Newspaper records (General)
by tonyjenkins 
, Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 08:19 (5841 days ago)
My grandfather William James Jenkins of Rose Cottage Fetter Hill died on Feb 14th 1934. My father tells me that the a report of the funeral was included in the local press of the time.
Can anyone avdvise what the name of the local paper in 1934 might be and where can I view a copy?
Regards
Tony Jenkins
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by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 09:03 (5841 days ago) @ tonyjenkins
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=7412#p7412
You can probably get access to local newspapers at
Cinderford Library
Belle Vue Road
Cinderford
Gloucestershire
GL14 2BZ
Tel: Dean (00 44 1594) 822581
Fax: Dean (00 44 1594) 824907
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/
The Forester
43 High Street
Cinderford
Gloucestershire
GL14 2SL
Tel:00 44 1594 820600
Fax: 00 441594 820608
Email: editor AT theforester.co.uk
The British Library may be able to help
http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html
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Newspaper records
by alison2 , Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 10:03 (5841 days ago) @ tonyjenkins
Hi Tony
The Forester at Cinderford has a Library and Archives Dept and will do searches for you for a fee. I have used this my self and I know they have the Dean Forest Guardian (which covered the Coleford area, this was the predecessor before all the Forest Newspapers were amalgamated.
The Forester
43 High Street
Cinderford
GL14 2SL
Tel 01594 820600
Fax 01594 820608
Regards
Alison
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by Barbara Lloyd , Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 22:15 (5840 days ago) @ alison2
I recently tried to look at a copy of the local newspapers of 1844 going via the Cinderford Office.
The Office have given the archiving of these newspapers (prior to 1850) to the
Dean Heritage Centre.
I have posed a question with the centre but have had no reply.
Barbara Lloyd
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by May , Thursday, May 22, 2008, 10:20 (5839 days ago) @ tonyjenkins
The Cinderford Office of the Forester do have some old papers in their office, but I'm not sure of the dates as they directed me to the Cinderford library when I was looking for the 1890's. There are copies of the Forester on microfilm at Cinderford Library - I've used them. It is probably worth a couple of phone calls to see what dates are held where.
UPDATE re The Forester/Mercury Newspaper records
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 03:46 (4538 days ago) @ May
My sister works at "The Forester" office in Cinderford. She confirms that they don't really have a formal system for researching the old Mercury archives which they do proudly hold going back into the late 1800s. It seems that visitors do sometimes go thro their archives at their offices, apparently at no cost although advance notice is requested. She already is "very busy" with her usual high workload so understandably isn't keen to research their archives, even for me ! This increase in workload is because they have very recently separated from the Gloucestershire Citizen Group and they are now a totally independent newpaper. Their new website is http://www.theforester.co.uk/about.cfm
The Forester now recommends we use Cinderford Library as the paper's archives are all held there on microfiche, so is a far quicker & easier search, as far as she knows the Library is still open contrary to what you may have heard.
EDIT: Following recent 2011 reorganisation Cinderford Library is thankfully still open most days but only til 5pm except 7pm Fridays. It is open Saturday but only 10-1pm so I guess time for researchers may be limited then. I do not know whether prior booking is needed or preferred.
see
http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/libraries/cinderford?contact=yes
The direct phone number for Cinderford Library is 01594 822581.
Hope this helps!
UPDATE May 2012:
I've just updated the above link, apologies for it yet again being out-of-date. It seems the Council Website is still undergoing many changes with many "broken" shortcuts and unhelpfull "help" screens. Furthermore I urge anyone wishing to contact the library to phone via the above number. I cannot understand why the Council website does not quote this number; it is listed in local directories & the library staff are happy & able to deal with phone enquiries. Sadly these efficient staff aren't reflected by the "Help"line number quoted on the website (they cannot answer obvious simple queries, plus they only open til 5pm), and the quoted email address is not answered either. Hopefully the letter I've just sent them will help them improve things a little. I know we are perhaps "lucky" to still have local library services but the official website really lets them down.