Author: BROCKLEHURST, Henry:
Title: " I Was in Prison ".
Description: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898, pp. xxiv, 136. Original cloth, bevelled edges. A little dusty, but good, sound condition. A detailed account of the author's experiences during a month in Strangeways, Manchester in 1896.He was a councillor arrested for public speaking in Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley. Given the options of a £5 fine or a month in gaol he chose the latter.

Keywords: Manchester,Strangeways,Prison Life,Prisons, prison reform,


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