There must be a photo of Frederick Abberline

**Sam Flynn** · 07-04-2009, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by Suzi View Post

This style of facial fur was often referred to as 'Dundreery weepers' (Not sure about the spelling of Dundreery..Dundreary/Dundrearry maybe...will check!)

Lord Dundreary, sporting his eponymous whiskers:

(Picture thanks to Wikipedia.)

**Jon Guy** · 07-04-2009, 12:58 PM

Me too, Suzi, and yes, nice one Rob!!!!!

Putting names to the Detectives in the photo would be a good idea, and possibly the age of those Detective in 1886? Noting that Abberline was about 42 yrs old.

We need to know who the Detectives were in 1886.

I believe that is Walter Andrews standing fourth man to the left of our Abberline.

Walter Dew is standing in front of the man standing two places to the left of Abbo. ( Dew only joined H-Div in 1887 -so may be a little tight for Abbo and Dew to be in the same photo - unless it was Jan 87, maybe that is why Abbo is hiding, as he has put in or waiting for Transfer to Scotland Yard)

I think Stephen White is in the slouch hat standing shoulder to shoulder to the left of the "mean looking Abbo candidate".

Inspector Moore should be in the photo too, and although we have no idea what he looks like, he is about 38 yrs at the time.

**robhouse** · 07-04-2009, 06:16 PM

There was some discussion of this on an older thread (I cant find it now)... but I remember someone suggested the guy in front with the bowler (on the left) was Sgt. George Godley. I am not entirely convinced of that, but it seems a possibility.

RH

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**Suzi** · 07-04-2009, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post

Lord Dundreary, sporting his eponymous whiskers:

(Picture thanks to Wikipedia.)

Fab Gareth!! Dats the man!!!

**Suzi** · 07-04-2009, 08:46 PM

Possibly Rob- with his bowler on........

**Archaic** · 07-04-2009, 11:20 PM

Hi, guys.

What's so alarming to me about Sam's photo of 'Uncle Dundreary' is that those amazing Dundreary whiskers seem to be growing out of the back of his neck!

Are they touching his face at all?

Let's hope for Sam's sake this trait doesn't run in the family

Archaic

**Suzi** · 07-04-2009, 11:40 PM

Sam's pic is what you get straight up from Google- I just did it!!

He's a star though isn't he...

But basically weepers were'nt like that sadly- they were the side boards/burns/ whiskers that joined up with the moustache leaving the chin bare- as seen in the illustrations of Abberline...Very popular amongst the gentry of the day !!...so they say!