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Today Andy Spallek,who is over from America to do further research on Montague Druitt,and myself, met with Mr Neil Rhind,MBE.
Mr Rhind is Past Chairman of The Blackheath Society and Vice President of Greenwich Historical Society.He has written several historical books and given numbers of lectures one of which was entitled, "Jack the Ripper- The Blackheath Connection" and in which he considers the possibility of Montague Druitt as a JtR suspect.
A few years ago Mr Rhind kindly sent me the transcript of this lecture which had taken place on the anniversary of the centenary of the Whitechapel murders, 21st November 1988 and was for the University of London Extra Mural Studies course.It makes compelling reading and provides some very instructive material on Druitt"s background ,his life at Blackheath and some interesting speculation about his friends and neighbours at the time.
It was a great pleasure to meet Mr Rhind and have him escort us around Blackheath as well as have lunch with both him and Andy at the Hare and Billet ,a pub a minute or two from 9 Eliot"s Place, and which was there when Druitt was a teacher at the school.
I am posting a few pictures ofsome of the places we visited -I know Andy will post more when he returns to the States next week.
Mr Rhind is Past Chairman of The Blackheath Society and Vice President of Greenwich Historical Society.He has written several historical books and given numbers of lectures one of which was entitled, "Jack the Ripper- The Blackheath Connection" and in which he considers the possibility of Montague Druitt as a JtR suspect.
A few years ago Mr Rhind kindly sent me the transcript of this lecture which had taken place on the anniversary of the centenary of the Whitechapel murders, 21st November 1988 and was for the University of London Extra Mural Studies course.It makes compelling reading and provides some very instructive material on Druitt"s background ,his life at Blackheath and some interesting speculation about his friends and neighbours at the time.
It was a great pleasure to meet Mr Rhind and have him escort us around Blackheath as well as have lunch with both him and Andy at the Hare and Billet ,a pub a minute or two from 9 Eliot"s Place, and which was there when Druitt was a teacher at the school.
I am posting a few pictures ofsome of the places we visited -I know Andy will post more when he returns to the States next week.
"What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: "Why is it so dark in here?"" From Pyramids by Sir Terry Pratchett, a British National Treasure. 
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