Edith Thompson was having an affair with 20-year-old Frederick Bywaters, a ship’s steward. Their relationship began in June 1921 when he accompanied the Thompsons on holiday to the Isle of Wight. Bywaters moved in as a lodger while waiting for his next ship assignment but was evicted by Percy Thompson for getting too friendly with … Read more
Background. Susan Newell was born in 1893 and had lived a hard life in constant poverty. In June 1923, she was living in a rented flat in Newlands Street, Coatbridge, a suburb of Glasgow, with her husband John and eight year old daughter, Janet McLeod, from her previous marriage. John was apparently a drunkard and a womaniser. After … Read more
The Execution at Strangeways Prison At a minute to nine on the summer morning of Thursday, June 24th, 1926, a small group of men silently formed up outside the condemned cell at the end of ‘B’ wing in the central area of Manchester’s Strangeways Prison. Upon a signal from the governor, Thomas Pierrepoint, Britain’s “No. … Read more
Researched and written by my friend Monty Dart. In 1928 the Tiger Bay area of Cardiff, South Wales had a reputation for being a tough and dangerous area. Home to immigrants from all over the world it was a multi-cultural boiling pot of communities. Italians, Yemeni, Spanish, Caribbean, Greek and Irish were among the 40 plus different countries represented in this dockside … Read more
Execution at Mountjoy Prison On Wednesday, the 5th of August 1925, 23-year-old Michael Talbot and 31-year-old Annie Walsh were hanged at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. Michael Talbot was Annie’s nephew. The Murder of Edward “Ned” Walsh Sixty-one-year-old Edward “Ned” Walsh was murdered in the family home at Carnane, County Limerick, on the evening of Friday, the … Read more
