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    CHAPMAN'S SHOP IN HASTINGS, SKETCHED 1903




    THE CURRENT OWNER, MR GEORGE, LOOKING FOR THE POLE!
    Helena Wojtczak BSc (Hons) FRHistS.

    Author of 'Jack the Ripper at Last? George Chapman, the Southwark Poisoner'. Click this link : - http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

  • #2
    Very interesting, Helena. Excellent work.

    Chris
    Christopher T. George
    Organizer, RipperCon #JacktheRipper-#True Crime Conference
    just held in Baltimore, April 7-8, 2018.
    For information about RipperCon, go to http://rippercon.com/
    RipperCon 2018 talks can now be heard at http://www.casebook.org/podcast/

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    • #3
      Aha! Yes another Mr George!
      Helena Wojtczak BSc (Hons) FRHistS.

      Author of 'Jack the Ripper at Last? George Chapman, the Southwark Poisoner'. Click this link : - http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

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      • #4
        Yes I thought he looked like my long lost cousin.
        Christopher T. George
        Organizer, RipperCon #JacktheRipper-#True Crime Conference
        just held in Baltimore, April 7-8, 2018.
        For information about RipperCon, go to http://rippercon.com/
        RipperCon 2018 talks can now be heard at http://www.casebook.org/podcast/

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        • #5
          He was v nice to me, lifted the big wooden hatch and let me peer into his cellar!

          "The couple still had with them the little boy, Willie, who sometimes slept in the shop and quite frequently in a foul cellar below the premises….it seems that the boy led a most unhappy and neglected life."

          (Hargrave Adam)

          ... embellished by R. Michael Gordon, who added compulsion, rodents and maternal shortcomings to give the story melodrama: "Chapman showed his contempt for her son by having him sleep in a cellar below his barbershop, in the company of rats and filth".
          Helena Wojtczak BSc (Hons) FRHistS.

          Author of 'Jack the Ripper at Last? George Chapman, the Southwark Poisoner'. Click this link : - http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

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          • #6
            Hi Helena

            Do you have any sense that Klosowski might have descendents? What happened to Willie, do you know?

            All the best

            Chris
            Christopher T. George
            Organizer, RipperCon #JacktheRipper-#True Crime Conference
            just held in Baltimore, April 7-8, 2018.
            For information about RipperCon, go to http://rippercon.com/
            RipperCon 2018 talks can now be heard at http://www.casebook.org/podcast/

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            • #7
              THE CURRENT OWNER, MR GEORGE, LOOKING FOR THE POLE!
              More specifically, he's looking for the Pole's pole.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by ChrisGeorge View Post
                Hi Helena

                Do you have any sense that Klosowski might have descendents? What happened to Willie, do you know?

                All the best

                Chris
                Klosowski and Lucy had a daughter Cecilia, who married and produced offspring.

                Wille went to an orphanage and died in WW1.

                It will all be in my book.

                Helena
                Helena Wojtczak BSc (Hons) FRHistS.

                Author of 'Jack the Ripper at Last? George Chapman, the Southwark Poisoner'. Click this link : - http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

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