With the New Year we had to make some decisions on how the Old Newspapers were organized on our site.
We could have simply carried on the way we were going and adding them to the end of the existing page and list. But that would have made the drop-down list enormously longer in the long run.
We decided to move the existing ones, from 1910, into their own area with their own page. That way you can visit 1910 directly without having to plow back through 1911. Over time we will be back filling 1910 to January. NOTE: IF The Evening Sun published a newspaper on Dec 31 it’s not in the archives hence not our site.
The 1911 newspapers are the current ones on the Old Newspapers page and the 1910 papers have moved to their own page which you can find from a link of the Old Newspapers page OR as a sub menu off the Old Newspapers menu.
To those who might have tried reading them in the past two days while this section of the website was undergoing maintenance we apologize for any inconvenience or confusion.
January 15, 2017 at 2:23 pm
Interesting site Les and thanks for including the link to my videos. There is an easier link to it http://bit.ly/BCMINES. I love reading old papers but I have a real problem with the online format you have to zoom it way in and then you can’t move it around so I don’t read them online. I wish there was a better way!
I have been working on restoring many items from in and around mines in the boundary area. I finished a wooden 5×7 mine car recently that was built around the turn of the century. I also have a locomotive and other mine cars. I am planning on opening a mueseum in the future. You are welcome to come for a tour sometime.
January 15, 2017 at 11:47 pm
You’re welcome Frank. You’re fast becoming a resource for local history so linking to your offerings works for our mandate of bringing history to the public.
I’d love to visit and maybe get a tour and update on your progress with artifacts you’ve recovered. And if you’re amenable maybe turn that into a little video that would help you and us.
As to your issues with reading the newspapers:
Hmm . . . I’m wondering what you are viewing the newspapers with Frank.
The zoomify technology lets you pick a magnification and still pan around the page. And you can do that in more than one way. I try to explain it in the video below the newspapers on the page but maybe I’m not as clear as I could be. (that video refers to another website where I was presenting them before this one) I will try and prepare a better how-to in the near future.
For now: If you’re using a computer with a keyboard you can use Shift to zoom in and Ctrl to zoom out. (I’m not a MAC person so I can’t tell you what those keys would be on that system) If you are zoomed in you can use the arrow keys to pan around.
If you are using a tablet things might be more problematic but not completely unusable (most of the time).
We’re using this tool because it’s an economical way to give people access to large images without forcing them to download large files. If and when a better way comes along we’ll consider it.
When I come to visit I can take a look at what happens at your end when you try to read the newspapers. And maybe that will help both of us.