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  • Ripperana Jan 2008...What is this?

    Hi all-
    I know I get my Ripperana slightly late...but not's let go there

    ....Anyway ...it's arrived and I was tantatalised by this pic on their Picture Desk...allegedly of Millers Ct

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    Quote 'An appararently recent photograph of the murder room at Miller's Court. Note the electric lamp-post,c 1959.Sent in by V.W.Gaudie

    Now there's an Editorial to go with this which I'll type out if anyone's interested......but COME on this just doesn't look right does it in any way........electric light and Leonard Matters aside!!!!!!!!

    What d'ya reckon??

    Suz x
    'Would you like to see my African curiosities?'

  • #2
    possible i suppose
    “be just and fear not”

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    • #3
      That's not the entrance to Mary Kelly's room on the left of picture. I seem to recall that her doorway had an arch above it, even up to when it was demolished, but that doorway has a flat lintel. And what's with those bollards?
      Kind regards, Sam Flynn

      "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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      • #4
        I thought Miller's Court was demolished in the 1920's or 1930's.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by aspallek View Post
          I thought Miller's Court was demolished in the 1920's or 1930's.
          Andy,

          1934 sticks in my tiny mind as the date. No way is that piccy the entrance to Miller's Court.

          Cheers,

          Graham
          We are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture and hypothesis. - Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure Of Silver Blaze

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          • #6
            I saw this in Ripperana also and thought straight away that it did not look at all like Miller's Court. I checked my copy of the picture of Miller's Court in my old copy of The Complete Jack the Ripper (Rumbelow) and note that in the above picture, the brickwork curves round into the court, whereas in the picture taken on the morning that the murder was discovered, there is clearly no curve.

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            • #7
              good eyes
              “be just and fear not”

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              • #8
                It's not narrow enough, for a start, and the brickwork is indeed very different.
                Who is trying to kid whom?

                Graham
                We are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture and hypothesis. - Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure Of Silver Blaze

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                • #9
                  Can we give Nick Warren the benefit of the doubt and say it was an April Fool's Day joke?

                  Since we so rarely get to talk about Ripperana, has anyone heard how Nick's health is doing?

                  Dan Norder
                  Ripper Notes: The International Journal for Ripper Studies
                  Web site: www.RipperNotes.com - Email: dannorder@gmail.com

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by jdpegg View Post
                    good eyes

                    Actually, not good eyes at all, but the differences are quite clearly to be seen. You don't have to look closely at all.


                    As I only got my copy of Ripperana last week I did wonder if it was an April Fool's joke but it is in the January edition.

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                    • #11
                      1959? Miller's Court was demolished in 1928. Doh!!

                      It's Wood's Buildings.

                      The sinister 'alley' that runs between Whitechapel Rd and Winthrop Street which has been closed off since 2003.

                      JB
                      Last edited by John Bennett; 04-01-2008, 11:49 PM.

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                      • #12
                        oh woods buildings!! someone tell nick!!
                        “be just and fear not”

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by John Bennett View Post
                          ... which has been closed off since 2003.
                          It must have closed later than that, John. I walked through it in April 2004.

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                          • #14
                            I know the place, too. Could be. Looks plausible.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by The Grave Maurice View Post
                              It must have closed later than that, John. I walked through it in April 2004.
                              Thanks, GM. I knew it was sometime around then.

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