I write for a rather smashing little magazine that goes to thousands of homes in the Tameside area. In this particular edition, I wanted to focus on ‘crimes of the past’ and I thought that no better place could be examined that the northern cotton mill town of Stalybridge…
As seen through the eyes of my great x 3 grandfather – one of the first ever working-class men to be appointed as a magistrate.






A lot of work has gone into this article, which is very interesting and well written.
Thanks Hilde! That’s really lovely of you x