In 1842 a man called H. Wright Esquire received a letter from his proud and excited son, Frank Edward Wright: “Southampton September 17, 1842 My dear Papa, We went to London in the holidays with mamma and stayed there three weeks. I hope you are quite well and I send […]
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“The Love That Dare Not Speak”: The 1907 Clementson–Dixon Letters and Confession On 25 September 1907, two police inspectors were witness to statements and certain letters at the offices of Buck & Dicksons, 17 Winckley Street, Preston, Lancashire, England. These were written by George Douglas Clementson, aged 27, of Ashton-under-Lyne, […]
I love the Internet. Indeed without the World Wide Web that was invented or should I say evolved by some horrible coincidence in my life I think from a personal point of view my existence would be totally different. Just as I was beginning to lose the use of my […]