Sheridan Smith Shocked By Arson & Fraud Family History

Sheridan Smith learns how her x2 great grandfather Benjamin later went on to become a pub landlord, running the Woodman Inn in Sheffield. But a 1895 newspaper report goes on to say Doubleday may have attempted to burn down his pub for the insurance!

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[exdus]

No diaries, no letters, no extended family members, no in-law decendents? Somewhere there might be information to flesh out his story. 🤔

[jackblack]

The gas burning in every room; the guy with matches in his hand at the scene. Looks like there was a big miscarriage of justice here.

[BethsVintageCraftedHome]

Why on earth is she pretending to cry over this? How silly 🙄