Bargain Brides Domestic 0 9 min readBefore online dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, how did our lonely ancestors find love? They placed advertisements in Matrimonial...
Extraordinary Rape at the Stepney Toll House Crimes 1 10 min readOn the evening of 27 July 1827, 23-year-old Susannah Poole left her sister’s house at 3 Caroline Street near Commercial...
Pedlars Tinkers and Hawkers Occupations 1 11 min readFrom the feather man who went from town to town, cleaning bedding made of feathers, to the cat-meat men who...
The Mysterious Christmas Card from the Isle of Wight People 0 23 min readTucked away in Tyler Jacques’ family memorabilia was a yellowed Christmas card from the Isle of Wight dated 1932. The...
Death in the Time of Cholera Medicine 13 18 min readSymptoms of Cholera:Â thirst, sunken features, blueness in the extremities, and rice watered stools. What is generally considered the first cholera...
Wanted in Waterford Crimes 0 25 min readThe O’Hare family lived in Waterford City, a town built on the bank of the Suir River, in the south-east...
Murderer Weds Victim’s Daughter Crimes 1 6 min readOn the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1895, in a jealous rage, William Royce shot his former lover, Nellie Patton,...
The Past and the Present Advances 4 9 min readWhat is perhaps the biggest challenge for social historians is to wrap our heads around the continuum of time: around...
An Imaginary Conversation with my Great-Great-Grandfather People 1 7 min readHaving recently discovered the secret to mind-travelling back through time, I’ve journeyed to Sheffield to have an imaginary conversation with my great-great-grandfather....
Breach of Promise People 0 11 min readA Cork Breach of Promise case. At the Cork Assizes on Thursday, the following breach of promise case was commenced...
