Death by Lightning
I always remember as a child my parents would insist on having both the front and back doors open during a thunderstorm just in case a lightning bolt came down the chimney. I am not sure how common the...
View ArticleCold Case: The Huddersfield Tub Murder
The young woman knelt head first in a sunken water tub, her black skirt ripped from top to bottom and strewn on the ground next to her. Coins and her hat lay nearby, along with a discarded Woodbine...
View ArticleForever England, Forever Yorkshire. One Small CWGC Cemetery in Belgium
To paraphrase Rupert Brooke’s immortal words, “there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever” …….. the Colne Valley. Or more precisely Colne Valley Cemetery. I stumbled upon this small...
View ArticleThe Rohilla Privileged Will Dispute
What may seem a straightforward document can be far more contentious than first appearances suggest. This proved the case with the will of a man who perished in the wreck of the Hospital Ship Rohilla...
View ArticleThe Confessions of a Blogger: Review of 2018
I’ll start with an admission: My 2018 blogging year was not as prolific as usual. In fact it was nowhere near the efforts of previous years. But I’m far from downhearted. In fact I’ve thoroughly...
View ArticleSurvived, Died and Newly Identified: Local Links to the Lusitania Sinking
On the afternoon of Friday 7 May 1915, the Cunard liner the Lusitania was on the final leg of her crossing from New York to Liverpool. The morning fog had lifted, and it was now a fine, clear, calm...
View ArticleLusitania Talk – 10 May 2022
A heads up that I will be giving a talk via Zoom at 7.30 p.m. on 10 May 2022 about the Lusitania sinking of 7 May 1915. Huddersfield and District Family History Society are hosting the talk and more...
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