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    Horrors of the Dead House: Policing the Streets of Old Cardiff: Wordcatcher History
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    Horrors of the Dead House: Policing the Streets of Old Cardiff: Wordcatcher History

    By John F. Wake

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    ohn F. Wake investigates the seedier side of Victorian life in Cardiff. As a former police officer, he approaches his research as investigations, and questions the motives and sentencing of the time. An absorbing, informative, and entertaining read.

    PREFACE
    THE TOWN CENTRE WORLD OF THE RICH
    CARDIFF'S RISE TO FAME… AND RISE IN CRIME
    POLICING THE POPULATION INCREASE
    POLICING THE STREETS
    POLICING BUTE STREET THROUGH THE YEARS
    BEAT DUTIES
    POLICE VANS
    HEROES OR VILLAINS? THE POLICE ON TRIAL
    CHARTING THE GROWTH OF CARDIFF
    HORRORS OF THE DEAD HOUSE
    WIFE-BEATING
    THE QUESTION NEVER ASKED
    CHILDREN IN SOCIETY
    THE SCOURGE OF ALCOHOL
    SUNDAY DRINKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE
    RELIGION IN THE BACKSTREETS
    SANITATION
    DUNGEON'S DISEASE
    THE BULL RING
    BICYCLES
    DARKEST CARDIFF MARY ANN STREET - 1840-90S
    WHEN SEVERN'S SWEEPING FLOOD HAD OVERTHROWN - 1842
    TROUBLE AT THE HOUSE OF BLAZES
    NOAH'S ARK MURDER! - 1850
    TIMOTHY HARRINGTON'S MYSTERIOUS DYING DECLARATION - 1853
    CONSULATES IN CARDIFF
    DISTURBING DEATH IN WINDSOR PLACE - 1860
    BUTE STREET'S LOST POLICE STATION - C.1860-90
    KNIFE CRIME AND 'FOREIGNERS' - 1860S
    ANOTHER SENSELESS BABY DEATH - 1860
    A DAY IN THE TOWN MAGISTRATES' COURT - 1861 & 1905
    CORPSE IN DEAD HOUSE FOR THREE WEEKS - 1861
    DINAH PEARSON: MURDERER? - 1864
    A MURDERED MAN'S DYING DECLARATION - 1869
    MYSTERIOUS DROWNING OF SGT. HOWARD - 1869
    A TALE OF LOVE AND DEATH - C.1870
    WALKING A HARD BEAT - 1870
    VISITING A MARY ANN STREET HOUSE - 1870-90S
    MONSTER MOGFORD: BABY MURDERER? - 1881
    CARDIFF'S FIRST POLICE DOG - 1885-93
    TOMMY IRONS: THE FRIENDLESS MAN - 1888
    BACKSTREET PUBS - 1888
    ELECTION RIOT - 1888
    STREET OF SHAME: FLAGON ALLEY - 1888-1909
    FRONT-LINE OFFICERS' PROBLEMS -1891
    THE PROBLEM OF FIRE - 1891
    WOMEN ARE SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS: TROLLOP LANE - 1893
    WOMAN ON FIRE - 1895
    INSPECTOR BEN DAVIES OF THE BUTE STREET NICK - 1895-1909
    SUDDEN DEATH IN LOVE LANE - 1895
    THE ELLEN O'BRIAN HORROR - 1903
    BRUTAL WIFE-BEATING LEADS TO MURDER - 1903
    KATHLEEN'S STORY A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT BY CHERYL O'BRIEN
    ENDNOTE - A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PERSPECTIVE

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWordcatcher Publishing
    Release dateOct 8, 2019
    ISBN9781789421705
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    Horrors of the Dead House: Policing the Streets of Old Cardiff: Wordcatcher History
    Author

    John F. Wake

    Talked on Wales and it's attractions around the world from Washington DC to Dubai. The author of plays performed at various Cardiff locations and the Edinburgh Festival.  VIP-chauffeured many world famous people on their visits to Wales.  Joined the Cardiff City Police in 1965 and posted to Bute Street (Tiger Bay) police station. Was a Detective Inspector in South Wales Police. John has recently undertaken lectures on his books, 'THE CRUEL STREETS REVISITED' and 'CARDIFF. THOSE CRUEL AND SAVAGE STREETS'.

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