This article contains a great action scene, with some nice characterisation, like Henry removing his brass-tipped clogs to run quietly over the cobbles. Thanks for writing this Dean.
Thank you Dean for this info on the Scuttlers. Manchester was certainly not somewhere you would just walk around in. during the 19th century. What brave police officers as well.
Fascinating learning about the origins of the name 'scuttlers' . The sight of these men scuttling about armed to the teeth must have been terrifying to ordinary law abiding people. Did they only scuttle about under cover of darkness though? Thanks Dean, I hope you enjoyed your break.
Thanks Anne. It was mostly weekend ‘entertainment’ so Saturday afternoon and evening - so you would have lads working alongside each other all week in the mills and then fighting each other at the weekends. It was partly when professional football matches started on Saturday afternoons that the scuttling stopped.
This article contains a great action scene, with some nice characterisation, like Henry removing his brass-tipped clogs to run quietly over the cobbles. Thanks for writing this Dean.
Dangerous times in Manchester!
Thanks again. 'The Red King': had always wondered abt Graham Duff's conceit of the murderous gingers in 'Ideal'!
Thank you Dean for this info on the Scuttlers. Manchester was certainly not somewhere you would just walk around in. during the 19th century. What brave police officers as well.
Very true. Thanks Susan
Fascinating learning about the origins of the name 'scuttlers' . The sight of these men scuttling about armed to the teeth must have been terrifying to ordinary law abiding people. Did they only scuttle about under cover of darkness though? Thanks Dean, I hope you enjoyed your break.
Thanks Anne. It was mostly weekend ‘entertainment’ so Saturday afternoon and evening - so you would have lads working alongside each other all week in the mills and then fighting each other at the weekends. It was partly when professional football matches started on Saturday afternoons that the scuttling stopped.