Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire by Geoffrey Howse

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire by Geoffrey Howse

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire by Geoffrey Howse

Geoffrey Howse explores the darker and sinister side of South Yorkshire's past in this diverse collection of crimes and foul deeds, taken from Victorian to modern times.Read about a shooting and 'mob rule' in Doncaster, sensational murder in Darfield, Mexborough, and Attercliffe; trade outrages in Sheffield and Rotherham, highway robbery at Wentworth, embezzlement in Barnsley and arson at Thorne.Unusual cases include a Doncaster elopement and robbery, burglaries by girls in Rotherham, the shocking killing of a police constable at Swinton and 'coal' riots and lawlessness in Wath-upon-Dearne and Hoyland. A dramatic event in Thurnscoe , a Wombwell stabbing affray and a variety of long forgotten tragedies and crimes are also explored in some detail.

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ISBN 13 9781845631031
ISBN 10 184563103X
Title Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire
Author Geoffrey Howse
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published 2010-05-20
Number of pages 196
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