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Strangeways Remembered

Posted on April 9, 2015 by leslie

Strangeways Remembered Bill Hartley recalls the notorious prison riot  Twenty five years ago in April 1990 the worst riot in British penal history took place at Manchester’s Strangeways prison. Much has been written about the event notably the report by … Continue reading →

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A burial to die for?

Posted on September 14, 2014 by leslie

                 A burial to die for? Bill Hartley attends a green interment Any listener to BBC Radio Four’s The Archers will be aware that the village of Ambridge has a Green Burial Ground. It gets frequent mentions as characters ranging from … Continue reading →

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Arthur Seaton Approaches Eighty BILL HARTLEY

Posted on August 21, 2014 by leslie

Arthur Seaton Approaches Eighty Bill Hartley contemplates the decline of a once fractious class Arthur Seaton would be close to eighty by now, that is if he’d survived so long. The Angry Young Man of Alan Sillitoe’s 1958 novel Saturday … Continue reading →

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Failure to return BILL HARTLEY

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Derek Turner

  Failure to return BILL HARTLEY finds that today’s prison staff are sometimes more constrained than their charges The recent abscond of a high profile prisoner from Stanford Hill open prison is nothing new. Each year there are a steady … Continue reading →

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Belle Vue rendezvous

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Derek Turner

Belle Vue rendezvous BILL HARTLEY laments the waning of Wakefield In 1873 during the era of Muscular Christianity a young curate formed a rugby team. His legacy lives on since the club retains the name of his church and they … Continue reading →

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Sadness and survival in Labour’s lacerated heartlands

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Derek Turner

Sadness and survival in Labour’s lacerated heartlands BILL HARTLEY attends two strikingly different manifestations of Northern working class culture Two annual events took place in the North of England this year. One was the Durham Miners’ Gala, the other the … Continue reading →

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How to make a slum by Bill Hartley

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Derek Turner

How To Make A Slum BILL HARTLEY sees the shabby reality of social housing Of late, thanks to my involvement with a friend’s company I have been able to acquire a close acquaintance with public housing in the North East … Continue reading →

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Ceuta – Spain’s Rock

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Derek Turner

Ceuta – Spain’s Rock BILL HARTLEY visits a surviving fragment of the Spanish Empire The ferry from Algeçiras makes the world’s shortest intercontinental crossing as it travels to North Africa. Yet if the destination is Ceuta then the traveller remains … Continue reading →

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