British Newspaper Archive lowers monthly subscription fee

The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) recently had a promotion whereby a month's access could be gained for just £10. The site has now announced that a monthly subscription will remain fixed for the foreseeable future at a cost of £9.95, a saving from the previous £29.95 for 30 days access.

Recent additions in the last 30 days:

• Aberdeen Evening Express 1951 - 1954
• Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 1801 - 1819
• Birmingham Daily Mail, The 1881 - 1883, 1887, 1890 - 1891, 1896, 1901, 1904 - 1906, 1914 - 1916
• Birmingham Daily Post 1914 - 1917
• Birmingham Gazette 1914 - 1918
• Bradford Observer 1867
• Cambridge Independent Press 1917
• Cheltenham Chronicle 1886, 1893, 1898 - 1900
• Dublin Evening Mail 1831, 1840, 1842
• Durham County Advertiser, The 1844
• Evening Despatch 1914 - 1918
• Evening Telegraph 1879 - 1880, 1882, 1886, 1892
• Gloucester Citizen 1911 - 1912
• Hartlepool Mail 1881
• Kendal Mercury 1870
• Lancashire Evening Post, The 1887 - 1902
• Liverpool Daily Post 1875 - 1876, 1881 - 1882, 1887, 1915 - 1918
• Newcastle Journal 1893, 1917
• Nottingham Evening Post 1907 - 1909, 1911, 1915, 1920, 1945 - 1950
• Oxford Times, The 1863 - 1870
• Sheffield Evening Telegraph 1915 - 1916, 1918
• Shetland Times, The 1885
• Shields Daily Gazette 1874
• Stamford Mercury 1846, 1930
• Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 1937
• Sussex Agricultural Express, The 1891, 1893, 1920, 1931, 1935, 1945
• Western Gazette 1865, 1911
• Yorkshire Evening Post 1915, 1929 - 1930, 1937, 1952
• Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, The 1923, 1925

UPDATE: The old monthly subscription was subject to a maximum of 600 page views per 30 days. The new package is being advertised as 'unlimited'. However, the small print states that unlimited is actually "Subject to our standard fair usage policy of 3,000 pages per month. For more information, please read our Terms & Conditions". Nevertheless, that's five times the access previously available, at a third of the cost. (With thanks to Amy Sell)

Chris

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