On Wednesday 14 January in Middridge Village Hall, Chris Lloyed makes a welcome return with ‘Attacking the Devil and Sinking the Unsinkable’. His subject is WT Stead, the greatest Victorian reformer you’ve never heard of!
He was responsible for getting the world’s first children’s protection act passed, but only by using scandalous tactics which he learned here in the North East, as editor of The Northern Echo.
He played a fascinating part in making mass murderer, Mary Ann Cotton, appear such a devil and took an extraordinary interest in a ghost which punched a human.
He was also the most famous British person to drown on the Titanic.
Just as his journalism skills were forged in Darlington, so were large parts of the Titanic forged here – although the company responsible later tried to airbrush out its involvement in the world’s greatest maritime disaster.
Everyone is most welcome.
Admission is £3 and includes refreshments.
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