The Newspapers Remembered website may look dull and boring, the newspaper gifts may not be all that exciting …. but to a trained old person’s eye an old archive newspaper could be the perfect Christmas gift for your grandparent or even parent!!
So what do Newspapers Remembered offer? Well, their website says they offer “back issue newspapers“, “WHS Back Issue newspapers, “Times Historic newspapers“, “Mirror Historic Newspapers” and more. Basically you can some their offers as “Nostagia gifts”!
They’re perfect as birthdate newspapers – you find one that was issued the day your loved-one, friend or colleague was born etc.
If you want to send them one as a Christmas present you can expend to spend around £39.99 if you send a personalised newspaper gift box. If you have it in a presentation folder you’ll spend around £59.99.
They offer the newspapers related to specific events:
Sport:
Bannister – 4 minute mile
Busby Babes- Munich Air Crash
England Win World Cup
Death Donald Campbell – Bluebird
Euro 1996
Crime:
Krays
Great Train Robbery
Hindley
Ruth Ellis
Lord Lucan
Disasters:
Titanic
Sinking Lusitania
Lockerbie
Tay Bridge
Momentous Events:
Man on the Moon
Man in Space
Concorde
Everest Conquered
Bleirot crosses Channel
Alcock & Brown cross Atlantic
Lindbergh Flies Atlantic Solo
Amy Johnson Flies to Australia
Death Amy Johnson
Crystal Palace Fire
Discovery King Tutankhamen’s Tomb
Houses of Parliament Fire
Music & Entertainment:
Death Marilyn Monroe
Death James Dean
Death Errol Flynn
Death Elvis Presley
Beatles in USA
Death John Lennon
International Politics:
Assassination Kennedy
Assassination Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassination Bobby Kennedy
Death Stalin
Fall Berlin Wall
Release Nelson Mandela
UK Politics:
Thatcher PM
Churchill PM
Death Churchill
Funeral Churchill
First Labour Cabinet/Death Lenin
Munich Agreement – Peace for our time
Election 1951
Brighton Bombing
Royalty:
George IV Funeral
Wedding Victoria & Albert
Prince Albert Funeral
Golden Jubilee Victoria
Death/Funeral Queen Victoria
Coronation Edward VII
Death/Funeral Edward VII
Coronation George V
Silver Jubilee George V
Death/Funeral George V
Abdication Edward VIII
Coronation George VI
Wedding Duke & Duchess of Windsor
Death/Funeral George VI
Royal Wedding – Elizabeth & Philip
Birth Prince Charles
Coronation Elizabeth
Princess Margaret/Townsend
Wedding Princess Margaret
Death Duke of Windsor
Wedding Princess Anne
Princess Margaret Separation
Silver Jubilee
Princess Margaret Divorce
Assassination/Funeral Lord Mountbatten
Wedding Charles & Diana
Birth Prince William
Death Duchess of Windsor
War & Battles
Death General Gordon
Boer War- Siege Of Ladysmith
End of Boer War
Start First World War
Start Second World War
Dunkirk
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Death of Hitler
End of War in Europe
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japanese Surrender
Falklands War
To buy these, or any other historic newspaper as a gift then visit Newspapers Remembered.
Here’s some other great personalised Christmas gift ideas.
Top Christmas Present Shops For Old People:
* Chums – a website specifically designed for old people and some great stuff for over the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s.
* Ancestral Collections – They also have a great selection of gifts for old people with varying tastes.
* Laura Ashley – they have some deals on jewellery at the moment.
What about a Terry Wogan Tog T-shirt?
Other Chrismtas gifts for old people:
Scents of Time Perfume / Who Do You Think You Are – Family Tree Gift / The Aero Garden.
If they’ve got bad feet or love their comfy shoes then try the Cosy Feet online store.
If they like jumpers then try Woolover who have a great variety of warm clothes.
Clearwater Hampers have some fantastic hampers to suit most budgets.
Calendars Direct should have the right calendar for your gran, granddad or elderly parent.
If they like the odd tipple then Gifts To Drink may be a good website for you.
Discount Theatre have some great days out to the theatre, plays, musicals and more.
From the department stores try BHS, John Lewis, M&S
The Original Gift Company have some really nice stuff too.
Hush have some excellent nightware that I’m sure your gran would feel very comfortable in.
Chiltern Mills have some excellent bedding and homewear stuff.
Daxon have loads of stuff for over 50′s.
What about some magazine subscriptions from Great Magazines or My Favourite Magazines?
For flowers try Bunches, Clare Florest and Value Flora.
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