2010 Conference

[mariab]

Rubyretro wrote:
And john wayne was born 'Marion'.
There are lots of male Marions in France, Ruby! Which totally cracks me up. (There's even a joke about this name in Truffaut's black-and-white thriller Vivement Dimanche.)

[mariab]

The Good Michael wrote:
Kim was a common American boy's name in the late 50s. Why not Lynn?
Kelly Slater. Not a Charlie's Angel, but one of the best athletes of all times...

[AmmanValleyJack]

Hello Stephen,

I seem to remember a wonderful Welsh long jumper called Lynn Davies... he won the Olympic Gold Medal in the event in 1964 in Tokyo. He also competed in the 100metres too. He is now 68 years old, and President of the UK Members Council (Athletics).

best wishes

Phil

"Lynn The Leap" mun....what a legend

[The Good Michael]

Kim was a common American boy's name in the late 50s. Why not Lynn? I've known a few Lynns (males) in my time and they were good guys... a little feminine, but....

Mike

[Rubyretro]

Hello Stephen,

I seem to remember a wonderful Welsh long jumper called Lynn Davies... he won the Olympic Gold Medal in the event in 1964 in Tokyo. He also competed in the 100metres too. He is now 68 years old, and President of the UK Members Council (Athletics).

best wishes

Phil

and john wayne was born 'Marion'

[bigjon]

I have been assured by Adrian Morris that the Whitechapel Society have no intention to hold an event in Cardiff, which I was a little concerned about seeing as a) myself and Jon Rees had been the original people to suggest that city, and b) we are looking at a small scale regional meet there in Spring.

Which we have already started looking for old buildings with possible Ripper links for!

[mariab]

Well, Whitechapel is my favorite venue due to the fact that I'm a newbie to Ripperology.
Some nice Halloweenish movies were running on German TV tonight. Malice, The fly (the remake by Cronenberg). The latter made me stop eating, especially since our “surfer's curry“ looks totally brown...

[lynn cates]

muchas gracias

Hello Phil. Thanks for that.

Cheers.
LC

[Phil Carter]

How does a bloke get to be called Lynn?

This is a new one on me.

Hello Stephen,

I seem to remember a wonderful Welsh long jumper called Lynn Davies... he won the Olympic Gold Medal in the event in 1964 in Tokyo. He also competed in the 100metres too. He is now 68 years old, and President of the UK Members Council (Athletics).

best wishes

Phil

[The Grave Maurice]

The great thing about having a Ripper conference is that it could be held almost anywhere and there would be some sort of connection to one of the suspects: Buenos Aires, Glasgow, New York, San Francisco, Paris, Dieppe, Washington, Joliet, and even London (Ontario) all spring to mind. But Whitechapel has to be, always, the best choice.

[mariab]

No problem about Cardiff, Trevor, I was not even suggesting it seriously. As a matter of fact, my ideal venue for a Ripperological conference would always be Whitechapel. There are so many “routes“ I want to try there...
Have a nice evening and I'm going back to my friends, we've just made “surfer's curry“ (with meat, rice, and bananas). And there are Coronas with lime...

[tnb]

I have been assured by Adrian Morris that the Whitechapel Society have no intention to hold an event in Cardiff, which I was a little concerned about seeing as a) myself and Jon Rees had been the original people to suggest that city, and b) we are looking at a small scale regional meet there in Spring.

I was therefore a little surprised to see Frogg continuing to make reference to it, but have contacted Adrian to make sure the situation remains the same. So, for now, I wouldn't take that suggestion too seriously, Maria.

[mariab]

Too late. I was about to propose a conference in Scotland, preferably in a haunted castle. (But Cardif, with the Whitechapel Society?)

[tnb]

on behalf of Colin Cobb

To All



After much discussion with Adam Wood I am pleased to announce Belfast to host the Jack the Ripper Conference 2011.

This has gone from the drawing board to a reality with the help of many contacts in my field of work which is Tourism.

In the last few weeks there has been speculation, criticism and things being perceived as underhanded. Like most things in a public forum it seems things got out of hand and maybe over inflated.

In truth our Belfast proposition actually goes back to 2009 when I first proposed a conference in Belfast when at the Kings Stores in London. I then proposed it again in 2010.

It has received great support and im very proud to host this Conference next sept/oct 2011.

So the blunt end of all of this there will be two conferences next year, one in Belfast and the other in London or Cardiff.

London or Cardiff will be hosted by the Whitechapel Society.

We will host the Belfast Conference.

But who is Official here?

Well the Belfast Conference has received the blessing of Adam Wood and all information and booking for this conference will be on the official conference website at www.ripperconference.com in the next week.
I will let you decide whether you think this is Official or not.


Why is there no Vote?

Good Question, the main problem we have is that a very large number of people wanted to go to Belfast for the Conference.
Not everyone of course as it won’t suit all people.
If we voted and we won, the Whitechapel Society will still be holding a Conference regardless.

If we had lost the Vote then the entire supporters of Belfast would only be left with the Whitechapel Society conference and a large number of people did not want the Official Conference being merged into a WS event.

This of course is not what Adam wanted either and after Belfast is finished then the Torch will be handed to someone else of Neutral Stance to host the conference. Of this I will give my full support.

We will make a further announcement when all information is on the website.

I’m once again very proud to be hosting the conference I will promise to put on a good show for you all.

Im hoping Belfast will put the Jack the Ripper conference officially back on the road of different and unique venues around the uk.


It will be an adventure for all.

Colin Cobb

[lynn cates]

try it

Hello Maria. Is your life boring because you're English? Cheer up! Now you, too, can become a Scots lassie.

Yes! An Englishman CAN become a Scotsman.

Go here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDJMn-534Y&feature=related

Try it!

Cheers.
LC