Chess Cuttings

[Neil Graham]

I have been forced to have my study/spare bedroom decorated. Boxes of chess related stuff plus compact discs, maps etc. etc. have been moved elsewhere and I am now in the process of moving everything back and throwing things away. I'll be putting unused bulletins/books for sale in due course.

However I have found a folder (not mine) with a selection of chess newspaper cuttings from 1971 from Leonard Barden's Guardian columns - these include Fischer's progress through the Candidates matches amongst other reports.

Of possibly equal interest are the reports/ads on the rear of the cuttings - fancy dinner, bed & breakfast at a fashionable London hotel with a theatre ticket thrown in - yours for a mere £12/10/0 per person. Like to be a Social Worker - salary starting at £1,348.00 per annum? Revel in the report of the 3-3 draw between Manchester City and Manchester United where the reporter was impressed with 17 year old newcomer Sammy McIlroy.

Anyone interested get in touch and I'll mail these to you.

[John Upham]

Would it be possible to decorate using the cuttings in a kind of collage style approach?