Hello Casebook

[Baron Von Chambers]

Hi I'm new to the forum (been checking out the site since 2003).

My names John and I've been studying the case gone on 15 years now and feel I know quite a bit, enough to run a guided tour for anyone interested. I'm a big follower of Don Rumbelow, Paul Begg and Philip Sugden and I also used to work at The London Dungeon.

I love acting and writing and really look forward to discussing and if needs be arguing with you guys about Jack.

Find out a little bit about me and my walk on www.myspace.com/whitechapelstrailofterror

[George Hutchinson]

When were you at the LD? I worked there in 1998.

Working there is not something I'm proud of when dealing in Ripper history as I hope you can appreciate.

PHILIP

[KatBradshaw]

Hello there. Nice to meet you. I love acting too but the closest I come to doing any is being a teacher (of history naturally). I would love to have worked at the London Dungeon. We have one here in York too. Not quite the same though. I went to the LD when I was 20, I was doing my dissertation and my Dad took me. A bloke dressed up as a dead monk scared the bejaysus out of me. Was a lot of fun.

[Baron Von Chambers]

When were you at the LD? I worked there in 1998.

Working there is not something I'm proud of when dealing in Ripper history as I hope you can appreciate.

PHILIP

2006-2007, I was a Keeper and an Actor.

I know it's total cobblers, I've gone blue in the face pointing out all the mistakes in the scripts, suspects, how on the dummy Annie Champman's intestines are flung over the wrong shoulder. Never listened though. You know Terry Wade and Nick Lucas at all?

I would love to have worked at the London Dungeon. We have one here in York too. Not quite the same though.

It was fun while it lasted, my boss Esme and her husband Dave both worked at York. I'd love to go there

[Celesta]

Hello Baron,

Welcome. I hope you enjoy the site.

Best,

Cel

[Suzi]

Hi
Not THE Baron I hope-

I'd be interested to hear about your LD period!!!...., My memories of the LD are somewhat jaded- TOO wrong all round and I think I'd have got 'jaded if I'd had to jump up and around in there every day for a year or so in the way of 'entertainment'!!!!!!

BUT... I do remember going to The Empress of Russia in Tooley St once a month for the Morgan Three Wheeler Club meetings- around 1968/9/70!!....... ( Another story/stories there)

Suz x

[Mike Covell]

Welcome aboard!

[RJM]

Welcome aboard, John.

I have a question about your tour. It says on your webpage that you visit all five sites. Does this mean that you exclude either Gunthorpe Street (Tabram) or Henriques Street (Stride)? Also you may want to drop the picture you have posted of Keith Skinner, because it's actually Chris George!

I believe Messrs Rumbelow, Fido. Begg, and Evans will be pleased by the youthful photos you posted of them. But seriously... Stu Evans?

You're not John Pope-de-Locksley trying to drum up some business under an alias by any chance?

Cheers.

Robert

[George Hutchinson]

^ Heh. I chose not to comment, Rob.

BVC, I knew Terry and Nick well. Terry has been there since time began and never looks a day older. I went to the LD for free last summer and ran into him there. He CLAIMS to have remembered me but although I gave him my e-mail and told him how life has changed for me in regards to Ripper community standing and the like, I never heard from him.

I was actually working at the LD when Nick Lucas started in early 1998. I know he's left and moved because I saw it on the LD actors past & present Facebook page (which I applied to join and was not granted...)

I was a bit of a loose cannon when I was there. Worked my socks off and put heart and soul into it, but the bosses hated me. It was odd; when I started there I was seen as a bit weird and avoided by most of my colleagues but by the time I'd left, those colleagues had all resigned and I'd become God-like to most of the newbies! The original staff couldn't get their heads round the idea of someone actually liking the job. Says a lot, really.

I don't like bullying and people being exploited so I was a thorn in the side to the bosses in '98. I also didn't take the job as seriously as they'd want because I knew it was such tosh, so scary often became surreal. I never had a complaint made about me, though!

PHILIP