Manchester’s Sherlock Holmes

Manchester’s Sherlock Holmes

Detective Jerome Caminada, of the Manchester City police force, was a true Victorian super sleuth and a real-life Sherlock Holmes. A master of disguise and an expert in deduction, he tracked shady characters and nefarious criminals through his city’s dark underworld,...
The Legacy of Supt Bent

The Legacy of Supt Bent

Throughout most of the 19th century, crime detection in county police forces was undertaken by uniformed officers, rather than dedicated detectives. In the Lancashire Constabulary, Superintendent James Bent fully embraced ‘detective duties’, and his adventures...