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Clements Hall Local History Group

Exploring the Scarcroft, Clementhorpe, South Bank and Bishophill areas of York

Clements Hall Local History Group

Exploring the Scarcroft, Clementhorpe, South Bank and Bishophill areas of York

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17 September 2021    This will be a Zoom talk - follow this link for details of how to access the talk

7.30pm

The crimes of Dr Gramshaw: downfall of a Yorkshire doctor

Rosemary Cook

Cover imageThis talk tells the story of a successful York family doctor whose final desperate actions in 1908 brought his professional and personal life crashing down around him. Yet even after his disgrace and the revelations that followed, more than 1000 people attended his funeral ... 

Rosemary Cook has a background in nursing and is the CEO of a local charity. She lives in Dringhouses and writes about historical true crimes with a nursing or medical connection.