On this day 80 years ago in the Yorkshire Evening Post 1940 - *apparently* British forces are doing well against the Germans in Norway and if you have a spotty child, simply give them fig laxative so that they can poo themselves clean. The British Newspaper Archive #historyteacher

The Yorkshire Evening Post 80 years ago: Nazis still getting a beating in Norway. Coco the Clown in dole queue and considering army career. Wife/gf a ‘poor-looking thing’? Then simply give her wine and it’ll soon sort her out The British Newspaper Archive #historyteacher #yorkshire #leeds #ww2

1940s news: Holland feels under siege. Queen has tea with no sugar. Ministry of Food declares cheese a body-building food. France taking things easy presumably because they’ve got everything in hand and the German army won’t ever get past the Maginot Line. Yorkshire Evening Post The British Newspaper Archive

1940s news: Man divorces wife for having dance class in Brid. Want to live to be 100? Don’t get constipated. Japanese man tours UK and USA but is checking out blackout and not planning any surprise attacks on any naval bases. Norway campaign still going well ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

1940s news on this day: Custard good for children. US diplomatic corp suffers blow to dignity when member cycles to work in Berlin wearing knickerbockers. Only 72% of men now smoking due to war. Chancellor releases budget ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩ ⁦⁦The Yorkshire Post⁩

Had a go after lunch at the Rossett Sport challenge. Lost the ball a couple of times and it will always be called the Maradona to me

On this day: Turns out Shakespeare was a Nazi. Constipated? Eat All Bran, in fact that is overwhelmingly the main reason why you should eat it. Read about progress of hospitalised relatives/friends in local paper. Germans have Oslo but RAF still bombing them. ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

1940s news: RAF pilots in original version of ‘The Hangover’, man steals 83 turnips for his rabbits, court doctor diagnoses boy who experiences weekly headaches as suffering from not wanting to go to church and Germans bomb innocent civilians - hopefully a one off The British Newspaper Archive

On this day 1940: Dead man goes for pint claiming he didn’t know he was supposed to be dead. Hitler livid that he didn’t get birthday greetings from Stalin. Naval officer surprises wife and gets his own surprise. Finally, large bird carries out London air ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

On this day: British facist leader on speaking tour during British war with fascists. US senator predicts allies to run out of money in 2yrs, luckily war won’t last that long. Women allowed to be nurses EVEN after they marry. Hitler makes Norway part of Reich ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

1940s on this day: Drunk fettler blames chancellor of exchequer. Men+women can swim together for 1st time. Got ugly, superfluous fat? Drink hot water says doc. Married women only allowed to be teachers in exceptional circumstances, WW2 not counted as this ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

On this day in 1940: Lady sues man for not marrying her + his parents for convincing him not to. Lots of electric cars for sale. Quality Street is a food that tastes nice and does you good. Finally, residents of Paris dive for air raid shelters due to ape ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

On this day in 1940: $1 million bounty offered for kidnap of Hitler. Unusually clever 11+13 year old thieves use talent to steal chocolates. Man calling himself ‘Bung-hole’ gets letter and pseudonym published. Finally, New Zealand have bought a national anthem ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

On this day: Ownership of dog decided in court by putting dog in the middle and calling for it. Lady told not to chop her son’s fingers off. Finally, Hitler uses oath to fuhrer to force dieting lady to eat cake, so says famous composer Wagner’s granddaughter ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

On this day: Land girls must be nearly as strong as horses says West Riding Farmer’s Union. Electric cars are the solution to petrol problem. Burmese girls play tug of war for six days to bring on rain. Finally, a heartwarming story of humanity in war ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

1940: Enjoy a good pint? Have a Mercer’s Meat Stout. Smoke Craven A to prevent sore throats. Bombing civilians a horror and tragedy, so says man who will oversee production of atomic bomb. Finally, forward-planning thief steals 2 bicycles in case 1 ‘went wrong’ ⁦The British Newspaper Archive⁩

Amazing heraldry efforts at open day today from our visitors. They’re clearly a great bunch!

GCSE results this year were the best they have been in recent history in our department by a long way. For the first time, Geography has (arguably) outperformed most subjects in the school. Some reflections on what might have made the difference with this cohort. THREAD:

Time to fire up the old Twitter account in preparation for our exciting tour with Zeitgeist Tours for Schools which sets off this Friday. You can follow it all here. We can’t wait! #historyteacher #ProudToBeRossett #ww1