An Angelic Book Thief

The slum missionary John ‘Angel’ Gibbons knew a thing or two about the Ten Commandments. Most of all, he knew how to break them

Deansgate, leading into St Ann’s Square

The slum missionary John “Angel” Gibbons knew a thing or two about the Ten Commandments.

Most of all, he knew how to break them.

At the Pin Mill Brow Mission in Ardwick, his sermons played heavily on the fire and brimstone that might await the souls of his congregation.

But Gibbons had a secret he kept well hidden fro…