Lost beneath the ice
It's the cold winter of 1813 and in Manchester the River Irwell has frozen over. A school teacher named Lavinia Robinson has gone missing. Will she be found?
Warning: This story contains references to suicide
The winter of 1813-14 was the coldest ever seen by those who lived through it — so severe the River Irwell in Manchester froze over.
The big freeze began on 16 December — the day that Lavinia Robinson went missing.
The mystery of her disappearance would grip the public imagination for two desperately cold …
