A project to centralise more than 100m newspaper pictures in a single archive has spawned a series of eight regional nostalgia magazines.

Earlier this year, Trinity Mirror announced it was creating a single archive of all its regional and national press photographs in Watford,

Hundreds of lost pictorial treasures have since been unearthed and the project has now resulted in a commercial spin-off, with the publication of eight regional ‘Frame by Frame’ magazines capturing the history of their respective towns and cities.

The collection covers Birmingham, Coventry, Huddersfield, Manchester, Newcastle, North Wales, South Wales and Teesside and offers a snapshot of the modern history of Britain’s towns and regions through the eye of a lens.

Each magazine contains more than 150 images of ordinary people at work and play, from steam railways in North Wales, to Birmingham’s massive manufacturing industries.

Trinity Mirror says more magazines and a series of digital editions are planned for release by the end of the year.

Ken Rogers, managing director, Trinity Mirror Sport Media, said: “We’re delighted to bring to life the treasure trove that is Trinity Mirror’s photographic archives for the benefit of our readers.

“We fully understand the value of our combined library resources that capture the history of Britain in words, pictures and headlines going back over 150 years.

“We have been utilising the strengths of our archives more than any other newspaper group, and will continue to do so throughout this year as we roll out the remaining magazines in print and digital form.”

The magazines are available – RRP £4.99 – in WH Smiths, local newsagents and on the Mirror Collection website: www.mirrorcollection.co.uk.