The Duke’s Legacy – Part 11
The Teetotal Bigamous Schoolmaster, the Piano, and the Coffee Palace Bigamy is rare these days – the computer knows you’re married even if the vicar
The Teetotal Bigamous Schoolmaster, the Piano, and the Coffee Palace Bigamy is rare these days – the computer knows you’re married even if the vicar
Buffalo Bill, a Prepossessing Young Lady, and “A Most Outrageous, Mean And Cruel Libel” George Thomas Wilson, artist and professor of music, a man of
Cannon, Bells, Bazaars, a New Library, and The Cricketing Clowns On 19th August 1850, a public meeting was held in the Town Hall “for the
Virtue, Truth, Liberty – and filthy stairs and leaky roof Across the front of the Town Hall, in very faded gold letters, are the words
A multi-use space, multi-tasking policemen, and a Marks and Sparks Having reluctantly decided to stay in the Town Hall, the new Borough Council, to give
Owd Fussy, Madam Mayor, and a generous munitions magnate In 1897, to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, Lord Howard gave the Town Hall a new clock,
Decline, Decay, and Revival After the Jacksons funded its purchase of the Town Hall and market from Lord Howard, the Council set to work, and
The Duke Returns In 1954, in a Chronicle article entitled “The Victoria Hall – A White Elephant”, Alderman Joseph Dempsey Doyle said that a better
What Next for the Town Hall ? Over the last 19 weeks, we’ve charted the story of Glossop’s central halls, from the 1837 plans for
Introduction The Duke’s Legacy series was first published on Facebook in January-May 2021 On June 28th 1838, the day of Queen Victoria’s Coronation, Bernard Edward