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DING 2015: "Born in Sheffield, he was a carver and forger of knife blades. He played the organ and the violin and was a bass singer. He was scenic artist and assistant manager at the Theatre Royal in Sheffield. He once owned a boxing saloon and taught pugilism. For some time he lived in Bradwell where he kept a pub called "Shoulder of Mutton". Wadsley Jack was originally published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph in 1865".

WORKS

1866. Wadsley Jack or the Humours and Adventures of  a Travelling Cutler. Sheffield: John Holmes, Oxford Street. SC. EDD Yks.

1881-1882. T'Ups an' Dahns o' Shevvield Loife. The Sheffield Independent, July 1891-January 1892.

NOT IN KINGKONG PROJECT

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Evans, Seth. 1912. "Reuben Hallam, Author and Publican". Bradwell, ancient and Modern: History of the Parish and Incidents in the Hope Valley and District: Being Collections and Recollections in a Peakland Village. Chesterfield: Broad Oaks Press:71.

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Reuben Hallam

(Ps. Wadsley Jack)

(1818-1898)