls in houses and ale-houses, these single sheets carried public notices, news, speeches and songs that could be read (or sung) aloud.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nls.uk/img/E38B2A7C-2D99-41EF-9DE4-1708C48573B6" alt="Broadside on the 'Sale of a Wife'" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nls.uk/img/3C4F147B-DEBC-4B8F-AAB5-53E8D13F697B" alt="Crime, Politics, Romance, Historical Events, Humour, Tragedy, Royalty, Superstition..." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><P class="text2">
	National Library of Scotland © 2004 
	</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nls.uk/img/CBB12A19-FB6D-4FFA-BE29-E87012A3BC67" alt="National Library of Scotland" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A4BB02B4-D619-4039-939D-77E7AE4EB1E7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from mickfinn

Today's Top Clips