Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

[mikejee]

20.10.1862

Colliery tragedy near Wolverhampton
New criminal offence, but not according to the jury !

 

[DavidGrain]

This is why rewards for return of stolen property usually state "providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the theives"

 

[paul stacey]

#229, second story would I think been the "Cock Inn", the only Public house to my knowlege in Bartly green at that time.
paul

 

[mikejee]

21.10.1862
Canal embankment collapse at Smethwick
Almost certainly only one of many sleeping under same conditions

 

[Vivienne14]

That last cutting is desperate. What a dreadful start to that poor lads life. And like you say Mike, one of many. Viv.

 

[paul stacey]

I am reading these very interesting stories from our not too distant past and am always eternally grateful I live in the here and now. The suffering and privation of that period of history is mind blowing.
paul

 

[mikejee]

22.10.1862
Verbal fight on the hustings
Bit of a fight amongst the auctioneers
War of the Bill Stickers
Mechanical bullfinch sings for charity
Am not clear after reading earlier letters full of moral indignation whether the gentleman's moral crusade is against real houses of ill fame or merely those who go to the music halls
Am not familiarwit a butcher's cad, but presume it must be a butcher's assistant.

 

[mikejee]

23.10.1862
Charity performance at Holder's Music Hall.
Explosion at cap manufactory.
Golden Lion landlord gets off charge
Rumour mongering
Wonder what he said

 

[paul stacey]

It's not the first time we have come across young, 'Const'l Thomas Prosser', #308/3, seems he was quite a busy lad on behalf of Birmingham City Police, in the 1860's.
paul

 

[mikejee]

24.10.1862
Wonder how you describe a pig and what weight is eight score. Never heard of that pub before, though that isn't surprising , as, although Thomas Wigley is listed as a retail brewer in the 1862 directory(at no 14 in 1861 census), no mention is made of any pub in the Rrow in directories from 1867
Conflict in the congregation at Willenhall
Not surprising that the theatre and actresses were considered not quite respectable by some
A painful surprise for a policeman

 

[paul stacey]

#210/4, absolutly brilliant.
paul

 

[Charlie]

Prozzies in Theatre Royal boxes? Ooooda thought it?!
Brilliant Mike.

 

[Vivienne14]

Seems to be a surge of apologising and putting the record straight in these later clippings. How very proper!!Viv.

 

[paul stacey]

Come on Charlie!!, girls do have a living to make, not too mention their pimps!!.
paul

 

[Astoness]

oooo errrrrr love the theatre royal snippit mike...all part of history...

cheers

lyn

 

[brummie nick]

Quote "Wonder how you describe a pig and what weight is eight score?"
I believe a 'Score' in those terms was 20lb,

nick

 

[mikejee]

25.10.1862
Not much in today, just a letter replying to an indignant person who seems to hate the idea of friendly societies meeting in pubs.

 

[mikejee]

27.10.1862
A reply to criticisms of the occupants of boxes at the Theatre Royal on 24th October .
More election shenanigans.
Pleasantly situated suburban hotel with extensive pleasure gardens by Balsall Heath road.
Not clear what Mrs Green;s "convivial meeting" is concerned with, though presumably those the advert is aimed at will know.
Punter is "unfortunately married"

 

[Charlie]

The Robbery: "drinking and tossing"??????? I assume they mean playing the halfpenny game of tossing a coin against a wall?

 

[mikejee]

28.10.1862
Fire in high St.

 

[mikejee]

29.10.1862
No difference now than the. you tell the truth about politicians and they complain, or worse !
Report of thepublic analyst. certainly would not want copperas in my beer. It is the constituent of iron supplement that you are warned not to take too much of and cause strong constipation.
Not healthy to live in such a small space so chuck them out, with no thought of where they are to go
Charged with attempting to bribe a sedgeley policeman. Probably was not a big enough bribe.
Reminder that the old library in union St was not free like the later one

 

[mikejee]

30.10.1862
The mind boggles at "The New Winding Hat"

It could be seen a couple of weeks ago that the statute fairs were still going around Worcestershire, though, to be honest, I was surprosed they still served their original purpose

 

[DavidGrain]

The first employment agencies then.

 

[willmott]

Whichever way you look at it, I'd say "loitering with intent".

 

[mikejee]

31.10.1862iI
An early Cadbury advert, certainly the first I have seen in the Post in the 4 months I have been reading it
Dubious tricks by the undertaker, yet i get the impression he was not considered to have done anything illegal
Violent man or hysterical woman, take your pick. The court seems to have decided the latter
Fireman's version of a shooting gallery.
I find the last snippet from the civil war in America difficult to believe !

 

[Astoness]

good reads mike...

 

[paul stacey]

I believe that Battlefield's in these days could be something of a spectator sport, so I believe that the story #325/4, could have well happened, what I found amazing is that the jury believed the butler not the cook #325/3.??
paul

 

[mikejee]

1.11.1862

Not very readable, but a strange find
More electoral arguements
For your information there is acknowledgments in the next days papers that Mr Poncia won the election, and so "A burgess" was unsuccesful

 

[DavidGrain]

If I remember correctly from earlier posts this related to an election in the Markets Ward. Of interest in the arguments about Catholics, is that a few years later in 1880, Rev R W Enracht, Vicar of Holy Trinity Bordesley, was prosecuted and imprisoned under the Public Worship Regulation Act for introducing "Catholic" practices in church services.

 

[mikejee]

3.11.1862
How do you get a ham by mistake ?
Victorian newspapers usually gave more details of legal proceedings than htose today. These proceedings sound like something from Gilbert & Sullivan.
Anger in Hunters Lane
Indignation at errors in "other" publications