Adventures and Recollections
Journey into a World of Wonder and EnchantmentBy Bill o'th' Hoylus End
Length6h 17m
About this audiobook
In "Adventures and Recollections," Bill o'th' Hoylus End presents a richly woven tapestry of personal narratives that blur the lines between memoir and fiction. Through a series of vividly rendered vignettes, the author invites readers into a world where everyday experiences transform into profound life lessons. Employing a conversational yet evocative literary style, the book captures the essence of local folklore while reflecting broader human themes of identity and belonging. The text navigates the complexities of rural existence, often drawing on the author's own childhood and cultural heritage, thus placing it firmly within the tradition of contemporary regional literature. Bill o'th' Hoylus End, known for his deep-rooted connection to the landscapes and communities he depicts, brings authenticity and passion to his work. His upbringing in a small village greatly influenced his storytelling style, prompting him to explore the nuances of memory and personal history. This backdrop of familiarity and nostalgia informs his writing, allowing him to resonate with readers on an emotional level, bridging the gap between past and present. This book is a must-read for those who appreciate richly textured narratives that celebrate the human experience. Whether one is seeking to reconnect with their own roots or simply yearning for a journey through time and place, "Adventures and Recollections" offers profound insights and delights with every turn of the page.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Historical Fiction
Length6 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 13, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. [1]
109A CHAT WITH “DUNCAN DHEW”
2MY BIRTHPLACE, HOME AND PARENTAGE
110A VISIT TO THE “BIG HALL”
3A MUSICAL FATHER
111THE SCOTCH LASSIE’S REGRET
4A MISCHIEVOUS BOYHOOD: O! HE’S A’ ILL ’UN
112A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE
5A FALSE ALARM
113BACK TO AULD REEKIE
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6A REMOVAL
114INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
7CHARACTER SKETCHES
115ADIEU! EDINBURGH—A DISAPPOINTMENT
8THE POET’S “PRENTICE HAND”: “MY FIRST PAIR O’ BRITCHES”
116IN CHARGE OF DEFAULTERS
9CHAPTER II.
117A DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH THE POLICE
10A ROMANTIC AND NOMADIC YOUTH
118I WAS OUT OF THE FRAY
11DIVERS PRANKS
119CHAPTER XI
12THE INNOCENT SUFFER FOR THE GUILTY
120IN THE LAND OF BURNS
13BILL AND THE DONKEY
121BURNS’ CELEBRATION
14SCHOOL LIFE
122THE PEOPLE OF AYR
15SENT TO THE MILL
123A FREE FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
16TAKING TO BURNS
124IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICE
17TWIN COMPANIONS AT NIGHT SCHOOL
125BEFORE THE LORD PROVOST
18AMONG THE HAND WOOLCOMBERS
126CHAPTER XII
19LEARNING TO BE AN ACROBAT
127REDUCED TO THE RANKS
20TRYING THE FIDDLE
128BREAKING A FIERY HORSE
21THE “NIGGER” BUSINESS
129BACK TO ENGLAND: MY OLD SCOTCH CAP
22A STROLLING, ROLLICKING PLAYER
130CHAPTER XIII
23TRICKING POLICEMAN LEACH
131BACK TO KEIGHLEY—I BECOME A VOLUNTEER
24MILL LIFE AND POETRY
132CAPTAIN BUSFEILD FERRAND GIVES A BANQUET
25MAKING AND SAILING SHIPS
133AN UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD DAY AT YORK
26CHAPTER III
134REVIEW AT DONCASTER
27TO THE STAGE AGAIN
135AN AMUSING INCIDENT ON THE HOME JOURNEY
28OH! FOR A SAILOR’S LIFE!
136THE DRILL-SERGEANT’S DISMISSAL
29LONGING FOR HOME AGAIN
137A DRILLING INCIDENT
30TRAMPING AND ADVENTURING
138CHAPTER XIV
31THE PRODIGAL RETURNS HOME
139A MONSTER REVIEW AT DOVER
32LOOKING FOR A TRADE
140CHURCH PARADE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY
33ADVENTURING WITH THE SHOWS: ODE TO A HERRING
141SEEING THE “SIGHTS O’ LUNNON”
34CHAPTER IV
142I MEET WITH A KEIGHLEY GENTLEMAN
35PLAYING THE CLOWN AND EVADING THE IMPOSSIBLE
143OFF TO DOVER—A STORMY MORNING
36CLOWNS AT A DISCOUNT
144I PERFORM A MILITARY TACTIC
37SEEKING AND FINDING
145UP THE HEIGHTS OF DOVER
38FIRST IMPRESSIONS
146THE SIGNAL FOR THE START
39SHANKS’ PONY
147A VOLUNTEER DRAMATIC SOCIETY
40THE GREEN BAG
148CHAPTER XV
41ENTERTAINING STRANGERS
149IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT
42THE BAG MYSTERY
150TRIP TO MALSIS HALL
43AT WARP-DRESSING AGAIN
151THE PEOPLE’S “TRIBUNE”
44A MINISTERING ANGEL
152THE HENPECKED CLUB AND THE KEIGHLEY SHOW
45CHAPTER V
153CHAPTER XVI
46“T’OTHER LODGER!”
