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I have been overwhelmed by the number of requests for new passwords
It is going to take a while as each one has to be dealt with and replied to individually but I am working on them and will get back to you as soon as I am able.
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16th July 2013, 06:24 PM
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More Links with the MN....
…more connections with former Merchant Navy crew over the years.
Two notable women murderers had links to the MN.
EDITH THOMPSON , A 30 year-old middle-class married socialite took a lover in Frederick Bywaters,a 21-year-old assistant steward in the P & O.
The pair were both hanged in 1923 for the killing of Edith’s husband .
LINK HERE
RUTH ELLIS. The well-known case of the last woman to be hanged in Britain,whereby she was accused of shooting her lover who had spurned her. Hanged in 1955.
Ruth’s father Arthur Neilsen(formerly Hornby) was a cellist from Manchester who spent much time at sea as a member of trans-Atlantic s liners’ orchestras.
LINK HERE
The story has always fascinated many of us,and is quite sad when you read about the effects on her family and aftermath.
Gulliver
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17th July 2013, 06:19 AM
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Thanks for thta Gulliver, I am sure there were many other incidents at sea where persons went missing under dubious circumstances but nothinbg was done about it.


Happy daze John in Oz.
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John Strange R737787
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