July 2018 Interim meeting review

INTERIM MEETING JULY 2018 BY STEVE RATTEY   Question: If Gareth Southgate did wonders for the England’s World Cup football team today, but in doing so decimated the turnout for today’s interim meeting, what should we think of him? When I first persuaded the Thames River Police to open the doors of their museum to…

Interim Meeting Review

INTERIM MEETING REVIEW (MAY) – STEVE RATTEY The topic for discussion was proposed by Ed Stow in March: is there a link between the Thames Torso Murders (TTM) and Jack the Ripper? Since he was one of the few regular attendees who knew sufficiently about the TTM, we thought it best to keep the discussion…

Interim meeting – Sat 6th January by Steve Rattey

THE  INTERIM  MEETING 6 JANUARY 2018 Steve Rattey The idea of including an afternoon event evolved from a group visit to the graves of the ‘canonical five’ last year. I am very keen to raise the profile of the interim meetings, and  have taken it upon myself to organise these afternoon events. But the decision…

July interim meeting review by Steve Rattey

The subject for the July interim meeting was Montague Druitt, but as people gathered at the table, different subjects were bounced about a fair bit. These included; the terror attack in Borough (which took place as some members left the June meeting.) and Chic at Glastonbury, which led to speculation that it might have been…

Interim meeting report – 7th May 2016 by Steve Rattey

Before getting onto the pre-arranged topic of discussion of the night several matters were examined. Extending from Leicester City’s success in the football league to the April meeting to how fantastic it was to have a Victorian serial killer present on the night and Tony Power’s fantastic intro. In addition was conversation about The Hairy…