Civic Society Talk on Tuesday 24th September 2024 at Rawdon Community Library, 7.30pm
‘Stand & Deliver’ –
ERIC JACKSON JP Retired Magistrate & Local Historian tells the story of ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ from Dick Turpin, who is probably the most famous of all highwaymen. His grave can be seen in the churchyard of St. Denys and St. George in York. Also, Claude Duval, a French Highwayman, hanged at Tyburn.
Why did they do it?
How were they captured & how were they punished?
Gentlemen of the road or thugs and thieves?‘It should be an interesting evening with plenty of excitement!’