“The past changes every time we retell it.”
~ Hilary Mantel.
Date: friday october 28 2022 at 7pm
meet: Bedern Hall Saint Andrewgate York YO1 7AL
On Friday October 28 at 7pm – Tee Bylo will present an evening of ‘Wantons & Wits’.
Nestled in the delightful area of St Andrewgate, the tiny court of Bedern has long enjoyed an illustriously haunting history.
However, during the Victorian era, and as a throng of brothel-keepers, and criminals claimed the streets around Bedern as their own – this once respectable area of York would become an urban underworld of vice and crime.
Drawing on exclusive archival material, newspaper reports and an unpublished autobiography – ‘Wantons & Wits’ will shine a light on the notorious history of this enclave in the 19th century and of our understanding of Victorian morality as Tee shares the tales of those long-forgotten folk.
date: wednesday october 4 2023 at 7pm
Meet: the friends meeting house new earswick york yo32 4ad
On Wednesday October 4 at 7pm – Tee will be doing what she does best as she chats death and despair, murder and mayhem with a presentation of ‘The Darker Side of York’.
As the nights draw ever closer – why not join Tee as she peels back the long shadows of Victorian history and shares the tales of long-forgotten folk?
The evening will be hosted by The City of York & District Family History Society at The Friends Meeting House in New Earswick, York.
