The BackTracker History Show

Season: 4 Episode: 11

Bousquet, who boxed under the name of Del Fontaine, was convicted and sentenced at the Old Bailey. His subsequent appeal, on the grounds that he was " punch drunk" through boxing, and insane at the time of the crime was dismissed. 

The good-looking Fontaine was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death. The execution in London aroused great emotion. His friends and fellow boxers pleaded for his life, saying a man suffering from depression – and also possibly punch-drunk after 98 fights – was not responsible for his actions.

Listen to this story and decide for yourself whether you think the law made the right decision.

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

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SOURCES

Daily Herald - Saturday 20 July 1935

Belfast Telegraph - Thursday 03 October 1935

Western Daily Press - Wednesday 30 October 1935

Daily Mirror - Wednesday 30 October 1935

Bristish Executions

MindFloss

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Season: 4 Episode: 10

In this episode, we continue with the fascinating tale of the exploits of Captain Augustus Agar and his crew during the Russian Civil War when, during a mission to transport agents, they saw an opportunity to attack the enemy. All they had was a small motor boat and one torpedo.

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

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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

The Society of Framlinghamians

Imperial War Museum

VC Online

Ancestry

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Season: 4 Episode: 9

The British campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919 was a part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The codename of the Royal Navy campaign was Operation Red Trek. 

In this episode we hear from Captain Augustus Agar VC DSO RN (1902-03) and his recollections of his part in this great campaign which played a key role in enabling the establishment of the independent states of Estonia and Latvia.

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

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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

The Society of Framlinghamians

Imperial War Museum

VC Online

Ancestry

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Season: 4 Episode: 8

James Ricketts had gone to Bristol to deliver a cartload of potatoes and was just heading back home at 4pm. He had stopped off at the Carpenter's Arms, Two Mile Hill for a drink where he was joined by a strange man whom he eventually left with. Whilst they had been in the pub, James had shown the man his canvas bag full of money from the sale of the potatoes. What happened next stunned the country but what people couldn't understand was, why did it happen?

Listen to the real words from the hearings to find out what the witnesses and experts had to say about this crime.

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

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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

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper - Sunday 30 January 1898

Bristol Mercury - Thursday 03 February 1898

Bristol Mercury - Saturday 05 February 1898

Glasgow Herald - Wednesday 23 February 1898

Ancestry

Useyourlocal

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Season: 4 Episode: 7

Mary Kennedy of Baptists Mills in Bristol is one of an elite group of people who made landfall at Sydney Cove in January 1788. They numbered approximately 1,373 people, consisting of convicts, male and female, a few children, officials, marines and their wives and seamen. The voyage is known to history as ‘The First Fleet’. 

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

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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

Fellowship of First Fleeters

Bristol History

https://www.bristolhistory.co.uk/2021/05/22/mary-kennedy-adventures-on-the-first-fleet-and-beyond/

State Library. New South Wales

The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks, 1768-1771. Joseph Banks (1962) Sydney: Angus and Robertson.

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Season: 4 Episode: 6

I recently visited this iconic landmark on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The famous creaking sign sways back and forth over the cobbled patio and the warm glow of light guides you inside from the never-ending darkness of the moor.

There aren’t many pubs in Cornwall that have a history and reputation like the Jamaica Inn. 

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

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

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SOURCES

Jamaica Inn

Cornish OPC

National Archives

Ancestry-

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Season: 4 Episode: 5

Sometime during the night of 29—30 June 1860, Francis Saville Kent, who was three years old, disappeared from his father's residence, Rode Hill House, in the village of Rode, then in Wiltshire. Francis' body was later found in the vault of a privy-house on the property.

Detective Inspector Jonathan (Jack) Whicher of Scotland Yard was brought in to investigate the murder and he had an inkling who it was straight away but couldn't prove it.

The case shocked the nation and had so many twists and turns that it kept the newspapers busy for quite awhile.

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

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

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SOURCES

The Sunday Sun and Guardian 6 February 1944

Historic England

New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922

Find a Grave - Saville Kent

Find a Grave - Mary Kent

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Season: 4 Episode: 4

The Davenport Hill sisters lived in Hillstow on the site of Dorset House from 1897 until their deaths. They were both involved in prison reform, especially of the treatment of juvenile delinquents and the children of the poor, and Rosamond was also involved in educational reform and Florence in women's suffrage. They came from an illustrious three-generational family of reformers.

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

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

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SOURCES

Arnos Vale

The recorder of Birmingham : a memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill ; with selections from his correspondence

Bank of England

Oxford Journal - Saturday 01 November 1902

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, Melboune University Press

Bristol Records Office

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Season: 4 Episode: 3

A scheming salesman faked his father-in-law’s suicide to get his hands on the old man’s money – but bungled the job and was sent to the gallows at Bristol for his murder. 

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

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

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SOURCES

Bristol Evening Post

Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 23 December 1933

Western Daily Press - Monday 12 March 1934

SomersetLive

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Season: 4 Episode: 2

A subject suggested by Julian Humphrys from Surrey who's a huge history fan. It also happens to be the 380th anniversary of this significant event. If the the outcome had been different, history as we know it would be considerably changed. 

Sir Ralph Hopton's Royalist forces came across Waller's commanding position on Lansdowne Hill on 4 July and were unpleasantly surprised at its strength. Find out what happened next in one of the most important battles in history!

THIS PODCAST

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

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

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

CONTACT ME

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SOURCES

Tog hill House Farm

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 09 July 1932

Bath Field Club, vol. vi., No. 11. (1887), p. 177)

"Monarchy versus Parliament: England in the 17th century" André Krowke

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 07 July 1945

Encyclopedia Britanica

Shoreditch Observer - Saturday 15 December 1883

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 31 March 1864 [2]

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 26 July 1866

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