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'An Extraordinary story of innocence and persecution, determination
and grit ... it had me rattling through the pages' SOPHIE DRAPER A
gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of
justice in British legal history. In September 1973, Stephen
Downing was convicted and indefinitely sentenced for the murder of
Wendy Sewell, a young legal secretary in the town of Bakewell in
the Peak District. Wendy was attacked in broad daylight in Bakewell
Cemetery. Stephen Downing, the 17-year-old groundskeeper with
learning difficulties and a reading age of 11, was the primary
suspect. He was immediately arrested, questioned for nine hours,
without a solicitor present, and pressured into signing a
confession full of words he did not understand. 21 years later,
local newspaper editor Don Hale was thrust into the case.
Determined to take it to appeal, as he investigated the details, he
found himself inextricably linked to the narrative. He faced
obstacles at every turn, and suffered several attempts on his life.
All of this merely strengthened his resolve: why should anyone
threaten him if Downing had committed the crime? In 2002, Stephen
Downing was finally acquitted, having served 27 years in prison.
Immerse yourself in this masterful account of Hale's long,
dedicated and often dangerous campaign to rescue a long-forgotten
victim of the British legal system; the longest miscarriage of
justice in British history.
The true story of Crabb's colourful life and his mysterious
disappearance in 1945.
Just over eighty years ago on the East Coast main line, the
streamlined A4 Pacific locomotive Mallard reached a top speed of
126mph - a world record for steam locomotives that still stands.
Since then, millions have seen this famous locomotive, resplendent
in her blue livery, on display at the National Railway Museum in
York. Here, Don Hale tells the full story of how the record was
broken: from the nineteenth-century London-Scotland speed race and,
surprisingly, traces Mallard's futuristic design back to the
Bugatti car and the influence of Germany's nascent Third Reich,
which propelled the train into an instrument of national prestige.
He also celebrates Mallard's designer, Sir Nigel Gresley, one of
Britain's most gifted engineers. Mallard is a wonderful tribute to
one of British technology's finest hours.
This is the unique and personal story written by the great grandson
of a former Victorian beat 'Bobby' who progressed through the ranks
to eventually become the very first Royal Detective. James Wood, a
former 'sharp shooter' in Queen Victoria's mighty Army of the
Empire, joined Manchester City Police force to become the youngest
ever Superintendent in their history - and was also a highly
acclaimed 'thief taker, ' something of a bounty-hunter. For many
years around the turn of the century, he helped protect a number of
prominent VIP's and several visiting members of the Royal Family,
in particular, the Prince and Princess of Wales, during a time of
political unrest and specific threats against the Monarchy from
'Dynamiters, Terrorists, Foreign Agents & Agitators.' James was
also involved in a host of other memorable events relating to the
development of Manchester United, the daring and dramatic Daily
Mail air race, and major social reforms. This book commemorates the
90th anniversary of his death and reveals his secret diary notes,
news cuttings and personal photographs from a memorable time long
forgotten.
This is a completely new, revised, updated and expanded book:
Sounds From the 60s - takes you behind the scenes with the stars of
rock n' roll, pop, blues and jazz at two of the top Northern UK
clubs, Club 60 & The Esquire, owned by Terry Thornton. This is
a fascinating and unique account of life behind the scenes during
the 1960s in the great industrial city of Sheffield, when a musty
old beer cellar helped stage a remarkable revival of popular music,
and provided a unique live showcase and platform for a host of top
British and international performers - including many notable up
and coming local young stars They included: - Joe Cocker, Dave
Berry & The Cruisers, Zoot Money, Frank White, Jimmy Crawford
& The Coasters, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Alan
Price & The Animals, Georgie Fame, Graham Bond, Screaming Lord
Sutch & The Savages, Long John Baldry, John Lee Hooker, Sonny
Boy Williamson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Frankenstein & The
Monsters, Johnny Dark & The Midnighters, The Walker Brothers,
The Kinks...and many more...This revised book also includes dozens
of rare, exclusive and nostalgic photographs of the stars actually
performing at the clubs during a seven-year period, together with a
host of exclusive stories and pictures of the many regular club
members and supporters from that era.
This is a fast-paced new crime thriller, which begins in New York
and travels via Britain to some exotic places in Europe in pursuit
of truth and justice whilst investigating a 'bloody' chase and a
race against time to find out about some buried secrets. It is an
intriguing saga that soon becomes a fascinating plot engaging the
police and intelligence services from several nations and leads to
an unexpected and exciting climax.
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