The BackTracker History Show

The SS Great Western

Season: 5 Episode: 19

​The SS Great Western was at the time the fastest way to cross the Atlantic Ocean. This meant that passengers could get from England to New York much faster. Thus emigrating to America would have been quicker for our ancestors. Now, there's a £20m scheme to bring the SS Great Western back to life!

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SOURCES

About Great Western from Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool

Bristol Evening Post - Thursday 05 April 1962

Corlett, Ewan (1975). The Iron Ship: the Story of Brunel's SS Great Britain. Conway.

Grahame Farr, The S.S. Great Western: The First Atlantic Liner (Bristol Historical Association pamphlets, no. 8, 1963), p.5.

Alec French Architects

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Bristol's Last Execution

Season: 5 Episode: 18

On December 17, 1963, the last judicial execution in our city marked the conclusion of a lengthy era of local executions. Russell Pascoe, aged 23, met his fate at Horfield Prison, Bristol, whilst his accomplice Dennis Whitty, 22, was simultaneously executed at Winchester prison. Their crime was a senseless murder of reclusive farmer William Garfield Rowe

CAST

Harry Allen - Steve Sheperd

Russell Pascoe - Molly Jefferies

Bristol Evening Post - Sam Roberts

Bob Douglas - Joe Wilson

Chief Officer - Steve Yeo

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SOURCES

Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 28 November 1963

The Bristol Evening Post front page from 17 December 1963

Bristol Evening Post - Friday 16 December 1988

Ancestry

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Bristol's WW1 Heroes

Season: 5 Episode: 17

World War I commenced on July 28, 1914, spanning four years of intense conflict. and many men in Bristol and the surrounding area enlisted to help the cause but because this war ushered in a new era of warfare, marked by the utilisation of advanced weaponry and machinery across land, sea, and air, there was an unprecedented number of casualties and injuries.

In this episode, we take a look at just a few of those that perished in this war and honour their sacrifice. We also get to hear from one of those soldiers what would keep the lads spirits lifted during those difficult times.

CAST

Private F. Sage - Molly Jefferies

Territorial in Cafe - David James-Haile

Lady in Cafe - Rose Hayles

Lieutenant - Steve Yeo

Regimental Diary - Joe Wilson

Ernest Alfred Edge - Steve Sheperd

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SOURCES

Western Daily Press - Saturday 04 November 1916 (Bristol and the War: Soldiers Who Did Their Duty) pg 5

Clifton and Redland Free Press - Friday 11 December 1914

Western Daily Press - Tuesday 08 February 1916

Western Daily Press - Friday 20 April 1917

Graves Registration Report Form (Report 2 Schedule 14/c Army Form W 3372)

Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Gazette. 27th May 1915

Daily Mirror - Monday 11 September 1916

Pall Mall Gazette - Monday 11 September 1916

Western Mail - Tuesday 29 June 1915

Liverpool Echo - Monday 28 June 1915

Irish Independent - Tuesday 12 September 1916

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The Lemonade Murder

Season: 5 Episode: 16

Kind and generous Ethel Worth was alone at home when Edward Woodfield came over. She thought he was going to repay her the money she'd loaned him, but he had other ideas. Find out more about this opportunist crime and what happened next.

CAST

J. D. Casswell. K.C (Defence) - Steve Sheperd

Edward Isaac Woodfield - Steve Yeo

Mr John Maude. K.C (Prosecutor) - Joe Wilson

Dr. Charles Robert Gibson - Molly Jefferies

Catherine Woodfleld - Sam Roberts

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SOURCES

Western Daily Press - Thursday 23 November 1950 (Insanity Is Defence Plea In Horfield Murder Case)

Kidd-Hewitt. D. 2007 Bristol & Bath Whodunnit? Countryside Books

The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/4977d

General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 6a; Page: 426

Western Daily Press - Monday 28 March 1927 (Dishonest Gardener) Page 9

Western Daily Press - Thursday 19 October 1950 (Widow Murder Charge Goes to Assize) page 6

Western Daily Press - Friday 24 November 1950 (Bristol Man to Die) page 6

Bank of England

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St Peter's Hospital: Workhouse and Asylum

Season: 5 Episode: 15

Situated between St Peter's churchyard and the River Avon, the building occupied a strategic location. Tragically, on the fateful night of November 24, 1940, the entire area fell victim to devastating bombing raids. If you'd walked the narrow roads before the raids though, you would have come across a 14th century manor house. this building had so much history embedded in it's structure having gone from palatial home to asylum. Listen to find out more about St Peter's Hospital.

