Download e-book for kindle: Heroes, Villains and Victims of Hull and the East Riding by Stuart Russell

By Stuart Russell

Heroes, Villains, and sufferers is a suite of reports approximately traditional humans of Hull and the East using who came upon themselves in outstanding occasions. For the main half they're people who heritage has forgotten, yet each one, of their personal method, contributed to the vibrant earlier of the Humber zone. a few have been undesirable, actual villains who killed or harmed their fellows and paid the final word expense, others have been benefactors who left their mark on society, and plenty of have been blameless sufferers who remind us that the 'good previous days' weren't continually so. learn how a pioneering neighborhood plumber sucessfully hostile 3 eminent engineers to supply a fresh and clean water provide to Hull, doing away with lethal cholera from the streets. learn how a 'cowboy from Yorkshire' helped to alter the yankee Wild West without end, and observe how a farmer's wife's wish to achieve a memento earned her an MBE and compliment from Sir Winston Churchill. tales from bravery at sea, to the blameless casualties of struggle, to the repressed sufferers in their spiritual ideals all function in a booklet that might attract someone with an curiosity within the area's history. the writer has trawled newspaper information and different public files to discover the main points of the intense lives which are recalled in those pages. the result's a well-researched but pleasing examine the folks of the past.

About the Author
STUART RUSSELL has been a journalist on neighborhood and nearby papers in yorkshire for forty two years. he's the writer of reminiscence Lane Grimsby and reminiscence Lane Cleethorpes, additionally released by way of Breedon Books.

Show description

Read or Download Heroes, Villains and Victims of Hull and the East Riding PDF

Similar uk history books

High Calvinists in Action: Calvinism and the City - by Ian J. Shaw PDF

This worthwhile contribution to the talk in regards to the relation of faith to the trendy urban fills a huge hole within the historiography of early nineteenth-century non secular lifestyles. even though there's a few facts that strict doctrine ended in a extra constrained reaction to city difficulties, vast neighborhood and private diversifications suggest that easy generalizations will be shunned.

Download e-book for kindle: Ireland Under The Normans 1169-1216 - Vol. I by Goddard Henry Orpen

The Norman invasion is usually regarded as a unconditionally English affair yet in truth the Norman's took keep an eye on of huge parts of Wales and eire. here's a interesting and in-depth heritage of a bit advised bankruptcy of British history.

British Tank Production and the War Economy, 1934-1945 by Benjamin Coombs PDF

British Tank creation and the conflict financial system, 1934-1945 explores the under-researched reviews of the British tank within the context of the pressures of battle. Benjamin Coombs explores many of the calls for put on British through the moment international struggle, the political, army and process pressures concerned.

Download PDF by Richard J. Hill: Picturing Scotland through the Waverley Novels: Walter Scott

Cutting edge and accessibly written, Picturing Scotland examines the genesis and construction of the 1st author-approved illustrations for Sir Walter' Scott's Waverley novels in Scotland. Consulting a number of ignored fundamental resources, Richard J. Hill demonstrates that Scott, frequently visible as disinterested within the mechanics of publishing, truly was once on the vanguard of 1 of the so much leading edge publishing and printing traits, the illustrated novel.

Extra resources for Heroes, Villains and Victims of Hull and the East Riding

Sample text

Download PDF sample

Heroes, Villains and Victims of Hull and the East Riding by Stuart Russell


by Edward
4.4

Rated 4.58 of 5 – based on 44 votes