Have a look at the British Library:CharlesHyde wrote:Robert it is the sign of the times here in the US we are in the same situation. All the libraries here have sold off there books. Anything older than 1980 is gone makes it extremely hard to research anything. Books are sold off to raise funds for some "Politically Correct " cause. Oh well the decline of the west.Robert303 wrote:Interesting research. Please remember that the NRA museum is staffed by volunteers and it's the peak holiday season here. Unfortunately all the big newspapers ditched their libraries and so the ability to look up cuttings is gone. Cutbacks to the public library service have and are taking a toll on the material available for research. Should you know where abouts in Surrey Mr Hyde lived you might get lucky by finding if there is any current local 'Newspaper' for that area and encouraging them to help you by publishing your request for info on Mr Hyde and any local 'Olympic' coverage. Unfortunately Mr Hyde was a shooter so in todays UK we cannot ask schools to help. If he'd been a ballroom dancer you could probably have signed up every local school on a research project for their history GSCEs!
Hyde lived in Salisbury Wiltshire on Old Castle Road at "Malvern House" the house has been torn down and the Estate has been sold. The acreage has been converted to a rugby field. I have contacted rifle clubs and dealers in the area to no avail. My quest marches on it is my hope that someone has copies from the NRA Journal circa 1945-1955 that might have the information although I am not hopeful...Thanks again.
http://www.bl.uk/
They have copies of every newspaper for the last century (held in a lovely low oxygen warehouse in Boston Spa - I used to work there) you may just find what you're looking for. They cover periodicals also, good luck.
Nick
