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Ok Barn I have another for you. It’s from episode 3 Jemima MacDonald. It happens at around 4.18 and two old guys are talking about the gangs that frequented the the Barrowland. I just can’t make out what they’re saying.
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Herlock Sholmes
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As I was going through the bonus episode about Jemima MacDonald I got to the part where Audrey Gillan spoke to Jemima’s son Alan when he came to her flat. He bought his granddaughter Samantha with him. Samantha had been researching the case and showed Audrey a newspaper photo of the Barrowland during a packed night with the crowd watching a saxophonist (with an old fashioned microphone in front of him) She felt that Jemima was in the picture (Audrey said that the woman that she pointed to was 5 or 6 rows back) Audrey doesn’t really think it is her though. She says that next to her is a man that she thinks is Bible John. He’s wearing glasses but Samantha says that anyone can wear glasses as a disguise. I’d always wanted to see that photo so I’ve been looking.
I think that I’ve found the picture and I can see and woman who might resemble Jemima standing next to a man with glasses who does look much like Bible John to me. The couple are about a quarter of the way into the photo from the viewers right.
Nearer the stage but almost directly in front , also wearing glasses, is a man that looks more like the Bible John in the Patterson portrait though. I’m certainly not claiming that it is him though.
Herlock Sholmes
”I don’t know who Jack the Ripper was…and neither do you.”Comment
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Judging by the men's hairstyles (no sideburns and a fair few quiffs) the photo looks like it's from around 1964. I don't think there would have been many saxophonists still playing solo at the Barrowland in 1969. Maybe someone can date it better by examining the women's hairstyles and dresses.Comment
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