Town clerk Mrs Ann Cooper holds a 1797 copy of The Times found during repair work to a council-owned office in Woodstock, England. – Vintage Photograph MP641479179

On April 23, 1992, repairmen unearth a 1797 copy of The Times during repair work to a council-owned office in Woodstock, England. Town clerk Mrs Ann Cooper shows off the newspaper, which contains a story on the death of the Scottish poet Robbie Burns. The fragile newspapers, which date back to the 1790s, were found under the floor of the old building and have been handed over to the town architect in charge of the project and are being kept safe in the council archives.On April 23, 1992, repairmen unearth a 1797 copy of The Times during repair work to a council-owned office in Woodstock, England. Town clerk Mrs Ann Cooper shows off the newspaper, which contains a story on the death of the Scottish poet Robbie Burns. The fragile newspapers, which date back to the 1790s, were found under the floor of the old building and have been handed over to the town architect in charge of the project and are being kept safe in the council archives.

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TAN The CONES APME, 54 107- Times. EPHIRE

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17 MAY 1986 17 MAY 1986 Town clerk Mrs Ann Cooper shows off a 1797 copy of The Times. Repairmen unearth sign of the Times project, Mr Erian Cable, and are being kept safe in the council archives. WOODSTOCK town councillors are hang- ing on to a little bit of history found under the floor of an old building. Three fragile and fading newspapers dating back to the 1790s were discovered during repair work to a council-owned office in Park Street. Love been handed over to the town hitect in charge of the One of the papers, a copy of The Times dated April 197 contains a story on the death of the Scottish poet Robbie Burns. Town clerk Mrs Ann Cooper said: “We don’t know how the papers came to be in the building but we are delighted to have them in our archives.” 23 APR 1992