Local Characters

There have been several characters who were familiar to the people of Halifax – not always for the best reasons

This Foldout presents some of those mentioned here

Johnny Abrahams Mrs Adams America Jim Betty o' th' Fly Lister Brearley William Brearley Thomas (Tom) Castle Jim Cawthra Tommy Cheesebits Ike Danger Thomas Davies John Eastwood Fag-Ash Lil Fat Dan The Fiddler Lillian (Lily) Fogg Mordecai Fortune Grace Half-a-crown Fanny Walter Helliwell Elizabeth Hindle William Holt Ben Illingworth Billy Fish Joseph Hobson Jagger Harry Longbottom

Thomas Longbottom Mrs Pandozi Harry Lund Mad Rat Johnny Markswell Fred Mitchell Timothy Mitchell Albert Muir Nanny: Mad Nanny The Negro of Victoria Road, Halifax Mrs Nolan Ab Nutter Mr Ossipov Ovenden Grunt Jack Payne Edmond Pickup Bull Pratt Radical Bob Salt Jimmy William (Billy) Somerville John Taylor Joe Fiddler Thompson Timson's Tippy Tom Tat Turvin Jim Water Molly

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Revised 09:28 on 4th October 2017 / mmc713 / 8