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Saville’s Spinney is Go! 2 Days to Launch ! – The Execution

Posted on July 23, 2014 by

Hello again Readers Almost there now, just over 48 hours! This blog will be about a very important scene in my book – the very public execution of a condemned man. Once again the three Nottingham newspapers were a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Saville’s Spinney is Go! Three days to Launch! – The Trial

Posted on July 22, 2014 by

Hello again readers. Just a few days from my book being uploaded to Amazon. Herewith another blog about how the book was created and some of the resources I used…. In Victorian times criminals were tried in three types of … Continue reading →

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Saville’s Spinney Chapter 13 Investigations and Recriminations ( Part 2 ) First Draft

Posted on February 26, 2014 by

The Nottingham Journal carried a detailed account of the events of the week over three columns, with an initial editorial under the heading of Execution of Saville – Fearful Loss of Life Extraordinary and cold blooded atrocity in cutting the … Continue reading →

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Saville’s Spinney Chapter 11 The Last Days ( First Draft)

Posted on December 30, 2013 by

Upon being removed from the dock and entering the room below, Saville placed his hand to his neck to intimate he was to be hanged and made a squeaking noise in bravado. He would not be returning to his old … Continue reading →

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Saville’s Spinney Chapter 9 Locked Up Part 3

Posted on November 19, 2013 by

Rumours and counter-rumours seemed to emanate from any one of the number of many Inns and Taverns in Nottingham town but the newspaper owners had the good sense to ignore most of them. Some of Nottingham’s Inns were known to … Continue reading →

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Chapter 9 Locked Up Part 1 (First Draft)

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

William Saville was incarcerated in a cell deep below County Hall. It was carved out of the sandstone on which the Hall was built. His cell was roughly six feet wide and four feet across . All the walls had … Continue reading →

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The Next Big Thing Blog Chain

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

I was hugely surprised but very grateful to Emma McCoy for nominating me for the Next Big Thing Blog Event. Emma has been following my blog from the outset. In turn I have been following her work and progress with interest, not … Continue reading →

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Sally Arsenic

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Hello again readers. I recently posted a blog about ballad sellers and death hunters, who made their living by selling printed accounts of the life, crimes, trial and execution of murderers . I promised a follow-up blog. Here it is! … Continue reading →

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Death Hunters, Ballad Sellers and Execution Broadsides….

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Hello again Readers. Still busily researching my historical crime novel. Its amazing how research can easily take you away into a wonderful journey back into very very different times. Just recently I stumbled upon some amazing information about people who were variously called … Continue reading →

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