JTR Museum

[Dane_F]

That's the worst name ever for a museum. Especially one that is supposed to be focused on women of Whitechapel. . .

"Hey Ive got an idea! Let's honor the women of Whitechapel by creating a museum focusing on a person who horribly mutilated and killed women of Whitechapel!"

[Panderoona]

It gets worse:

Disgusting

[Panderoona]

I see nothing that links this to RE to be fair. The adverts posted outside lend no credence to the Kosminski theory and I dont believe for a minute that RE would allow that to happen. This is a seperate enterprise.

[Silverpaw]

It gets worse:

[Silverpaw]

From the horse's mouth:

'Our signage isn't finished yet...we're still working on that...it's still with the planners.
The actual full name of the Museum is The Jack The Ripper Museum and The History of Women in East London.'


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Furious back-pedalling

[MrBarnett]

From the horse's mouth:

'Our signage isn't finished yet...we're still working on that...it's still with the planners.
The actual full name of the Museum is The Jack The Ripper Museum and The History of Women in East London.'

[Robert]

Well now we know where the Watkins stuff went. CGP post #141 :

http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=24106&page=15

[MrBarnett]

Heads Up

The ITV London news just carried an interview with MPE inside the museum. If you have access to ITV+1, the London news is repeated at 7.00, the item is towards the end of the programme.

I just caught the end of it, literally the last minute or so, but the impression I got was that he was keen to emphasise that the focus of the museum would be on the victims of the Ripper. He mentioned something about the signage being changed.

[Silverpaw]

Apologies if you've already seen this, ANONYMOUS strikes again!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-30428747

[Silverpaw]

I knew Mark, we were at Poly together. Though he prefers to call it Uni.

He was a lovely man so I am surprised he has ventured into this arena.

His parents are/were wealthy. I suppose this another way of making money for him?

And HE DID NOT set up the LGBT society at poly!

His whole career has been in diversity promotion, how the hell did he get mixed up in this fiasco?

[Silverpaw]

At this time (Wednesday night @ 11:45pm) this very subjecy is trending on twitter.
"London man promises women's history museum, opens Jack the Ripper museum instead http://bit.ly/1D9Wavd "

And not a word from Mr. Edwards (usually very active) twitter feed.

Have you seen his Twitter timeline today? It's frankly bizarre, pseudo-philosophical comments accompanied by random photos. If I were a massive self-publicist I think I'd be very vocal in distancing myself from the PR disaster that is the JtR "museum'

[GUT]

Well, this morning I discovered that our friend Mr Edwards has blocked me on Twitter, I can only imagine it's something to do with my enquiries about the museum......

Funny that isn't it.

[Silverpaw]

Thanks Richard.

Funny no mention of Edwards.

Well, this morning I discovered that our friend Mr Edwards has blocked me on Twitter, I can only imagine it's something to do with my enquiries about the museum......

[Errata]

As a proud Yank... I do not find the term derogatory at all.... but I must say, I do still hear it used that way, usually by southerners (southern states of America)... Yanks are northern and Crackers are southern... you don't hear Cracker used much anymore.. but Yanks I still hear (I am also a diehard NY Yankees fan.. maybe why I embrace the term like I do)


Steadmund Brand

"Cracker" is a racial epithet. Not a regional one. It is predominantly used in the south, but it doesn't mean "southerner". It means white. Now as far as racial epithets go it's pretty mild, but it is one.

[Rosemary]

Well, sir

As a proud Yank... I do not find the term derogatory at all.... but I must say, I do still hear it used that way, usually by southerners (southern states of America)... Yanks are northern and Crackers are southern... you don't hear Cracker used much anymore.. but Yanks I still hear (I am also a diehard NY Yankees fan.. maybe why I embrace the term like I do)

POMS is not used here at all... I have heard Brits or sometimes Limeys as a derogatory term.....

Australians we call Aussies or Ozzys

New Zealanders we call Kiwis

as an Irish American I have been called, Mick, and Paddy (while in London believe it or not)

And as an Italian American ( I am about half Irish and half Italian) I have been called Mick and Paddy hahahah ( as I am 6'5 with curly reddish hair (well with lots of grey now but...) and blue eyes nobody thinks I am Italian)

Also. Thank you Ally for the info on the Museum.. once again...maybe I am in the minority here, but what i have seen of this museum on the website seems interesting to me and i for one would love to see it.


Steadmund Brand

At least you didn't say peckerwood.