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Peter Snow brings to life stories from historic newspapers. Last in the series. 6: The Penny Illustrated Paper, May 22nd, 1869.
Thumbing the pages of this early illustrated newspaper, Peter Snow discovers the international craze for
Boneshakers - bicycles, but not as we know them. Why did the Boneshaker bubble burst? There are trips to Dublin for a tour of Daniel O'Connell 's
Glasnevin cemetery- last resting place for a host of famous names - and to the site that saw the 1869 Scottish gold rush. Producer Andrew Green

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Peter Snow
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Daniel O'Connell
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