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Gret Booby's Burden, or, nicknames of Old Todmorden
A short but sweet blog post today, marvelling at some of the tidbits found in John Travis's Notes (Historical and Biographical) Mainly of...
Aug 16


How Mary Hanson lost an arm, and cost Todmorden an arm and a leg
Just in time for Christmas, Local Studies brings you a tale of good deeds gone unrewarded, a distinct lack of human kindness, and Good Samaritan-ism coming back to haunt people. Who’s to say we aren’t festive folk in the library service? Never mind – the story here is of a stranger in a strange land
Dec 21, 2024


William Akroyd’s life on the railway
We’re getting ready to record a podcast episode about the railways in Halifax, to go out later this year, and it seemed like a good time...
Feb 10, 2024


“I’ve been waiting 19 years to see these”: The mystery of William Hardaker, Part Two
After Part One came out, I began asking around within my professional (and unprofessional – we library people run in packs) circles...
Jan 21, 2023
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