RRP: £8.95

 by Patrick Robertshaw

The Story of The Hackett Case (Halifax 1953)

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: ALD Print (1 Sep 2005)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 1901587541
• ISBN-13: 978-1901587548
• Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 16.8 x 1.4 cm

 RRP: £2.95

  by Peter Machan

Born into proverty in Victorian Sheffield, Charlie Peace grew up to be very intelligent, ingenious and resourceful and also a talented musician and performer. However, there was a darker side to him and he used his many talents throughout his career as thief, con-man, master of disguise, escapologist and even cold blooded murderer. By Peter Machan.

Suitable from age 10.

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 The third of our books by former High Court Judge, David Bentley, includes a section on Judges Behaving badley, tales from The Gallows and more. 163 printed pages

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 by David Bentley

Between 1750 and 1864, twenty-seven men and one woman were publicly evet York, and one man hanged at Leeds for crimes committed in Sheffield. They were not all killers.

In the eighteenth century nearly two-hundred crimes were punishable with death, and the crimes for which The Sheffield Hanged were executed included arson, theft, robbery, rape bestiality and, of course murder. They have no graves and, with the exception perhaps of Spence Broughton, their names and crimes are long forgotten. The Sheffield Hanged tells their story: the crimes committed, how they were tried, how they spent their last terrible hours before they were hanged, and what happened to their corpses afterwards.  

RRP: £11.95

 by David Bentley

This book follows the old Midland Railway from Matlock to Buxton. Closed in 1968, the pictures of Ray Morten have been re-visited showing how the route has changed since the railway left. The old track bed is now an excellent walk known as the Monsal Trail. Author Alistair Lofthouse has recently assisted the BBC in the production of a TV programme about the trail with Watchdog presenter and ex-Sheffielder Julia Bradbury which was shown on BBC2 in 2009. This book has been reprinted at A5 at a new reduced price, fully updated.