Interwar broadcasting · editorial standards · communications technology On the evening of 18 April 1930, listeners to the BBC’s evening bulletin heard an announcement that has since passed into legend: “Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news.”[1] For the remainder of the scheduled news slot, the BBC […]
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“The Love That Dare Not Speak”: The 1907 Clementson–Dixon Letters and Confession On 25 September 1907, two police inspectors were witness to statements and certain letters at the offices of Buck & Dicksons, 17 Winckley Street, Preston, Lancashire, England. These were written by George Douglas Clementson, aged 27, of Ashton-under-Lyne, […]
In the course of doing historic research I generally find I can usually detach myself even from the most appalling events and situations frequently reported over the centuries. It’s only when a direct blood relative suddenly appears in the Victorian news that I get a feeling of genuine sadness. This […]
Raymond Mitchell Heaselden (1897-1997), was the son of an engine fitter, Walter Heaselden(1865-1954) and Mary Ellen MITCHELL (1868-1965). Raymond, an only child, was born on 19 May 1897 in Dartford, Kent. In 1901 he was living in Crayford, Kent. By 1956 he had moved to in Worthing, Sussex. He died […]