JTR Exhibition in Docklands

[AdamNeilWood]

May and October events at the Museum

Dear all,

I'm assisting the Museum with the events discussed above, so can shed some light if anyone has any questions.

The format for the 17 May event is a 30 minute talk each from Robin Odell, Stewart Evans and Paul Begg, on the theme of 'Who Was Jack the Ripper?, with a break followed by a Q&A to the panel. Each talk will be accompanied by illustrative material.

The event starts at 2pm.

Don Rumbelow is indeed scheduled to appear at the October event, but this won't share the 'Who Was the Ripper' theme - it will be more along the lines of the Saturday of a UK Ripper Conference, with a number of speakers and events.

Best wishes
Adam

[George Hutchinson]

The October one isn't clashing with the US Conference, is it?

The weird thing is that the exhibition is clearly ready to go and only yesterday I had an answerphone message from Julia Hoffbrand enquiring about some of my collection!

If anyone wants an advance sneak preview here, this is a link to their own photos of the exhibition being put together :

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ripper&w=14132510%40N04

I have to say - I am not impressed with what I see. This appears to be an exhibition on the LVP, not JTR.

PHILIP

[Stewart P Evans]

Museum

I have to say - I am not impressed with what I see. This appears to be an exhibition on the LVP, not JTR.
PHILIP

Philip, I was at the museum on Thursday, as a contributor, and taking a look at the exhibits being put together in the museum. It looked pretty good to me, many original documents on display, and I think that you should, perhaps, wait until you see it before passing judgement. They have an old hand-drawn 'ambulance' and a stuffed bloodhound, amongst other things on display.

[George Hutchinson]

Hi Stewart. I did say that I wasn't impressed with what I saw on the photographs and it did indeed look like an LVP exhibition from those images. I accept that I do need to see it for myself but I absolutely stand by my personal impression of not being overawed with what I've currently seen. Like so much to do with JTR these days, it currently looks to me like so much more could have been done. The photos I've seen strike me as being the tangible equivalent of the accompanying book. A stuffed bloodhound? If it's not Burgho or Barnaby, then this strikes me as being a little bizarre. What next - a grape stalk?

PHILIP

[Sam Flynn]

What next - a grape stalk?

Better still, a reconstruction of Annie's last spud! Seriously, I'll look forward to seeing the exhibition when next I'm in London. Mixed reviews aside, having JTR and Tutankhamun in London at the same time sounds like a "double event" not to be missed.

[Bob Hinton]

Radio 4 Front Row Friday 10th May.

The exhibition was discussed on Radio 4 last night. I was a bit put off when the interviewer asserted that the killer was known as Jack the Ripper right from the start of the murders.

[John Bennett]

Anybody going on the 17th May?

Anybody going on the 17th for the 'Who was JTR' talk? I've just booked my tickets - it'd be nice to see some familiar faces.

JB

[George Hutchinson]

You can take a photo of me and stick it on a chair. I'll be at a Ghost Club meeting, having just flown in from The Land Of Fire And Ice.

Have a pop at them to stock TLoJtRTaN!

PHILIP

[Kelly]

Philip-

You should really start abbreviating the abbreviation now. I'm in favor of T. Lo. You know, like J. Lo.

[George Hutchinson]

I'm still Philip from the Flower & Dean!

PHILIP

[coral]

Hi John

I'm going and so are quite a few others from the WS. See you there.

Coral

[Jenni Shelden]

John,

me and Neal (Shelden) shall be there

Jenni

[Monty]

I'm still Philip from the Flower & Dean!

PHILIP

Cant wait for the perfume range.

Monty

[Natalie Severn]

John,

me and Neal (Shelden) shall be there

Jenni

----and me-----

[Jenni Shelden]

its going to be a room full of ripperologists!! lol