Ursula Radford was given an exercise book full of cuttings from Western newspapers from 1886 to 1904. There was a faint imprint of some writing on one of the pages at the back which, when scanned in and digitally processed, revealed to writer to be one Beatie Neill. All that can be found out about her is that her address was Belstone Mine, Nr Okehampton, Devonshire, England, British Iles, Europe, Hemisphere, World, she was a reasonably young girl and she was a relative of a Captain J. Neill of "Belstone Mine, Sticklepath"

Over the next few months, I will be reproducing some of these cuttings and would be very grateful for feedback from anyone who can shed more light on Beatie or her family.