Over on the Ripper folk tales thread, I casually mentioned a hand-me-down story passed on third hand about a supposed Ripper connection with Blackheath. Lynn C. naturally asked for more details.
A genealogy researcher colleague of mine about twenty years ago, got a letter from a fellow genealogist who was doing the family tree of her London O'Connor family.They had some connection with life-boat rescues.
The O'Connor children dropped the "O" and became "Connor".
One son was a policeman in the 1930's in the Blackheath area.
One day, another policeman and he were travelling through Blackheath when the other (unnamed) policeman saidpointing) "See that house there?
P.C. Connor replied: "Yes".
The other continued: " Well that's where " Jack the Ripper " lived".
As usual, a tantalising, half-a-story yarn.Which may or may not have basis in fact.I do not know where the informant resided nor any further details.
It is possible ther other P.C. might have read G.R.Sims' newspaper column in which he linked Blackheath with the Ripper back in 1913(?).
As they are saying over on the JTR folktale thread...."there are many stories in the big city of London....this is just another of them..." JOHN RUFFELS.
A genealogy researcher colleague of mine about twenty years ago, got a letter from a fellow genealogist who was doing the family tree of her London O'Connor family.They had some connection with life-boat rescues.
The O'Connor children dropped the "O" and became "Connor".
One son was a policeman in the 1930's in the Blackheath area.
One day, another policeman and he were travelling through Blackheath when the other (unnamed) policeman saidpointing) "See that house there?
P.C. Connor replied: "Yes".
The other continued: " Well that's where " Jack the Ripper " lived".
As usual, a tantalising, half-a-story yarn.Which may or may not have basis in fact.I do not know where the informant resided nor any further details.
It is possible ther other P.C. might have read G.R.Sims' newspaper column in which he linked Blackheath with the Ripper back in 1913(?).
As they are saying over on the JTR folktale thread...."there are many stories in the big city of London....this is just another of them..." JOHN RUFFELS.
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