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The Wipers Times Exposé: Jack Johnson, the Private Who Discovered the Press

Jul 31, 2026 · 9 min read · Sherwood Foresters Wipers Times Contributors Ypres Ypres Ramparts Wipers Times Staff Jack Johnson Boxing Private Jack Johnson Printing Press Buxton Talbot House Reverend Meyer Charles Brown National Free Church Council Winston Churchill Baden-Powell Home Office Race Imperialism Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton Eye-Witness Official Press Bureau Soldier Slang Soldier Humour BBC Chris Rainbow Buxton Advertiser George Critchlow Ernest Goodwin Compositor Chapel-En-Le-Frifth Field Punishment No 2 ·
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In 2025, Talbot House obtained the original proof copies of the Wipers, which were once owned by Frederick Roberts. At the time of writing, they have been republishing the issues and sending them out via subscription on the original dates they were published. I was privileged and honoured to be asked to write the …

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The Wipers Times Exposé: The Actor, Avesnes, and the Forgotten Evening Edition of the Wipers Times

Oct 15, 2023 · 22 min read · Sherwood Foresters Avesnes-Lez-Aubert Sommerset Light Infantry The Wipers Times Trench Journals The Wipers Times The Better Times The Avesnes Advertiser Wipers Staff Cassell's Magazine J.O. Twiss Fred Roberts Josiah Oliver Twiss Barrow-in-Furness London Theatre Bandmann Circuit Bandmann Comedy Company Violet Blyth Pratt Heritage Play Jessie Belmore Belmore Theatre Family Eugenics Education Society Worm's Eye View Winston Churchill Alfred Balfour Actor Galatic Central 1918 Shell Scandal Lost Generation ·
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In my last piece, about the Printer and the Presses , I mentioned that I had come across a signpost in the second to last issue of the Wipers,now named the Better Times, in relation to the printing of the final two issues. This was the signpost: Our new paper is born in very different circumstances to the old Wipers …

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