CAST

Lunacy Commissioners - Rose Hayle

The Commissioners - Steve Sheperd

Dr James Cowles Prichard - Joe Wilson

Poetic Satire - Steve Yeo

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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James Holloway & The Rye House Plot

Season: 5 Episode: 14

In May 1684, authorities in Bristol received a package from London. They never dreamed that it would be the head dismembered body of a Bristolian linen draper.

James was hard working and strove to make the most of his business but during his endeavours, he begad mixing with a crowd who had other plans on their minds. That of removing King Charles II from the throne in favour of someone, more beneficial to themselves.

CAST

King James Marcus KP

James Holloway Joe Wilson

Chief Justice Jeffreys Steve Sheperd

Elizabeth Gaunt Sam Roberts

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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SOURCES

Bloody British History: Bristol     By Valerie Pitt

Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser - Friday 29 December 1848

Ordnance Survey

Historic England

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The Stroud Paricide

Season: 5 Episode: 13

The murder of James Wyndham on October 19th 1893, shocked the local community and garnered significant media attention due to the family's prominent position in the area. What made it even more sensational was the fact that he was murdered by his own son.

CAST

Clerk of Arraigns - Joe Wilson

Frederick Wyndham - Steve Yeo

Mr. Justice Cave (Judge) - Steve Sheperd

James Wyndham - Molly Jefferies

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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SOURCES

West Somerset Free Press - Saturday 02 December 1893

The Times December 22nd 1893

Oakridge Archives

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Samuel Plimsoll: The Sailor's Friend

Season: 5 Episode: 12

Samuel Plimsoll was a British politician and social reformer who lived from 1824 to 1898. He is primarily remembered for his efforts to improve the safety of seafaring vessels and the conditions of sailors during the 19th century.

CAST

Samuel Plimsoll - Molly Jefferies

Vanity Fair Article - Sam Roberts

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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SOURCES

Belfast Weekly News - Saturday 13 September 1890

Penrith Observer - Tuesday 07 June 1898

Kingswood history Society

National Museums Liverpool

UK Parliament

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The Murdering Cousin

Season: 5 Episode: 11

Cyril Victor Tennyson Saunders a former lance corporal in the Royal Engineers and he had been in a relationship with his cousin, Dorothy May Saunders, nicknamed Bubbles, for two years and they had plans to marry.

After a pregnancy scare and the death of her father, Dorothy changed her mind about marriage. Cyril was devastated and vowed to get her to reconsider, with dire consequences.

CAST

Dorothy May Saunders - Rose Hayles

Cyril Saunders - Molly Jefferies

Police Report - Steve Yeo

Betty Lawrence - Sam Roberts

Private J.J Boote - Joe Wilson

Prison Notice - Steve Sheperd

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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SOURCES

Western Evening Herald - Thursday 23 September 1920

Western Morning News - Friday 24 September 1920

Daily News (London) - Friday 24 September 1920

Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 02 October 1920

Westminster Gazette - Tuesday 30 November 1920

British Executions

UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929

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R.N.L.I: Celebrating 200 Years

Season: 5 Episode: 10

In Part Two of our celebration of this national institution, we take a look at some of the biggest rescues they have been a part in, the SS Suevic in 1907 and the S.S Rohilla in 1914. We also take a look at the latest statistics released as well as talk to current volunteers from the Portishead Lifeboat station.

CAST

'Little Ships of Dunkirk' - Joe Wilson

Captain Thomas Jones - Steve Sheperd

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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SOURCES

Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats

The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships

Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Saturday 02 May 1936

The Times. London - 1 November 1914

Craven Herald - 15 June 1917

Encyclopedia Titanica

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