Adventures and Recollections

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Author

Bill o'th' Hoylus End, 1836-1897

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Transcribed by Steven Wood from the Keighley Herald (1893)

Language

English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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Bill o'th' Hoylus End

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eBook-No.

29085

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29085

Release Date

June 9, 2009

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ADVENTURES and RECOLLECTIONS of BILL O’TH HOYLUS END.
2. 2.CHAPTER I. [1] — MY BIRTHPLACE, HOME AND PARENTAGE — A MUSICAL FATHER — A MISCHIEVOUS BOYHOOD — O! HE’S A’ ILL ’UN — A FALSE ALARM — A REMOVAL — CHARACTER SKETCHES — THE POET’S “PRENTICE HAND” — “MY FIRST PAIR O’ BRITCHES”
3. 3.CHAPTER II. — A ROMANTIC AND NOMADIC YOUTH — DIVERS PRANKS — THE INNOCENT SUFFER FOR THE GUILTY — BILL AND THE DONKEY — SCHOOL LIFE — SENT TO THE MILL — TAKING TO BURNS — TWIN COMPANIONS AT NIGHT SCHOOL — AMONG THE HAND WOOLCOMBERS — LEARNING TO BE AN ACROBAT — TRYING THE FIDDLE — THE “NIGGER” BUSINESS — A STROLLING, ROLLICKING PLAYER — TRICKING POLICEMAN LEACH — MILL LIFE AND POETRY — MAKING AND SAILING SHIPS
4. 4.CHAPTER III — TO THE STAGE AGAIN — OH! FOR A SAILOR’S LIFE! — LONGING FOR HOME AGAIN — TRAMPING AND ADVENTURING — THE PRODIGAL RETURNS HOME — LOOKING FOR A TRADE — ADVENTURING WITH THE SHOWS — ODE TO A HERRING
5. 5.CHAPTER IV — PLAYING THE CLOWN AND EVADING THE IMPOSSIBLE — CLOWNS AT A DISCOUNT — SEEKING AND FINDING — FIRST IMPRESSIONS — SHANKS’ PONY — THE GREEN BAG — ENTERTAINING STRANGERS — THE BAG MYSTERY — AT WARP-DRESSING AGAIN — A MINISTERING ANGEL
6. 6.CHAPTER V — “T’OTHER LODGER!” — AMONG THE IRISH — THE BARN DORMITORY—THE FIRE — MY ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE — HOW THE PEOPLE RECEIVED ME — A CHATTY, QUIZZY, KINDLY POLICEMAN — THE RESULT OF THE FIRE — CLOTHING THE NAKED — ON THE WAY TO BARNSLEY — A FRESH RIG-OUT — FROM THEATRE TO POLICE COURT — A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE — RETURNING HOME — A RECOLLECTION OF KEAN, THE ACTOR
7. 7.CHAPTER VI — MARIONETTES AT INGROW—AN AMUSING STORY — OUR HUMPTY-DUMPTY SITUATION — AT ADDINGHAM FEAST—A JOKE THAT TOOK — “NOT ONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALE” — THE WAR PIG AT HAWORTH—A LAUGHABLE STORY — THE EXHIBITION — THE COBBLER’S DISCOVERY — TIPPO-SAHIB—THE INDIAN CAT — AT HAWORTH AGAIN—FUNNY STORIES — THE BELLMAN’S SHAKESPEARE! — BILL PLAYS THE STREET MONKEY — A DENSELY-CROWDED HOUSE — THE VANISHING TRICK — THE AUDIENCE DISCOVER THE “SLOPE.”
8. 8.CHAPTER VII — ABOUT OLD JOE FIRTH — TH’ CROOKED LEGGED ’UNS O’ KEIGHLEY — “WHITE SLAVERY” — OASTLER ON FACTORY LIFE — THE LATE REV. W. BUSFIELD — RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE MR BUSFEILD FERRAND — THE KEIGHLEY RIOT — A CHANGE OF LIFE — JOINING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL — LED ASTRAY BY POLITICS
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII — A WOOING EXPEDITION AND ITS SEQUEL — FAMILY TROUBLES AT MIDDLESBOROUGH — AS A DOCK-YARD LABOURER — ACTING THE NAVVY CONTRACTOR — FALLING AMONG KEIGHLEY FRIENDS — ENLISTING IN THE ARMY
10. 10.CHAPTER IX — MY MILITARY CAREER — EMBARKING FOR SCOTLAND — THIEVES ON BOARD — HOW THE THIEVES WERE TRAPPED — THE TRIAL AND IMPRISONMENT — AT EDINBURGH—BILL TELLS THE COLONEL SOMETHING — A RED-LETTER DAY IN MY LIFE — “JEWED” BY A JEW — BEFORE THE DRILL-SERGEANT — A PROMOTION — A WARNING AND ITS EFFECT — HOAXED BY THE SERGEANTS — BANQUET AT EDINBURGH CASTLE — CHANGE OF VENUE
