Joanne Major

... but perhaps you don’t know who Dando was. He was an oyster-eater [and] used to go into oyster-shops, without a farthing of money...

In a ditch, between St Albans and Colney Heath in Hertfordshire, lay a poor starving girl, half-naked. Two bakers travelling along the road discovered and rescued her. They took her to an alehouse near the turnpike where the local surgeon and apothecary, Mr Humphries, was sent for. Under his care, the girl recovered.

This is a fascinating story that proves fact is stranger than fiction. Grab a drink, sit back and enjoy!