Life 100 years ago
What if Twitter had been invented 100 years ago?
History from the perspective of New Zealanders who experienced it. Daily quotes from diaries, letters, newspapers... shared in 'real-time' exactly 100 years later.
Fred Welch's diary
25 June 1919
Mr McGregor arrived from Wanganui to inspect property & we had a long talk in regard to same. #WW100. https://t.co/7FBx0CCimu via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
25 June 1919
SINKINGS AT KIEL - French comments - Ashburton Guardian, 25 June 1919 https://t.co/zgO8oy8eBZ #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
24 June 1919
Arrived Pahiatua & booked accommodation at the Trocadero, the hotels being full up. #WW100. https://t.co/avMVCnMBuh via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
24 June 1919
BURGLARY IN VOGUE - Another instance reported - Northern Advocate, 24 June 1919 https://t.co/tjf8XnYDaT #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
23 June 1919
McGregor rang up from Wanganui to say he could not get down until Thursday. #WW100. https://t.co/Ew9GnamdKQ via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
23 June 1919
ESCAPED PRISONER RECAPTURED - Lyttelton Times, 23 June 1919 https://t.co/4CGfi70NiS #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
23 June 1919
A would-be Bolshevist Napoleon: Trotsky, the creator of the Red Amy, reviewing troops at Moscow. #WW100… https://t.co/5KSKl7trlD via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
22 June 1919
Wild windy day with showers from the West & hailstone occasionally. #WW100. https://t.co/HNMyTMgJtM via @FPWelchdiaries
Auckland Weekly News
22 June 1919
Present-day transit in Auckland: modern electric tram-cars running along Queen Street. #WW100… https://t.co/Zx4m65Dn8v via @AkWeeklyNews
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