Notorious Crimes in the Accrington Hyndburn Area.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by jaysay

I can remember a murder in Great Harwood in the late sixties, think it was a woman who had a corner shop, don't think they ever caught any one for that, I remember there were extensive door to door police investigations in Ossy at the time as it was thought he had taken a bus out of Harwood bound for Ossy

that was Mrs Barker , she had the shop at the top end of Princess St. (made great Vimto iced lollies) and we lived at the bottom end . Lots of local gossip about who had done it , but no proof . The guy who the locals suspected got picked up not too long after for a rape and got what folk thought was an unusually long sentence into the double figures, wether it was just Karma or 'collusion' between the Police and the Judge .... who knows

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by steeljack

that was Mrs Barker , she had the shop at the top end of Princess St. (made great Vimto iced lollies) and we lived at the bottom end . Lots of local gossip about who had done it , but no proof . The guy who the locals suspected got picked up not too long after for a rape and got what folk thought was an unusually long sentence into the double figures, wether it was just Karma or 'collusion' between the Police and the Judge .... who knows

They wouldn't do that, would they SJ

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Am I wrong or was it a pakistani or west indian cashy, seems to be ringing bells

yep n the guy i knew was scotch.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

yep n the guy i knew was scotch.

Seem to remember some insident involving a Pakistni back in the 60s cashy

[wadey]

Originally Posted by Benipete

There was indeed,If my memory serves me well it was the stewardess of the Miners Club.

Thanks for that

[JCB]

My grandmother used to tell me about a man in the Victoria St Accy area who chopped off the hands of his stepdaughter to stop her from playing the piano .

Knowing my Grandma , I could never know whether it was fact or fiction .

She told me the story of Sweeney Todd as fact .

[cashman]

Originally Posted by JCB

My grandmother used to tell me about a man in the Victoria St Accy area who chopped off the hands of his stepdaughter to stop her from playing the piano .

Knowing my Grandma , I could never know whether it was fact or fiction .

She told me the story of Sweeney Todd as fact .

seem to recall some mention of that somewhere on here a while back JCB.

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by cashman

seem to recall some mention of that somewhere on here a while back JCB.

Defintely fact. I seem to recall there's a whole thread about it somewhere on here. Remember my old fella telling me about this.

[JCB]

Originally Posted by cashman

seem to recall some mention of that somewhere on here a while back JCB.

Thanks , I've found the thread . It's The lady with no hands.

Gruesome .

Sorry I don't know how to put on an easy link to it , Cashman .

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by JCB

Thanks , I've found the thread . It's The lady with no hands.

Gruesome .

Sorry I don't know how to put on an easy link to it , Cashman .

No sooner said than done!

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...nds-34122.html

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

No sooner said than done!

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...nds-34122.html

Well she were armless enough

[JCB]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

No sooner said than done!

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...nds-34122.html

Thanks Wynonie .

[JCB]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Well she were armless enough

[Ossywarrior]

Originally Posted by Benipete

There was indeed,If my memory serves me well it was the stewardess of the Miners Club.

yep thats was my grandma, was about 2 years before i was born.

[flashy]

your mums mum or your dads mum phil?