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Rotherham Workhouse
This fascinating volume explores all aspects of life in that dread institution, the workhouse. From the staff who lived and worked here to the lunatics who were kept - sometimes unsuccessfully - in the medical wing, the babies and mothers whose lives began - and sometimes ended - in the maternity ward, and the tramps, families and destitute persons who passed through the doors every day, it reveals a side of Rotherham that has long since been forgotten. This book also contains something that will delight all family historians - an extensive list of workhouse inmates in Rotherham. With more than fifty illustrations, this book will amaze locals, residents and historians alike.
Rotherham Murders
Set in a social backdrop of recovery from two world wars, 'Rotherham Murders' concentrates on killings that took place in and around the town during the first 50 years of the 20th century. Most of the cases have not been written about in recent years, but are now investigated and told by a modern crime historian.
Sheffield Workhouse
The records of the Sheffield Workhouse were destroyed in the bombing of Sheffield during the Second World War. However, using archive material, newspaper reports, and the remaining Guardians' minutes from 1890, this book reveals the story of this feared local institution. Famously contentious, the Sheffield Board of Guardians often went against the wishes of the Local Government Board, and even of their own workhouse staff. Containing the full and fascinating histories of Sheffield's three workhouses (as well as the workhouse school and the attached farm), this book will captivate residents and visitors alike.
The Canklow Murder
On the 10 May 1880 a Rotherham man, John Henry Wood was executed at York for the murder of John Coe. The body, found at the side of a haystack on the Canklow Road was almost beaten to a pulp, and missing from his pockets was money and a silver watch. The victim had been on a drinking spree with Wood visiting many of the local public houses still in existence in Rotherham today, including The Stag, The Masons Arms, The Belvedere, The White Swan and The Mail Coach. The two men then ended up in a brothel on Wellgate run by a woman known as 'Big Liz'. When it became known that after the murder Wood had been seen in possession of the stolen silver watch he went on the run, and it was seven days before he was caught, tried and finally hanged. But was he the man who committed the murder?
Rotherham at War and Peace
Rotherham at war and peace
The Leeds Book of Days
Taking you through the year day by day, The Leeds Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events or facts from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of England as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Leed's archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Halifax
A collection of true-life crime tales that includes the case of a husband who boasted that he had played "Jack the Ripper" after slitting his wife's throat, and a mother who murdered her two children and a man who was bludgeoned to death in a newspaper office.
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You are So Old and Wise
_______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________'It's a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight' - Financial Times'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called "serious" novels are forgotten' - Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped' - Sunday Times_______________Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.
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Rotherham Then & Now
Rotherham is a town where new buildings are replacing ones which have been there for centuries. This delightful, full-colour collection of images celebrates the Rotherham of days gone by. Pairing rare images from the Rotherham archives with modern photographs, it reveals the enormous changes that the town has witnessed. Many of these images have not appeared in print before. They include such places as the cattle market, the public library and even images of some of the slums which have now been eradicated. Compiled by Rotherham’s own historian Margaret Drinkall, author of Rotherham Workhouse and Murder & Crime in Rotherham, this book serves as an evocative link to the past.
