Absolutely loved this article so well written and full of atmosphere. It makes me want to do the whole journey from Battlecrease to St George’s myself. What an interesting tour that would be. Yes it highlights the clear differences between what men could do and get away with in those times, thankfully society has changed but the gutter press still have a lot to answer to. I’m so glad we have a paper like the Post that publishes interesting relevant articles. I’ve started to save them for Saturday morning and read them with my morning coffee. What a wonderful way to start the day.
Thanks for another thoughtful piece. How interesting and yet (in the treatment meted out to Florence) unsurprising. This is a fine example of how there’s a story behind every house and building you walk past. I’d love to hear about the source material for your article - the contemporaneous account of the trial, for instance. (I think there’s a typo at the beginning of the paragraph under the picture of Florence...’I have range sense...’
I've just finished reading Anne Bronte 'the tenant of wildfell hall' which was written in 1848 but could in some ways have been written about Florence. Wonderful article... enough to encourage curiosity...
Yet another interesting article. I well remember many years back, going on a Liverpool Rangers walk around Anfield Cemetary, saw a few of the graves of well known people, Norman (Michael Holliday) Milne, Wallace (he of the infamous Chess Club Murder trail,) whose trial caused so much upset that he his funeral had to take place very early in the morning , and his body had to smuggled in from the opposite end of the Cemetary, as opposed to the main gates on Walton Lane, which was the usual practice. And of course James Maybrick's which, if I remember correctly, is around the area not too far from the Crematorium, as you start to walk in the general direction toward the Railway, there's two sets of what I think are catacombs, there's a raised area which runs along the footpath, Maybrick's grave (if I've got this correct) is among those.
Anyway, we were told by the Ranger all about the trial, very briefly, and then he mentioned that suspicions of him being Jack The Ripper. The suspicion arose, becasue apparently, his pocket watch was inscribed/engraved with the first and last two inititals of his name, thus spelling out JACK
Readers may be interested in the extensive work of Bruce Robinson on the murder of James Maybrick in his book "They All Love Jack" (Fourth Estate, 2015).
I won't spoil the surprise, but not only does Robinson claim to identify the murderer of James Maybrick, he also states that the person responsible was also "Jack the Ripper". And the name.... isn't Florence Maybrick!
You have to put the area in the context of the 1880s. Riversdale Road would have been partly country surrounded by farms, and would have led down to the picturesque riverside. Almost none of the other houses in the area would have existed although the area was being developed fast as the newly rich commercial Middle class escaped from the city.
Absolutely loved this article so well written and full of atmosphere. It makes me want to do the whole journey from Battlecrease to St George’s myself. What an interesting tour that would be. Yes it highlights the clear differences between what men could do and get away with in those times, thankfully society has changed but the gutter press still have a lot to answer to. I’m so glad we have a paper like the Post that publishes interesting relevant articles. I’ve started to save them for Saturday morning and read them with my morning coffee. What a wonderful way to start the day.
Thanks for another thoughtful piece. How interesting and yet (in the treatment meted out to Florence) unsurprising. This is a fine example of how there’s a story behind every house and building you walk past. I’d love to hear about the source material for your article - the contemporaneous account of the trial, for instance. (I think there’s a typo at the beginning of the paragraph under the picture of Florence...’I have range sense...’
Loved this although a tragic story. Great writing, put me right there!
I've just finished reading Anne Bronte 'the tenant of wildfell hall' which was written in 1848 but could in some ways have been written about Florence. Wonderful article... enough to encourage curiosity...
Fascinating article. Thanks for writing it
Brilliant piece. I have heard the Maybrick story several times over 50 years but never so well related. Thanks
Yet another interesting article. I well remember many years back, going on a Liverpool Rangers walk around Anfield Cemetary, saw a few of the graves of well known people, Norman (Michael Holliday) Milne, Wallace (he of the infamous Chess Club Murder trail,) whose trial caused so much upset that he his funeral had to take place very early in the morning , and his body had to smuggled in from the opposite end of the Cemetary, as opposed to the main gates on Walton Lane, which was the usual practice. And of course James Maybrick's which, if I remember correctly, is around the area not too far from the Crematorium, as you start to walk in the general direction toward the Railway, there's two sets of what I think are catacombs, there's a raised area which runs along the footpath, Maybrick's grave (if I've got this correct) is among those.
Anyway, we were told by the Ranger all about the trial, very briefly, and then he mentioned that suspicions of him being Jack The Ripper. The suspicion arose, becasue apparently, his pocket watch was inscribed/engraved with the first and last two inititals of his name, thus spelling out JACK
Readers may be interested in the extensive work of Bruce Robinson on the murder of James Maybrick in his book "They All Love Jack" (Fourth Estate, 2015).
I won't spoil the surprise, but not only does Robinson claim to identify the murderer of James Maybrick, he also states that the person responsible was also "Jack the Ripper". And the name.... isn't Florence Maybrick!
You have to put the area in the context of the 1880s. Riversdale Road would have been partly country surrounded by farms, and would have led down to the picturesque riverside. Almost none of the other houses in the area would have existed although the area was being developed fast as the newly rich commercial Middle class escaped from the city.