Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Author: Peter Cookson

Publisher:

Published: 2003-02-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781871233155

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With photographs, track layouts, operating instructions and timetables brought to life by the reminiscences of people who worked in the area, Railway Memories No 15 recalls the busy railway network serving the West Yorkshire towns of Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley in the 1950s and 60s.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Pontefract & Castleford
Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Pontefract & Castleford

Author: Keith Henson

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2004-07-30

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1783037776

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What Made George Lumb Shoot his Mother? Why did Fanny Speed add arsenic to a current berry pie? How did Beefy ad whisk bring disgrace upon the town of Castleford? What made the headlines in the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and who were the 'Hung Two?' The answers are all within the pages of this fascinating book. Beginning with a mystery in 1854 and ending on a rope in 1918, Foul deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Pontefract and Castelford takes a look at some of the dark and shocking tales from the district's history . You my never look at a can of creosote in the same way again. Doncaster born Keith Henson is a photographer, family man, writer, ad, despite the contents of this book ...very normal. He is also author of Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in York.