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Woman who owns every issue of weekly donates collection to paper

Angela MAguireA woman who owns every copy of her local weekly has donated her entire collection to the newspaper.

Angela Maguire has handed over her entire archive of Camden New Journal editions, which dates back to the paper’s launch in 1982.

Angela and her husband Danny Posner owned the famous Vintage Magazine Company, a firm with two shops selling all manner of newspapers, magazines, comics and periodicals.

Danny died aged 87 a year-and-a-half ago, and she has now decided to split up their collection.

Angela, pictured, told the New Journal: “Our company was really about cataloguing social history from the turn of the last century.

“Danny was absolutely fascinated by how daily life was captured in publications like the CNJ – and he saw the value in saving them in printed form.”

She added: “We moved into Arlington Road, Camden Town, in 1979, and I clearly remember when the CNJ first started coming through our door – I loved it.

“We all loved the Journal. We all wanted to know what was going on in our neighbourhood – it was always such a lovely, vibrant place and that is reflected in the newspaper. It shows what a really tight community we have.”

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  • April 30, 2020 at 9:23 am
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    What a great story. One of these that always annoyed me about local newspapers and their claims to be part of the community was how short-sighted these custodians of local history actually are. In the 70s to the present, companies through away or sold off their valuable archives – usually the most important thing about the papers. Much was dumped in skips and destroyed, no one had the vision then… and very few have the vision now, to see its longer term importance.

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  • April 30, 2020 at 11:58 am
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    Oh dear oh dear. This is the problem with writing while on the move and spell check… so many literals. The point stands. But obviously “threw”… my old chief sub would be turning in his grave, literally… or do I mean metaphorically… or metaphysically?

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