154KEIGHLEY’S FIRST SCHOOL BOARD
47AMONG THE IRISH
155REMOVAL TO BRADFORD
48THE BARN DORMITORY—THE FIRE
156PLAY WRITING
49MY ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE
157AS A COMIC AUTHOR
50HOW THE PEOPLE RECEIVED ME
158THE GUARDIANS AND THEIR VISIT TO YORK CASTLE
51A CHATTY, QUIZZY, KINDLY POLICEMAN
159CHAPTER XVII
52THE RESULT OF THE FIRE
160THE KEIGHLEY GLORY BAND
53CLOTHING THE NAKED
161WITH THE LATE CHARLES BRADLAUGH, M.P.
54ON THE WAY TO BARNSLEY
162THE HEROIC WATCHMAN OF CALVERSYKE HILL
55A FRESH RIG-OUT
163CHAPTER XVIIITHE GREAT TICKET-OF-LEAVE STRIKE
56FROM THEATRE TO POLICE COURT
164THE PARISH PINDER
57A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE
165ADVENTURE WITH A SHARK
58RETURNING HOME
166CHAPTER XIX
59A RECOLLECTION OF KEAN, THE ACTOR
167THE BIG PIKE AND THE PRIZE RAM
60CHAPTER VI
168MR LEACH AND THE BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES
61MARIONETTES AT INGROW—AN AMUSING STORY
169ASTROLOGY AND BUMPOLOGY
62OUR HUMPTY-DUMPTY SITUATION
170ALONE IN LONDON
63AT ADDINGHAM FEAST—A JOKE THAT TOOK
171CHAPTER XX
64“NOT ONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALE”
172THE LATE MR LEACH IN LONDON
65THE WAR PIG AT HAWORTH—A LAUGHABLE STORY
173IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
66THE EXHIBITION
174AT A FANCY DRESS BALL
67THE COBBLER’S DISCOVERY
175AT SPURGEON’S TABERNACLE
68TIPPO-SAHIB—THE INDIAN CAT
176AN ADVENTURE AT EPSOM RACES
69AT HAWORTH AGAIN—FUNNY STORIES
177ROBBED IN PETTICOAT LANE
70THE BELLMAN’S SHAKESPEARE!
178THE FINAL DAY
71BILL PLAYS THE STREET MONKEY
179MR LEACH’S THREE NIGHTS’ LECTURES
72A DENSELY-CROWDED HOUSE
180MR LEACH’S FUNERAL SERMONS
73THE VANISHING TRICK
181CHAPTER XXI
74THE AUDIENCE DISCOVER THE “SLOPE.”
182MR LEACH AT WAKEFIELD
75CHAPTER VII
183SLACK-LANE BAPTIST CHAPEL
76ABOUT OLD JOE FIRTH
184A VISIT TO CLIFFE CASTLE
77TH’ CROOKED LEGGED ’UNS O’ KEIGHLEY
185MR LEACH AND DEVONSHIRE PARK
78“WHITE SLAVERY”
186MR LEACH’S EPITAPH
79OASTLER ON FACTORY LIFE
187CHAPTER XXII
80THE LATE REV. W. BUSFIELD
188EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY
81RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE MR BUSFEILD FERRAND
189IN BRADFORD—AS PATTERN DRESSER
82THE KEIGHLEY RIOT
190AS WARP-SIZING INSPECTOR
83A CHANGE OF LIFE
191AS “BUM” BAILIFF
84JOINING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
192BACK TO KEIGHLEY
85LED ASTRAY BY POLITICS
193THE ORDER OF BUFFALOES
86CHAPTER VIII
194CHAPTER XXIII
87A WOOING EXPEDITION AND ITS SEQUEL
195A TRAMP INTO LANCASHIRE
88FAMILY TROUBLES AT MIDDLESBOROUGH
196LOCAL ELECTION EPISODES
89AS A DOCK-YARD LABOURER
197BOYCOTTED!
90ACTING THE NAVVY CONTRACTOR
198I APPLY FOR SITUATION AS WORKHOUSE MASTER
91FALLING AMONG KEIGHLEY FRIENDS
199“THE POOR MAN’S LAWYER”
92ENLISTING IN THE ARMY
200I TURN INVENTOR
93CHAPTER IX
201CHAPTER XXIV old time friends
94MY MILITARY CAREER
202BILL SPINK, THE COBBLER
95EMBARKING FOR SCOTLAND
203A THEATRICAL CHUM
96THIEVES ON BOARD
204WITH THE LATE MR EDWIN WAUGH
97HOW THE THIEVES WERE TRAPPED
205“SAMMY” MOORE, AND OTHERS
98THE TRIAL AND IMPRISONMENT
206CHAPTER XXV
99AT EDINBURGH—BILL TELLS THE COLONEL SOMETHING
207MR JONAS BOTTOMLEY
100A RED-LETTER DAY IN MY LIFE
208“SHOOTING MONKEYS”
101“JEWED” BY A JEW
209“WHEN GREEN LEAVES COME AGAIN”
102BEFORE THE DRILL-SERGEANT
210CHAPTER XXVI
103A PROMOTION
211OLD MUSICIANS: “COME, GIE US A WAG O’ THI PAW.”
104A WARNING AND ITS EFFECT
212A DISAPPOINTED MAN
105HOAXED BY THE SERGEANTS
213“GOOISE AN’ GIBLET PIE.”
106BANQUET AT EDINBURGH CASTLE
214THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER
107CHANGE OF VENUE
215THE LATE REV. J. ROOM, M.A.
108CHAPTER X
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