If it happened, it was in the news.
South Wales Daily Post – Wednesday 01 January 1930 front 69 CHILDREN PERISH IN PAISLEY CINEMA PANIC INFANTS CRUSHED TO DEATH IN STAMPEDE OF TERROR Cry of “Fire” Causes Wild Rush For Picture Hall Doors CHILDREN’S LEAP FROM BALCONY Worst Disaster in History of British Cinema Industry PAISLEY, the Scottish cotton town where yesterday occurred […]
Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette – Tuesday, 26 August 1913 THE INQUEST. The inquest was held at Winscott Farm, the home of the deceased, yesterday (Monday) afternoon, by the Deputy Coroner for the Aylesbury district (Mr. Stanley E. Wilkins). Mr. W. F. Herbert was foreman of the jury. Evidence of identification was given by […]
Liverpool Weekly Courier – Saturday 21 September 1872 HORSE THEFT BY A BOY. On Tuesday, at the Halifax Borough Court, a boy, nine years old, named Andrew M’Intyre, was charged with stealing a horse and cart belonging to Robert Womersley, farmer, of Lighthcliffe. Womersley was in Halifax on Saturday, and he left the horse and […]
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette – Tuesday 06 September 1887 DESTRUCTION OF THE EXETER THEATRE ENORMOUS LOSS OF LIFE THE DEAD LAID OUT IN ROWS AGONISING SCENES Last night, Exeter’s new Theatre Royal was destroyed by fire. Like its immediate predecessor, it succumbed to flames, but the circumstances of this destruction were far more tragic than […]
Weekly Dispatch (London) – Sunday 31 May 1868 MINOR OCCURRENCES. An Australian paper states that one effect of the outrage on the Duke of Edinburgh is the rapid increase of Orange lodges in the Australian colonies. Mr. Charles S. A. Abbott, of the Foreign Office, has been appointed secretary to the Commission on the Laws […]
The Lincolnshire Echo – Saturday 26 September 1931 LINCOLN YOUTHS SUSPECTED OF HOUSEBREAKING TWO IMPORTANT ARRESTS — Says Chief Constable SEQUEL TO APPARENTLY TRIFLING INFORMATION POLICE SUSPICIONS FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE TAKEN When two Lincoln youths appeared at the City Police Court this morning, the Chief Constable, Mr. W. S. Hughes, described the arrests […]
Sidmouth Journal and Directory – Wednesday 01 June 1870 THE LOCAL BOARD. The monthly meeting of the Board, the last prior to the election of new members, was held on Thursday, May 5th; present—W. Till, Esq. (Chairman), Mr. Beavis, Mr. Brake, Mr. Chessall, Major Hicks, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Potbury; Mr. Hooke, Surveyor; and Mr. […]
Chester Chronicle – Saturday 30 January 1869 BROXTON PETTY SESSIONS. Thursday, Jan. 26. — Before J. H. Leeche, Esq. (chairman), Robt. Howard, Esq., Robt. Barbour, Esq., Major Barnston, and Captain R. H. Currie. Alleged Trespass. — Joseph Taylor, of Marbury, was summoned by Mr. Philip Faulkner, of Bradley, for trespassing in pursuit of game on […]
South Western Star – Friday 11 May 1923 “THAT’S ROBBERY—HIGHWAY ROBBERY.” Two Battersea boys, Percy Newcombe (11), 98 Livingstone-road, and John Johnson (9), 91 Livingstone-road, were charged on remand with stealing a £1 note belonging to Mrs. Taylor, of Peter’s-place, Battersea, from her son. Last week Detective Bond stated that Johnson told him that Newcombe […]
Cheltenham Chronicle – Thursday 07 April 1836 Robberies on tracks and roads were commonplace as we well know. Indeed after dusk the highways were places to avoid where possible. Newspapers were full of stories of highway robberies and many generations later films and television dramas immortalised these violent criminals to almost heroic proportions. In 1836 […]
Sometimes this researcher accidentally comes across an old British news article that’s really from another world. Illustrated Police News – Saturday 31 October 1896 was reporting the dreadful scene on a London omnibus whereby a lady fell into shock at the sight of the knees of a collection of boys who had just been playing […]
