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Dark History of Birmingham
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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Birmingham is England’s second-largest city and it was the Industrial Revolution that kick-started its growth. The city grew rapidly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as the area became home to a host of factories and workshops. Working conditions were hard and the population crowded in …
Dark History of Coventry
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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Coventry has been a major city in England since the Middle Ages. As the city grew, deprivation, crime and its punishment were ever present alongside prosperity. The increasing population attracted by Coventry’s successful industries – ribbon weaving and clock making, then later bicycle and motor …
Dark History of Barrow-in-Furness
Av Gill Jepson
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
Kommande
As Barrow was a ‘new’ town which developed very abruptly in the nineteenth century, living conditions were extremely primitive. Sanitation was non-existent, housing piecemeal and temporary, and public services absent. It was essentially a frontier town and with that came poverty, crime and disease. …
Dark History of Jarrow
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
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The dark and murky history of Jarrow still haunts the streets of a town once dubbed the ‘Wild West of the North East’. The Victorian and Edwardian eras were a time of notoriety, with townsfolk revelling, quarrelling and committing crimes. The local police force, a constant and vigilant presence, …
Dark History of York
Av Stephen Wade
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
Kommande
Founded as a garrison town by the Romans, taken over by the Anglo-Saxons then captured by the Vikings, York’s early history was a mixture of turbulence and prosperity. Local uprisings against Norman invaders led to the building of York Castle but during the Middle Ages the city become a wealthy …
Dark History of Aberdeen
Häftad, 2027
183 kr
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Aberdeen has been an important city in Scotland since the Middle Ages, with its university founded in 1495. Traditional industries including fishing were supplanted more recently by oil production and new energy and technological businesses. Alongside Aberdeen’s growth and prosperity is a darker …
Dark History of Cardiff
Av Mark Rees
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
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Cardiff’s history isn’t all modern development and gleaming waterfronts. Beneath its bustling streets lies a darker past, filled with tales of crime, punishment, superstition, and suffering. A Dark History Cardiff uncovers the city’s more sinister side, from the horrors of Victorian workhouses to …
Dark History of Liverpool
Av Ken Pye
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
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Alongside Liverpool’s rise to becoming one of the most important seaports in Britain and one of its most populous and wealthy cities, runs a thread of darker history. Through the centuries poverty and disease were familiar to many, crimes were dealt with harshly and the slave trade played a …
Dark History of North Staffordshire
Häftad, 2027
183 kr
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North Staffordshire was transformed by the growing industrialisation of the towns in the Potteries but the area also includes the historic town of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the moorland and Peak District towns and villages. Through the centuries the history of North Staffordshire has had its darker …
