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Originally Posted by Balbus
Has anybody any recollection of an offence committed against a young boy in the toilets near the corner of Alice Street and Burnley Road? I seem to recollect that it was in about 1948, and that he had his hands cut off. I remember my mother warning me against using the toilets, and that there were posters displayed giving information about what had happened.
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Probably cross linking the case in Accy there's a thread on here "The Lady with no Hands. Whether to frighten the bejasus out of you Balbus from loitering in toilets or Chinese whispers I wouldn't know. extract below:
The Lady with no hands
does anyone remember or have any information on:
Agnes Rhodes Wildman... she lived in the Barnfield area of Accrington:
This is the lady that had her hands cut off by her step-father ( John Whalley) 1923 at the time they lived on Victoria Street Accrington:
Her mother was called Maud: