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Published by Winckley Press, Preston
Embark on a further journey into the annals of our town. To hell and back our ancestors travelled, enduring all that human souls could bear. Revealed again are the good and evil, the rich and the poor, the honest and the deceitful. Indeed, all the opposites that led to the trials and tribulations of everyday life.
Let's therefore glimpse again the world of our forefathers - but be neither judge nor juryman. Now, we can spare some compassion, but then the transportation ships awaited the guilty - unless of course, the hangman was called to end their wretched lives.
CONTENTS
- Sweetheart Slain By Jilted Lover
- Fire Raging In Preston Market Place
- Ruffians And Rogues Armed With Pistols
- Poisoning Of Mary Cookson
- Transportation Across The Seas
- Tragedy At The Big Factory
- Preston Widow Sentenced To Be Hanged
- On To Disaster Rushed The Midnight Express
- The Tragic Homecoming Of Rachael Hart
- Isabella's Child Was Slowly Dying
- Destined To Walk The Streets Of Preston
- Daring Diamond Robbery In Friargate
- Making Mischief With A Coffin
- An Awful End For Alice Knowles
- Preston's Chief Constables
- Amidst The Famished Preston Poor
- After Midnight On Stone Bridge Brow
- Wife Killing In Gardner Street
- An Act Of Lunacy At The Asylum
- Edward Latham - Found Dead
- To Tame The Drunken Soldiers
- A Fatal Fire In Church Street
- Perilous Progress On The Viaduct
- Stabbing Of A Preston Vicar
- The Day The Grave Fell In
- Living In The Shadow Of The Gallows
- Marwood - The Long Drop Hangman
Book Reviews
Longridge News:
Keith Johnson has once more put together an absorbing collection of tales from Preston's colourful past. Be enthralled by this voyage into the past, as you feel the passion amidst these tales of tragedy and torment.
Preston Citizen:
Misfortune, mayhem, mischief and murder are the recurring themes that keep a popular Preston author busy. This latest collection of stories from bygone Preston will be a must for Keith's growing legion of readers.
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