Vintage DCA Newsletters

[DCA]

More from the archives thanks to Mike Higgins and his scanner.


DCA Newsletters 94 and 93 from 1997 and 1996 are now available: https://thedca.org.uk/publications/newsletters


Angus Sawyer

[RobinGriffiths]

I wouldn't call anything prior to 1940 as vintage, however I do applaud the DCA, and other organisations which do the same, in making caving documents open to the public (or at least to cavers in general). I wish all caving organisations would do the same, instead of having them behind a Login.

[Fishes]

I wouldn't call anything prior to 1940 as vintage

What about a nice bottle of port?

[langcliffe]

I wouldn't call anything prior to 1940 as vintage

In the antiques trade, 'vintage' is a description given to items between 50 and 100 years old. But we're talking DCA Newsletters here, and it seems fair enough to refer to 20-year-old newsletters as vintage. They have reached the venerable state of being historical documents, and it's fantastic to see them being made available online. Well done, guys.

[mch]

The earliest DCA newsletters date back to the 1960s, so when those come to be scanned and placed online they really will fit the definition of "vintage"!

[Mrs Trellis]

Do you have a scanner that can read sepia?

[aardgoose]

We do, but it only takes 80 column punch cards EBDIC encoding

[tdobson]

Thanks Mike, Angus and team!