WE all know The Star is well worth reading - but did you know it was worth keeping ... for more than 150 years!
Star readers across South Yorkshire have been searching their lofts and looking under floorboards to find old copies of your favourite local newspaper.
They were spurred on in their hunt after we published details of DIY enthusiast Donna Whittington who unearthed a copy of the paper from 1957 while rewiring her Firth Park Home.
Eager to rise to the challenge of finding a more ancient edition, scores of readers got in touch to say they had uncovered older ones.And some of the copies go so far back, that The Star itself didn't even exist.
Eagle-eyed electrician John Morse found copies of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph dated 1905 and, even more astonishingly, he unearthed a copy of the Sheffield Iris - one of the predecessors of The Star - from 1855.
"I'm an electrician and have found many old papers while working on rewiring," said John, who lives in Greystones.
"The Iris was underneath the rafters in a loft and the Telegraphs were underneath some floor boards."
Loyal readers rooted through belongings to find an edition of The Star from November 20, 1947 - the day Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip married.
Jo Bishop found her 1947 wedding edition while sorting through some royal memorabilia at her Parson Cross home.
While in Dinnington, former pony driver Harry Quinton found a copy of The Star from the day after the royal wedding.
"The 1947 paper turned up at the bottom of Dinnington quarry when I was working as a pony driver there in the 1950s," said Harry, aged 68.
"A friend of mine found another paper, dated February 1952, while carrying out some restoration work in the 1960s."
In Waterthorpe, John Bowns scoured his attic to uncover a copy of the paper from 1941 and a further 10 copies - in date order - from 1953.
He said: "The papers have been in my attic for years but I have never got round to sorting them out - it's hard to find the time.
"I would never have thought to look for them had I not read the article in The Star about the lady from Firth Park who found the 1957 edition.
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