Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Premature Burial- A justifiable Victorian fear

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I walked through Rushton Spencer churchyard with a local group and came across the tombstone of Thomas Meaykin buried on 16 th July 17...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Foxe Book of Martyrs and a local villain

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It must have been a troubling time to be a church goer in England in the mid 16 th century as the country went on a roller coaster...
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Wednesday, 3 July 2013

For Independence Day- a Reepsmoor born Oregon Pioneer of 1848

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The Staffordshire Advertiser of April 1851 carried a letter sent to Robert Ball from his brother Isaac which detailed a harrowing acco...
Thursday, 27 June 2013

Cross dressing at Biddulph Moor- a 19th century "singularity"

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The following “singular” case appeared in the Morning Post in the autumn of 1848 concerning a Biddulph Moor woman. On the 16 th Sept...
Wednesday, 26 June 2013

The early aeronauts- an experience with a balloon in Cheadle 1784

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A new phenomenon was seen above the skies of Britain in the 1780s. One summer day in 1785 the celebrated naturalist and writer Gilb...
Sunday, 23 June 2013

He should have a long spoon who sups with the devil

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1386 CHAUCER Therefore bilhoueth hire a full long spoon that shall eat with a feend. 1539 TAVENER He  neede to haue a longe spoone that...

Hell is broke loose

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1577 Misogonus I thinke all hell broke loose when thou gatest this poste. 1593 GREENE Friar Bacon Hell's broke loose: your Head spe...