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    ‘AN ARCHIVE REVEALED MY FAMILY’S MASSIVE CONNECTION TO THE TIMES’

    Jun 01, 2021 3 minutes

    DR SALLY STOCKBRIDGE lives in Sydney, Australia, and is a content-compliance manager for a TV company

    The growing popularity of newspapers and journals in the 19th century generated fresh opportunities in skilled labour. Ironworkers crafted the printers’ presses, while compositors assembled the printed text by arranging metal blocks containing typography.

    Dr Sally Stockbridge works in the media in Australia, and has been astonished to find links to that world way back in her tree.

    MY BRICK WALL

    I was born in Sydney,

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