Spare a thought

[Lechmere]

I notice that there is a special tour tonight starting from Whitechapel tube

[Phil H]

The thought that hit me strongly was that we are now 23 years past the centenary, yet I can readily recall a time when friends and I planned to be on the sites on the anniversaries in 1988 - when that was 10 years away! (It never happened alas.)

It is also now nearly a quartwer century (24 years) since Fido et al published their pre-centenary works, starting (IMHO) a new era of Ripperology.

Time flies so quickly.

When I first learned about "Jack" in the early 60s, he could (just) still have been alive if he's been under 20 in 1888. There must have been masses of people around who had been children in Spitalfields in 1888, even some who remembered the women. Now all of that is irretrievably lost.

Phil

[niko]

In my thought's today are, Mary Anne "Polly" Nichols and Diana Spencer "Lady Di", who both left this world on a "31st of August" my up-most respect's to all there loveone's.

[kensei]

My word, with the hot summer and all the distractions of life, hadn't even given any thought to the anniversaries being upon us again. Will be remembering Polly tonight. I stood on the spot where she breathed her last three years ago, and while shooting video of the spot I narrated, "I think you'd have to agree this is a damn sad place to die."

[Adam Went]

Well said, Dr.

R.I.P. Polly....

Cheers,
Adam.

[drstrange169]

"I don't think she had any enemies, she was too good for that."

Just a moments reflection on this particular day. Maybe even toss a few coins to a homeless person.