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- Title
UNCLE TOBY'S LEGACY: CHILDREN'S COLUMNS IN THE PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER PRESS, 1873-1914.
- Authors
Milton, Frederick
- Abstract
The article discusses the evolution of the children's columns in the provincial newspapers in England in the nineteenth century. The first children's society began in 1876 as the Dicky Bird Society (DBS) children's club with 50,000 members founded by "Newscastle Weekly Chronicle" (NW) and by 1914 over 300,000 members were enrolled. NWC editor William Adams came up with a person of Uncle Toby in constructing a more affable relationship with the young readers. The contents of the column included letters from the members printed on newspapers. It concludes that the children's society represented a strong relationship between newspapers and their readers.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; NEWSPAPERS &; children; NEWSPAPER sections, columns, etc.; CHILDREN'S societies &; clubs; ENGLISH children's literature; CHILDREN'S literature; CHILDREN'S letter writing; NEWSPAPER reading; ADAMS, W. E. (William E.), 1832-1906
- Publication
International Journal of Regional & Local Studies, 2009, Vol 5, Issue 1, p104
- ISSN
1750-0478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/jrl.2009.5.1.104