can anyone advise where I might find copies or online images of newspapers january 1946 (FREE!)?

Answer 1

go to the library and ask about microfilms of newspapers; you might have to use a university library, i'm not sure whether local ones will have them. my university library had microfilms of the new york times and washington post and other major papers all the way back to early 1900s.

Answer 2

The only British newspaper online in it's entirety (and actually indexed/searchable) from the earliest days to the present day is "The Times" (and also the official government paper of record 'The London Gazette', but that is not a NEWSpaper!!). Most other newspapers only have online archives that begin in 1998 or later.

You need to find out if your local Library subscribes to 'Newsbank' or 'The Times Digital Archive'. Not all of them do, but when you find one, you sign up to their services accordingly - it's not necessary to actually live in the area concerned or even in the UK (Bedfordshire County Libraries and Manchester County Libraries are two that I have both used for this service). Signing up is free, but in the case of Manchester, you do need to wait a few days for a membership card and password to be sent in the post. You can then access the available newspaper archives from the comfort of your PC.

Most large libraries keep copies of their local newspaper (as well as "The Times") on microfilm in their reference library or local studies unit which will usually go back into the latter half of the 1800s right up to the present day. Most also have a self-service reader-printer machine with which to take copies (usually 50p ea.).

Answer 3

GIMP 2 is a great free photo editing program. It will resize an image pretty well but it may be a bit more complicated than you need when good old microsoft paint will resize an image lol.

Answer 4

I don't know about free, but, I always use google when looking for something.