11. 11.CHAPTER X — A CHAT WITH “DUNCAN DHEW” — A VISIT TO THE “BIG HALL” — THE SCOTCH LASSIE’S REGRET — A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE — BACK TO AULD REEKIE — INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPRESS EUGENIE — ADIEU! EDINBURGH—A DISAPPOINTMENT — IN CHARGE OF DEFAULTERS — A DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH THE POLICE — I WAS OUT OF THE FRAY
12. 12.CHAPTER XI — IN THE LAND OF BURNS — BURNS’ CELEBRATION — THE PEOPLE OF AYR — A FREE FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES — IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICE — BEFORE THE LORD PROVOST
13. 13.CHAPTER XII — REDUCED TO THE RANKS — BREAKING A FIERY HORSE — BACK TO ENGLAND — MY OLD SCOTCH CAP
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII — BACK TO KEIGHLEY—I BECOME A VOLUNTEER — CAPTAIN BUSFEILD FERRAND GIVES A BANQUET — AN UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD DAY AT YORK — REVIEW AT DONCASTER — AN AMUSING INCIDENT ON THE HOME JOURNEY — THE DRILL-SERGEANT’S DISMISSAL — A DRILLING INCIDENT
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV — A MONSTER REVIEW AT DOVER — CHURCH PARADE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY — SEEING THE “SIGHTS O’ LUNNON” — I MEET WITH A KEIGHLEY GENTLEMAN — OFF TO DOVER—A STORMY MORNING — I PERFORM A MILITARY TACTIC — UP THE HEIGHTS OF DOVER — THE SIGNAL FOR THE START — A VOLUNTEER DRAMATIC SOCIETY
16. 16.CHAPTER XV — IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT — TRIP TO MALSIS HALL — THE PEOPLE’S “TRIBUNE” — THE HENPECKED CLUB AND THE KEIGHLEY SHOW
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI — KEIGHLEY’S FIRST SCHOOL BOARD — REMOVAL TO BRADFORD — PLAY WRITING — AS A COMIC AUTHOR — THE GUARDIANS AND THEIR VISIT TO YORK CASTLE
18. 18.CHAPTER XVII — THE KEIGHLEY GLORY BAND — WITH THE LATE CHARLES BRADLAUGH, M.P. — THE HEROIC WATCHMAN OF CALVERSYKE HILL — CHAPTER XVIIITHE GREAT TICKET-OF-LEAVE STRIKE — THE PARISH PINDER — ADVENTURE WITH A SHARK
19. 19.CHAPTER XIX — THE BIG PIKE AND THE PRIZE RAM — MR LEACH AND THE BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES — ASTROLOGY AND BUMPOLOGY — ALONE IN LONDON
20. 20.CHAPTER XX — THE LATE MR LEACH IN LONDON — IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS — AT A FANCY DRESS BALL — AT SPURGEON’S TABERNACLE — AN ADVENTURE AT EPSOM RACES — ROBBED IN PETTICOAT LANE — THE FINAL DAY — MR LEACH’S THREE NIGHTS’ LECTURES — MR LEACH’S FUNERAL SERMONS
21. 21.CHAPTER XXI — MR LEACH AT WAKEFIELD — SLACK-LANE BAPTIST CHAPEL — A VISIT TO CLIFFE CASTLE — MR LEACH AND DEVONSHIRE PARK — MR LEACH’S EPITAPH
22. 22.CHAPTER XXII — EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY — IN BRADFORD—AS PATTERN DRESSER — AS WARP-SIZING INSPECTOR — AS “BUM” BAILIFF — BACK TO KEIGHLEY — THE ORDER OF BUFFALOES
23. 23.CHAPTER XXIII — A TRAMP INTO LANCASHIRE — LOCAL ELECTION EPISODES — BOYCOTTED! — I APPLY FOR SITUATION AS WORKHOUSE MASTER — “THE POOR MAN’S LAWYER” — I TURN INVENTOR
24. 24.CHAPTER XXIV old time friends — BILL SPINK, THE COBBLER — A THEATRICAL CHUM — WITH THE LATE MR EDWIN WAUGH — “SAMMY” MOORE, AND OTHERS
25. 25.CHAPTER XXV — MR JONAS BOTTOMLEY — “SHOOTING MONKEYS” — “WHEN GREEN LEAVES COME AGAIN”
26. 26.CHAPTER XXVI — OLD MUSICIANS — “COME, GIE US A WAG O’ THI PAW.” — A DISAPPOINTED MAN — “GOOISE AN’ GIBLET PIE.”
27. 27.THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER — THE LATE REV. J. ROOM, M.A. — SOME LAUGHABLE STORIES — MY LAST RAMBLE — CHRISTMAS DAY
28. 28.Footnotes

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