This coach trip was attempted as amateurs to Continental travelling.  No of us wanted to drive ourselves as this means that the one driving misses all the scenery, especially in the Alps, where all the breath-taking views are on the … Read More

To give this story historic context the events took place one year and 51 days before the death of Queen Victoria and 52 days after the start of the 2nd Boer War in South Africa.   The story begins on … Read More

Shocking Murder Near Eckington – Woman Shot by Neighbour    On Saturday evening, a shocking tragedy was enacted at Owlthorpe, near Mosborough.   A miner named Christopher Taylor, having a fancied grievance against one of his neighbours, named Harry Bird, took … Read More

A Miner Passionate Even to Madness – The Neighbourhood Terrorised Until Police Reinforcements Arrived   Seldom in the annals of crime in Derbyshire has there been recorded a more dastardly, cold-blooded taking of life of a human being, than that which disturbed … Read More

Shocking Murder in North Derbyshire   The village of Mosborough was the scene of a tragedy on Saturday evening, involving the instantaneous death of a woman named Bird.   It appears that a man named Taylor residing in Owlthorpe, Mosborough, … Read More

  Derbyshire Assizes   The Lord Chief Justice (Lord Russell of Killowen) resumed to-day his trial of prisoners at Derbyshire Assizes.   The Mosborough Tragedy   Christopher Taylor, 43, collier, was brought up on an indictment charging him with the … Read More