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Pontypool Free Press Jun 11 1859

The Pontypool Free Press is an english language weekly regional newspaper that was originally published in Pontypool, as the Pontypool Free Press and Herald of the Hills, in 1859 and is circulated in Pontypool and the surrounding area of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.

History

The Pontypool Free Press and Herald of the Hills was established in 1859, with the first edition on 5th March 1859.[1][2] It was printed and published in Pontypool, in English, by the proprietor David Walkinshaw.[1] In 1877 Henry Hughes Junior agreed to purchase the paper, along with the Pontypool Local Register and the Pontypool Almanack, for £1,000 from Walkinshaw.[3]

The name of the newspaper changed on 5th July 1879, to The Pontypool Free Press, and on 2nd April 1909 to The Free Press of Monmouthshire.[2]

In the 1980s, Don Touhig, later to become the Member of Parliament for Islwyn and a life peer, was editor of the newspaper.[4][5]

Archives

An online digital archive of the paper (1859-1869 and 1872-1893) is available from Welsh Newspapers Online.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pontypool Free Press and Herald of the Hills". Welsh Newspapers Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Gwent Archives Newpapers". Archives Network Wales. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Papers of Henry Hughes and Pontypool Free Press Newspaper". Gwent Archives. 'Pontypool Free Press' Newspaper Acquisition. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Lord Touhig". UK Parliament Website. UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ^ Ruddock, Joan (14 June 2016). "Chapter 4: CND". Going Nowhere: A Memoir. Biteback. ISBN 9781785900389. OCLC 951608839. Retrieved 28 September 2016 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online". National Library of Wales. 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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