A Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire

by Roger Long
A Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire
Author: Roger Long
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0750954175
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A Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire is a day-by-day catalogue of ghastly tales dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of torment and torture, heinous homicides and cataclysms of nature, these pages contain multiple murders, horrendous hauntings and audacious thefts. Have you heard the story of the pub landlord who attempted to end it all by leaping down his own well? All he achieved was a broken ankle. Also featured here are the Watchfield farmer who tried to turn his wife into cooking fat, the family who charged people to view their relative's decapitated body, and the violent poltergeist activity that took place at the old forge at Finchampstead and made national news headlines in 1926. This compilation of grim deeds contains a veritable plethora of poisonings, assaults, drownings, kidnappings, suicides and disasters. If you have ever wondered about what nasty goings-on occurred in the Berkshire of yesteryear, then look no further – it's all here. But do you have the stomach for it?

A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire

by Nicola Sly
A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire
Author: Nicola Sly
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0752489348
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A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from the county’s past.There are murders and manslaughters, including the killing by Mrs Barber of her entire family in 1909 while temporarily insane, and the brutal murder of four-year-old Edward Busby in 1871, killed by his mother to prevent his father ill-treating him. There are bizarre deaths, including those of four-year-old Charles Taylor, who was accidentally kicked clean through a top storey window in 1844 by a child playing on a swing, George Sheppard, who was struck by a cricket ball during a match in 1905, and of the vicar of Bucknell, who starved himself to death in 1935.There is an assortment of calamities which include strange and unusual crimes, devastating fires, rail crashes, explosions, disasters, mysteries, freak weather and a plethora of uncanny accidents.Generously illustrated, this chronicle is an entertaining and readable record of Oxfordshire’s grim past. Delve into the dreadful deeds of Oxford’s past, if you dare...

A Grim Almanac of Jack the Ripper's London 1870-1900

by Neil R Storey
A Grim Almanac of Jack the Ripper's London 1870-1900
Author: Neil R Storey
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2007-08-24
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0752496263
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Jostling for position in this cornucopia of the criminal and the curious are diverse tales of baby farmers, garrotters, murderers, poisoners, prostitutes, pimps, rioters and rebels. Other tales tell of those who walked the poverty-stricken streets of 'the abyss', trying to earn a few honest coppers by the most unusual and desperate occupations, from tater man to tosher. This colourful cast of characters is accompanied by accounts of prisons and punishments, as well as a liberal smattering of funerals, executions, disasters and bizarre events. If it's horrible, if it's ghastly, if it's strange, its here - and if you have the stomach for it, then read on.

The Almanac of British Politics

by Robert Waller
The Almanac of British Politics
Author: Robert Waller
Publisher: London ; New York : Croom Helm
Total Pages: 642
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN:
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This new edition of the definitive guide to the political map of the United Kingdom has been thoroughly revised and updated since the second successive Labour election victory in 2001, detailing each of the constituencies sending representatives to the House of Commons.

Life in a Victorian Workhouse

by Alan Gallop
Life in a Victorian Workhouse
Author: Alan Gallop
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2012-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0752486977
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What was it like in a Victorian Workhouse? Was the food really as bad as we imagine? Take a step back in time with Alan Gallop and ask yourself if you could have survived in such harsh conditions.

Voices from the Workhouse

by Peter Higginbotham
Voices from the Workhouse
Author: Peter Higginbotham
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 075247717X
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Voices from the Workhouse tells the real inside story of the workhouse - in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand, either as inmates or through some other connection with the institution. Using a wide variety of sources — letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official reports, testimony at official inquiries, and oral history, Peter Higginbotham creates a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse — all the sights, sounds and smells of the place, and the effect it had on those whose lives it touched. Was the workhouse the cruel and inhospitable place as which it's often presented, or was there more to it than that? This book lets those who knew the place provide the answer.

London Folk Tales for Children

by Anne Johnson
London Folk Tales for Children
Author: Anne Johnson
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2019-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0750990961
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There is everyday magic in the tales of London. Some stories are swirling in the waters of the Thames; some are hidden in the old stones that lie beneath our modern pavements. In London Folk Tales for Children Anne and Sef have gathered stories from the words and memories of Londoners past and present. They tell of the mighty river, the streets, and the hills of London. You'll find stories of babies that turn into flowers, of tower ravens and a two-headed bird, and a child who has to travel across the world all alone. You'll also meet the people of this welcoming city: ever since the Romans, people have come here from all over the world to become Londoners. They've brought delicious foods, new music and hundreds of languages, but, most of all, great stories – London stories.