'Herald of Wales' Paper. Searchable on-line?

[Romilly]

The Swansea Herald of Wales was a weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper distributed to homes in the town of Swansea and to nearby towns and villages in West Glamorgan, including Gowerton, Gorseinon, Pontarddulais, Morriston, Dunvant, Bishopston and The Mumbles.

I believe it was discontinued in 2011. Does anyone on here know if it's back copies can be searched on-line?

The period that I'm interested in is 1895 - 1933. I've tried Googling, but I can't find anything. However...I'm hoping that someone with local knowledge might be able to point me in the right direction.

Cheers, Romilly.

[bevbee]

Hi, guess who? 

Not online as far as I know but there are some at the library though I don't know whether they are old ones - what search do you need?

[Romilly]

Hi, guess who? 
Not online as far as I know but there are some at the library though I don't know whether they are old ones - what search do you need?

Hello Bev,

How nice to hear from you on here.

As I am still stuck on all of my branches...I am just re-visiting some of my old research...to try to see if I have missed anything obvious...

A Welsh friend of mine recently described the 'Herald' as the 'Early Welsh version of 'Hello' Mag!

And so I wondered if it might have any snippets of gossip about the demise of my Grandfather's Swansea based Painting and Decorating Company, - 'Wilson and Co' in about 1930. I think that you've already kindly looked for me for this...but in one of the more 'serious' papers(!) Family stories have led me to believe that some sort of scandal was involved...but I have no way of knowing if this is true or not, - as everyone concerned is long dead.

 I don't know if the Library would have kept copies for as far back as that, - do you think they would have?

Best Wishes, Romilly.

[bevbee]

I'll check what dates they have, but as I remember it the Herald was just bits of news taken from the Evennig Post along with a lot of ads. 

It's a difficult search anyway because there is no certain date and it's not an easy task for the eyes on those old papers. I'll try and get down there in the next few days.

Bev.

[Romilly]

I'll check what dates they have, but as I remember it the Herald was just bits of news taken from the Evennig Post along with a lot of ads. 
It's a difficult search anyway because there is no certain date and it's not an easy task for the eyes on those old papers. I'll try and get down there in the next few days.
Bev.

Don't worry about it Bev...I don't want to put you to all of that trouble again!!

It would be useful to know what they have kept, - I've tried searching on-line, but its not easy to work out:-(

I've found William James and Margaret Wilson and sons in Wembley, Middx on the Electoral Rolls for 1933, and of course Margaret Wilson died in Wembley in 1934. And so I would imagine that whatever problems did beset the Company would have been after youngest son Archie's suicide at home in October 1930...and before the family packed up and left Swansea, sometime in late 1932/early 1933. Its possible that it just went bankrupt for reasons connected with the Depression of the 1930's, - but if that was the case I would have expected there to be some bankruptcy papers, - and I've found nothing.

Best Wishes, Romilly.

[pinot]

It might pay to find what holdings the University library have/has/can offer 
                Pinot

[Romilly]

It might pay to find what holdings the University library have/has/can offer 
                Pinot

Thanks Pinot,

I haven't tried that...but will give it a go!

Cheers, Romilly.

[bevbee]

The library seems to have the Herald for Jan 1907  - Dec 1980.

It's a frustrating search because I know you've tried everything and drawn a blank. 

[Romilly]

The library seems to have the Herald for Jan 1907  - Dec 1980.
It's a frustrating search because I know you've tried everything and drawn a blank. 

Thanks for looking Bev. It was a longshot really...I was just looking through old notes...& seeing if there was anything I hadn't tried.

I hope that at some stage they will digitalise their newspaper collections, - it would make searching so much easier!

The University of Swansea Library have emailed me back to say that:

'The Richard Burton Archives at Swansea University is a specialist archive whose collections are mainly concerned with the industrial, political, social and cultural history of the South Wales Coalfield area'.

I've already tried the West Glamorgan Archives, who say they haven't got anything specific relating to this Company...and so perhaps thats as far as I can go.

One thing that does confuse me...I found an initial notice of administration, (first step in bankruptcy proceedings) in The London Gazette from 1900 against William James Wilson. However, I think that it was the Draper's business in the Mumbles which went under then, and the Painting and Decorating one continued. If that one had gone bust...I would have expected to find similar proceedings in the early 1930's, - but I can't find anything:-(

I'm running out of ideas now...and I'm still unable to find a Birth or Baptismal entry for my Grandfather:-(((
Romilly.