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Humorous And Interesting Newspaper Stories about Birmingham

Pedrocut said:
I had not heard of this before from the Birmingham Post of July 1945, Empire State hit by bomber...
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Is this an early instance of 'fake news'? The picture looks as if it dates from before the building was finished as it doesn't have the tower on top. The US papers of the time say that the fire was put out in 40 minutes. Incidently the pilot came from Birmingham... the other one! Fourteen people died, most of them on the ground.

The construction of the World Trade Center was completely different to that of the Empire State Building, the former essentially had a steel outer shell that allowed for open-plan floors while the later is built upon an open steel girder framework.
 
Spargone said:
Is this an early instance of 'fake news'? The picture looks as if it dates from before the building was finished as it doesn't have the tower on top. The US papers of the time say that the fire was put out in 40 minutes. Incidently the pilot came from Birmingham... the other one! Fourteen people died, most of them on the ground.

The construction of the World Trade Center was completely different to that of the Empire State Building, the former essentially had a steel outer shell that allowed for open-plan floors while the later is built upon an open steel girder framework.
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It may be that the Post have used any picture they find available, or from an agency?
 
Quoted January 1878 in the Colonies and India publication...

"The Birmingham Post understands that large orders have been given out at Birmingham by the War Department for mess tins. As many as 30,000 have been, it is stated, ordered from a single house.”
 
On the 7th September 1859 the Wolverhampton Chronicle reported the extraordinary electricity in the atmosphere, the brilliance of the Aurora Borealis, and the failure of telegraph wires.

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Science Illustrated November 2020..

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In May 1978 West Bromwich Albion represented England as the first side to go to China since the revolution.

In his book "The Book of Trespass" Nick Hayes reports that the climax of the diplomatic tour was a visit to the Great Wall. In the televised interview John Trewick of the Albion was asked his opinion of the Wall. He replied, “When you’ve seen one wall you’ve seen em all.”

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