laidlaws<[email protected]> wrote: > eve via<[email protected]> wrote: > > A BUCKS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TALK > > The WHITECHAPEL MURDERS of the '90s have fascinated people for over > > a century, especially those whose ancestors lived in the East End in those > > scary times. Jack the Ripper was blamed - and has been identified with > > various Victorian doctors, a Royal Prince, and more recently, on very shaky > > evidence, a Russian Jew. One of the investigating team was a P C John > > Neill, and (in costume) his near namesake, John Neal, a former London > > policeman, has studied the crimes more searchingly, in the light of modern > > techniques, and come to the conclusion that > > JACK THE RIPPER WAS INNOCENT -OK? > > Come and hear his theories, agree or disagree, on Saturday February 14 at > > the Southcourt Community Centre, Prebendal Ave. Aylesbury HP21 8LF > > (parallel with Oxford Rd A418, just off ring road) 2 for 2.30pm Directions > > and details: www.bucksgs.org.uk or [email protected] or 01844 291631 > > Easy parking on site. > > Visitors welcome, but no responsibility for fainting fits, shock or horrors! > > EVE > > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians > > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society > If Jack the Ripper didn't do it, who did? > -- > Usenet Reader for Android > http://android.newsgroupstats.hk What I meant to say is: The self-styled Jack the Ripper may be innocent, but nowadays, the title refers to the real murderer. -- Usenet Reader for Android http://android.newsgroupstats.hk

On 28/01/2015 06:45, laidlaws wrote: > > > laidlaws<[email protected]> wrote: >> eve via<[email protected]> wrote: > A BUCKS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY >> TALK >> > The WHITECHAPEL MURDERS of the '90s have fascinated people for over >> > a century, especially those whose ancestors lived in the East End >> in those > scary times. Jack the Ripper was blamed - and has been >> identified with > various Victorian doctors, a Royal Prince, and more >> recently, on very shaky > evidence, a Russian Jew. One of the >> investigating team was a P C John > Neill, and (in costume) his near >> namesake, John Neal, a former London > policeman, has studied the >> crimes more searchingly, in the light of modern > techniques, and come >> to the conclusion that > JACK THE RIPPER WAS INNOCENT -OK? >> > Come and hear his theories, agree or disagree, on Saturday February >> 14 at > the Southcourt Community Centre, Prebendal Ave. Aylesbury HP21 >> 8LF > (parallel with Oxford Rd A418, just off ring road) 2 for >> 2.30pm Directions > and details: www.bucksgs.org.uk or >> [email protected] or 01844 291631 >> > Easy parking on site. >> > Visitors welcome, but no responsibility for fainting fits, shock or >> horrors! >> > EVE >> > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians >> > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society >> If Jack the Ripper didn't do it, who did? >> -- >> Usenet Reader for Android >> http://android.newsgroupstats.hk > > What I meant to say is: The self-styled Jack the Ripper may be innocent, > but nowadays, the title refers to the real murderer. There was no self-styled Jack the Ripper, that title was a newspaper invention. Someone killed half a dozen prostitutes in East London in a messy fashion in the 1890s but we will never know now who the culprit was. Won't stop people coming up with ever more fanciful theories though. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:25:28 +0000, Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote: >On 28/01/2015 06:45, laidlaws wrote: >> >> >> laidlaws<[email protected]> wrote: >>> eve via<[email protected]> wrote: > A BUCKS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY >>> TALK >>> > The WHITECHAPEL MURDERS of the '90s have fascinated people for over >>> > a century, especially those whose ancestors lived in the East End >>> in those > scary times. Jack the Ripper was blamed - and has been >>> identified with > various Victorian doctors, a Royal Prince, and more >>> recently, on very shaky > evidence, a Russian Jew. One of the >>> investigating team was a P C John > Neill, and (in costume) his near >>> namesake, John Neal, a former London > policeman, has studied the >>> crimes more searchingly, in the light of modern > techniques, and come >>> to the conclusion that > JACK THE RIPPER WAS INNOCENT -OK? >>> > Come and hear his theories, agree or disagree, on Saturday February >>> 14 at > the Southcourt Community Centre, Prebendal Ave. Aylesbury HP21 >>> 8LF > (parallel with Oxford Rd A418, just off ring road) 2 for >>> 2.30pm Directions > and details: www.bucksgs.org.uk or >>> [email protected] or 01844 291631 >>> > Easy parking on site. >>> > Visitors welcome, but no responsibility for fainting fits, shock or >>> horrors! >>> > EVE >>> > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians >>> > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society >>> If Jack the Ripper didn't do it, who did? >>> -- >>> Usenet Reader for Android >>> http://android.newsgroupstats.hk >> >> What I meant to say is: The self-styled Jack the Ripper may be innocent, >> but nowadays, the title refers to the real murderer. > >There was no self-styled Jack the Ripper, that title was a newspaper >invention. Someone killed half a dozen prostitutes in East London in a >messy fashion in the 1890s but we will never know now who the culprit was. > The National Archives have a letter (letters ?) purporting to be from him but just signed "Jack". >Won't stop people coming up with ever more fanciful theories though.

On 28/01/2015 07:28, Charles Ellson wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:25:28 +0000, Graeme Wall > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 28/01/2015 06:45, laidlaws wrote: >>> >>> >>> laidlaws<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> eve via<[email protected]> wrote: > A BUCKS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY >>>> TALK >>>>> The WHITECHAPEL MURDERS of the '90s have fascinated people for over >>>>> a century, especially those whose ancestors lived in the East End >>>> in those > scary times. Jack the Ripper was blamed - and has been >>>> identified with > various Victorian doctors, a Royal Prince, and more >>>> recently, on very shaky > evidence, a Russian Jew. One of the >>>> investigating team was a P C John > Neill, and (in costume) his near >>>> namesake, John Neal, a former London > policeman, has studied the >>>> crimes more searchingly, in the light of modern > techniques, and come >>>> to the conclusion that > JACK THE RIPPER WAS INNOCENT -OK? >>>>> Come and hear his theories, agree or disagree, on Saturday February >>>> 14 at > the Southcourt Community Centre, Prebendal Ave. Aylesbury HP21 >>>> 8LF > (parallel with Oxford Rd A418, just off ring road) 2 for >>>> 2.30pm Directions > and details: www.bucksgs.org.uk or >>>> [email protected] or 01844 291631 >>>>> Easy parking on site. >>>>> Visitors welcome, but no responsibility for fainting fits, shock or >>>> horrors! >>>>> EVE >>>>> Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians >>>>> Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society >>>> If Jack the Ripper didn't do it, who did? >>>> -- >>>> Usenet Reader for Android >>>> http://android.newsgroupstats.hk >>> >>> What I meant to say is: The self-styled Jack the Ripper may be innocent, >>> but nowadays, the title refers to the real murderer. >> >> There was no self-styled Jack the Ripper, that title was a newspaper >> invention. Someone killed half a dozen prostitutes in East London in a >> messy fashion in the 1890s but we will never know now who the culprit was. >> > The National Archives have a letter (letters ?) purporting to be from > him but just signed "Jack". The 19th century equivalent of on-line trolls. > >> Won't stop people coming up with ever more fanciful theories though. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>