The Naked Thief and the Tragic Mobbing of the Cholera Hospital
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We've a real mixed bag for you this week - from the theft of a banknote that saw the perpetrator scarper in the buff (reported in Jackson's Oxford Journal, 24 Nov 1855) to a more sobering and tragic story that looks at the impact of cholera on a young life and the subsequent attack on the cholera hospital (as reported in the Manchester Times and Manchester and Salford Advertiser and Chronicle, 8 Sep 1832). Please note that this second story features a historic news report that includes details of a child's death. Then this week's News In Briefs are bound by the thread of creature (dis)comforts; Brad has a report of a feathered attack from the sky and Michala's brief tale features a rather 'disagreeable bedfellow'. ll newspaper articles referenced in this episode were sourced on Newspapers.com, with additional research conducted by Brad and Michala using Ancestry and other resources. To see the articles, visit: newspapers.com/topics/bhhpodcast/S2Ep9 Email: [email protected] Tweet us: @Brad_Argent @UnearthThePast @AncestryUK @_Newspapers
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