Newspaper Archive

[Nadine Moore]

I am researching my husband's tree and have found his maternal grandfather - George Ratcliffe - who died as a result of a pedal cycle accident in June 1946 in Cransley, Northamptonshire. Can anyone advise if there are likely to be any newspaper reports about this and, if so, how I go about finding them. Thank you

[sugarbakers]

I've always found Kettering Library to be an excellent source of Northamptonshire newspapers.
Under normal circumstances I'd have jumped on a bus and gone to look for the info for you ... but not now !
It appears there are staff working there to operate a lending service, so it might be worth an email to them to see if they can help. Email address at  https://www.facebook.com/ketteringlibrary/

[Nadine Moore]

Thank you, I'll have a look and drop them an email to see if they can help.

[johnP-bedford]

Seems that if you are a member of Northamptonshire Libraries you can access online resources including Ancestry, Find My Past and British Newspaper Archive.... what I don't know if you can access these from home like you can at Bedfordshire Libraries during these Covid restrictions, or are they only available using PCs within the library.   

[sugarbakers]

Thank you, but I'm not aware of Northants having the facility for us to use them from home.
Nothing found in Newspaper section of Find My Past.