For six consecutive days, heavy rain had battered the hills surrounding Holmfirth, sending hundreds of tons of water streaming through […]
‘Nearer, My God, To Thee’ : A Wallace Hartley Tribute (1912)
When the Titanic finally lost its battle with the North Atlantic sea and disappeared into the abyss below the waves, […]
The Morecambe Bay Tragedy (1894)
On the morning of Monday, 3rd September, 1894 – 34 passengers made their way onto a sail-powered boat that would, […]
The Brutal Attack on Thomas Oxford (1889)
When 16 year old, Thomas Oxford, began loading his cart with milk churns, he could never have envisioned the events […]
The Strange Case of James Walker (1889)
The walk from Smiths Place Farm, that was situated just on the outskirts of the small village of Huncoat, to […]