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The BackTracker History Show The Backtracker
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Based in the UK, this self confessed history geek takes you for a stroll down memory lane and shares stories and interesting nuggets of information that has been discovered along the way. From tales of tragedy and sadness to epic stories of human courage or creativity, there are many people in history who have made their mark, however small.
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The Traitors Castle
Season: 4 Episode: 1
Hidden on a private estate in Ross-shire, Ardross Castle has become one of the most talked-about locations in Scotland in recent weeks as the location of the hit BBC reality series, The Traitors.
Find out more about this beautiful location and the people who lived in it before it became famous.
THIS PODCAST
This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.
If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com
Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.
So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.
CONTACT ME
Email: info@backtracker.co.uk
Facebook: @BackTrackerUK
Instagram: @backtrackeruk
Twitter: @BackTrackerUK
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SOURCES
Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
BBC
Gardeners Chronicle, 1875
Glasgow Herald - Tuesday 03 August 1886
The National Archives
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 01 June 1937
Friends of Claines Church
Andross Castle
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Sound Effects by zapsplat.com
Intro music by The Model Folk
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The Battle of Lansdown Hill
Season: 4 Episode: 2
A subject suggested by Julian Humphrys from Surrey who's a huge history fan. It also happens to be the 380th anniversary of this significant event. If the the outcome had been different, history as we know it would be considerably changed.
Sir Ralph Hopton's Royalist forces came across Waller's commanding position on Lansdowne Hill on 4 July and were unpleasantly surprised at its strength. Find out what happened next in one of the most important battles in history!
THIS PODCAST
This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.
If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com
Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.
So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.
CONTACT ME
Email: info@backtracker.co.uk
Facebook: @BackTrackerUK
Instagram: @backtrackeruk
Twitter: @BackTrackerUK
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SOURCES
Tog hill House Farm
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 09 July 1932
Bath Field Club, vol. vi., No. 11. (1887), p. 177)
"Monarchy versus Parliament: England in the 17th century" André Krowke
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 07 July 1945
Encyclopedia Britanica
Shoreditch Observer - Saturday 15 December 1883
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 31 March 1864 [2]
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 26 July 1866
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Sound Effects by zapsplat.com
Intro music by The Model Folk
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The Scheming Salesman
Season: 4 Episode: 3
A scheming salesman faked his father-in-law’s suicide to get his hands on the old man’s money – but bungled the job and was sent to the gallows at Bristol for his murder.
THIS PODCAST
This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.
If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com
Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.
So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.
CONTACT ME
Email: info@backtracker.co.uk
Facebook: @BackTrackerUK
Instagram: @backtrackeruk
Twitter: @BackTrackerUK
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SOURCES
Bristol Evening Post
Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 23 December 1933
Western Daily Press - Monday 12 March 1934
SomersetLive
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Sound Effects by zapsplat.com
Intro music by The Model Folk
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The tale of the Activist Family: The Davenport Hills
Season: 4 Episode: 4
The Davenport Hill sisters lived in Hillstow on the site of Dorset House from 1897 until their deaths. They were both involved in prison reform, especially of the treatment of juvenile delinquents and the children of the poor, and Rosamond was also involved in educational reform and Florence in women's suffrage. They came from an illustrious three-generational family of reformers.
THIS PODCAST
This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.
If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com
Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.
So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.
CONTACT ME
Email: info@backtracker.co.uk
Facebook: @BackTrackerUK
Instagram: @backtrackeruk
Twitter: @BackTrackerUK
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SOURCES
Arnos Vale
The recorder of Birmingham : a memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill ; with selections from his correspondence
Bank of England
Oxford Journal - Saturday 01 November 1902
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, Melboune University Press
Bristol Records Office
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Sound Effects by zapsplat.com
Intro music by The Model Folk
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Death at Rode Hill House House
Season: 4 Episode: 5
Sometime during the night of 29—30 June 1860, Francis Saville Kent, who was three years old, disappeared from his father's residence, Rode Hill House, in the village of Rode, then in Wiltshire. Francis' body was later found in the vault of a privy-house on the property.
Detective Inspector Jonathan (Jack) Whicher of Scotland Yard was brought in to investigate the murder and he had an inkling who it was straight away but couldn't prove it.
The case shocked the nation and had so many twists and turns that it kept the newspapers busy for quite awhile.
THIS PODCAST
This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.
If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com
Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.
So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.
CONTACT ME
Email: info@backtracker.co.uk
Facebook: @BackTrackerUK
Instagram: @backtrackeruk
Twitter: @BackTrackerUK
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SOURCES
The Sunday Sun and Guardian 6 February 1944
Historic England
New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
Find a Grave - Saville Kent
Find a Grave - Mary Kent
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Sound Effects by zapsplat.com
Intro music by The Model Folk
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Jamaica Inn
Season: 4 Episode: 6
I recently visited this iconic landmark on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The famous creaking sign sways back and forth over the cobbled patio and the warm glow of light guides you inside from the never-ending darkness of the moor.
There aren’t many pubs in Cornwall that have a history and reputation like the Jamaica Inn.
THIS PODCAST
This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.
If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com
Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.
So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.
CONTACT ME
Email: info@backtracker.co.uk
Facebook: @BackTrackerUK
Instagram: @backtrackeruk
Twitter: @BackTrackerUK
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SOURCES
Jamaica Inn
Cornish OPC
National Archives
Ancestry-
Sound Effects by zapsplat.com
Intro music by The Model Folk
© THE BACKTRACKER HISTORY SHOW 2023
Customer Reviews
Bravo!
Wonderful production, research and A+ presentation. Alice and her team deliver a show that is very interesting, informative and
entertaining. Bravo!