Newspaper found in church hall

The A4 photocopied version of the broadsheet paper was found at All Saints Church Hall in Harworth by Guardian reader and church warden Les Batty.

Mr Batty, who lives in Harworth, said: “We found it when we were having a clear-out. It must have been there at least 26 years.”

The paper cost one penny and, in the tradition of the day, had a front page full of adverts.

The main one was announcing new spring and Easter goods at Heane Bros, on Bridge Street, Worksop.

These included millinery, flowers, feathers, straws and ribbons, along with jackets, capes and mantles.

A smaller advert declared that new boots and shoes in black, tan and Russia leather were new in at J W Bradley’s, on Bridge Street.

Page two featured a work of fiction written specially for the Guardian by author Thomas Henry Hayfield called Sherwood Forest Romances.

Next to that were reports from Worksop Urban District Council and Worksop Magistrates Court.

Page five featured a photo of a painting of the fifth Duke of Portland, above a report about the late duke’s life and eccentricities.

The back page was filled with ‘sports and pastimes’.