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The Birmingham 1889 Journal Blog is a study into the life of citizens who lived in Birmingham between 1839 to 1900
Chapter Three - Giblin Brothers Slogging Gang. Cunninghams
The story of the Cunningham family is not one of immediate criminality but rather of gradual descent, shaped by hardship, loss, and the...
Andy Yarwood
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Chapter Two - Giblin Brothers Slogging Gang. The Morans & Bates
Patrick Moran born 1865 ID:PM1855 First Offences: Crimes of Necessity (1863–1872) The sound of horses’ hooves clattered against the...
Andy Yarwood
Apr 6
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The Final Chapter - The Giblin Brothers and Their Circle of Crime
One winter’s day, six poorly dressed boys, battered and broken, the youngest barely ten, stepped off a Midland Railway train at Shustoke...
Andy Yarwood
Mar 30
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All Saints Poverty Line
I have completed a major update to my Poverty Line Project, adding records for 48,829 individuals and 9,169 families for All Saints...
Andy Yarwood
Oct 29, 2024
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Kenyon Street Police Station: Policing the Streets Ruled by the Giblin Brothers.
What would it have been like to be a police constable in Victorian Birminghamn
Andy Yarwood
Sep 21, 2024
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The Rise of the Slogging Gangs and what made children such as the Notorious Giblin brothers become such violent men in Aston & Birmingham (1850-1920)
The causes of juvenile crime were a complex mixture of various environmental and social factors.
Andy Yarwood
Aug 22, 2024
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Completed Poverty Line Map - Phase One
I've completed mapping the poverty line records for the 112 streets in the St George District. Click on the image below to view it in a...
Andy Yarwood
Jun 25, 2024
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My virtual video of three streets in Birmingham 1889
Virtual video of Shadwell and Little Shadwell Street is complete. It gives you a tour of the the three streets in Birmingham 1880s and gives
Andy Yarwood
Apr 27, 2024
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Living in Cliveland Street with Smog, Green Snow & The Darkness of Daytime and Henry King a Coal-Dealer's Life from Poverty to Wealth
Continuing on with our rambles, our walk takes us on to our fourth destination from Hanley Street into Cliveland Street. It's six-thirty...
Andy Yarwood
Mar 17, 2024
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The Barmaids Plight, Adulteration in Milk, Irish Immigration and the Thrilling Pursuit of A Till Thief in Hanley Street
Part three of my descriptive walk to Newhall Hill and George Street. Contents: Occupation Trades - Barmaids Plight Hanley Street and the...
Andy Yarwood
Feb 16, 2024
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