Archibald Sloss novel
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189 Days to Christmas
Since I am doing a little light research for my Archie Sloss novel, I discovered that the Glasgow Police appointed their first detective in 1819 and followed with a designated Criminal Department in 1821. Is everyone on the same page as me? I’m thinking Netflix’s Dept. Q Christmas Special, where DC Rose Dickson (played by Continue reading
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One April Fool
It’s finally spring and to distract you from all the insanity of the gift that keeps on giving down south, I offer you an update of life here on Electric Street. Doing: March is brilliant when you have a little Irish within you! I was busy with several Ottawa-area events in celebration of Saint Continue reading
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Archie Sloss: The Burglar Who Stole the Heart of Victorian Society
PART TWO: Western Australia, circa 1873 – Archie Sloss, the escaped convict and robber, was in hiding from the police with a price of two hundred pounds on his head. How would he get away? Archie tells us that nine days after the police raided the hideout, Donald Macvittie, a respectable Scottish shepherd, bought passage Continue reading
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The Remarkable Life of Archibald Sloss: A Genealogical Discovery
This month, the blog is part one of a longer story, because I need to testify. Yes testify … to the remarkable life of Archibald Sloss, born in Stirlingshire in 1830. Archie, alias Archie Baird, the ex-Duke of Portland Prison, Old Dad Sloss, or “The Burglar with the Blue Scar” was my grandmother’s grandfather’s older Continue reading
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