Sussex Daily News

Sussex Daily News

The Sussex Daily News was first published in 1870 as a daily newspaper and ran until March 1956. During the First World War, it published every day of the week except for Sundays. We have digitised significant numbers of this newspaper covering the period January 1914 to December 1918.

These newspapers are historical documents and, as a result of being 100 years old, are faded in places. Additionally some of the original images on the microreels we used to digitise the Sussex Daily News were not of great quality and others had periods of time missing or were unsuitable for digitisation. As a result some days and months of the newspaper will not be available online and, in places, the quality of the images may vary because of the quality of the originals. These gaps are generally the result of particular microreels being unsuitable for digitisation. All microreels can, however, still be viewed in their original form at The Keep.

Because of the varying quality of the original sources of the Sussex Daily News and the digitisation process, you will find that a number of the editions we have digitised are not fully legible. However, we have chosen to include them online for the following reasons:

1) to highlight that this edition of the newspaper does exist, and is not simply missing as some others are;
2) often where the full articles are not legible, the headlines for each story are. With this in mind, we believe it is useful to be able to see what was headline news in each edition; and
3) with the knowledge that the edition exists and the details of each headline, it is then possible to view the particular edition on microreel at The Keep.

Despite these considerations we understand that it can be frustrating to discover an edition to be unreadable because of its quality. We also believe that by making these newspapers available online, regardless of their total quality, we can increase the access to, and awareness of, them as a resource.

Additionally, because they are such a precious resource, we believe you will greatly appreciate being able to examine these original newspapers with all their historical weight and age.

Guidelines for viewing the newspapers

Clicking on any of the links below will open up that edition of the newspaper in a new window. Depending on the speed of your computer and your internet connection, it may take a short time for the newspaper to fully load.

Recommendations for viewing the newspapers online

Make sure you are using an up-to-date Internet Browser (such as Google Chrome or Internet Explorer 11);
To speed up the process, do not use the ‘full screen version’ option on the viewing player until the newspaper has fully downloaded. You can still zoom in with the smaller window to view the newspaper at a far larger font size than it ever appeared in print;
mobile devices and tablets are unlikely to be able to access these newspapers so use a computer if possible;
We are aware that some Mac users may also experience difficulties accessing the newspapers at this time;
If you are having difficulty viewing a newspaper you can use the download button in the top right hand corner of the viewing software. This will allow you to download the newspaper as a PDF directly to your computer and view it there.

If you are having any difficulties when opening these newspapers, please contact us to let us know. We are more than happy to email you selected newspaper editions for you to view on your home computer. We will continue working on the software and the newspapers themselves to ensure that everyone will get the chance to view this new resource.

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