Club Meeting Speaker - Ken Goor The darkside of Leeds

Mon, Feb 3rd 2025 at 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm

Club Meeting Speaker - Ken Goor The darkside of Leeds

Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites
Club Speaker Ken Goor
The Dark side of Leeds.
On Monday 3rd of Feb Ken visited the club and gave a talk on the Dark side of Leeds.
Ken emphasised that all his talk was from official records.
He talked of gruesome and strange happenings in Leeds .
from court room cases.
He talked of the ducking stoolcase where women were ducked for gosiping
He talked of an brank helmet , where a person could led around.

One case was the hanging of Mary Bateman for being a witch in 1805

LINK -- BBC article The Darker side of Leeds

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