Bloody London: Shocking Tales from London’s Gruesome Past and Present by Declan McHugh Page B
Authors: Declan McHugh
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baby-farmers were hanged: Jessie King, Amelia Dyer, Ada Chard Williams, the gruesome twosome of this story who were executed at Holloway and, finally, Leslie James.
Amelia Dyer was executed at Newgate on 10 June 1896. She murdered scores of infant children and may have murdered hundreds, the true figure will probably never be known. Even worse, as a result of watching her at work, her daughter and son-in-law then got involved in the same business. It’s little wonder that Dyer went mad and talked about seeing visions and hearing little birds talking to her (perhaps triggered by the thought of the dead infants coming back to haunt her).
Sach’s East Finchley house, still exists, its past unknown by most people. Three hundred items of baby clothing were found there but it was impossible to tell the exact number of victims. Those 300 items make it very likely that at least 20 babies were killed and that means that the anonymous house in an innocuous London suburb is almost certainly the worst British ‘house of horror’ ever, eclipsing the British houses of Dennis Nilsen (12 dead in one, three in another), and Gloucester couple Fred and Rosemary West (nine in one house, one in another).
THREE LONDON MEMORIALS TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
11 September 2001 attacks in America
Grosvenor Square
This is where the US Embassy is located in London, and on the opposite side of the square there is now a memorial garden dedicated to the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA. Of particular interest here, on three long bronze metal strips on a wall behind the porch of the small classical temple, are recorded the names of all 67 UK citizens who died in the attacks.
On the ground a plaque says, ‘Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is not.’ That is part of a poem which was read in Westminster Abbey during the 2001 memorial service.
The plaque also says ‘This garden was created in memory of all those who lost their lives in the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States of America’. Hidden beneath is a piece of the World Trade Centre.
London Tube and Bus attacks 7 July 2005
On this date multiple terrorist attacks on the London Tube system and on a bus killed 52 people and injured nearly 800 others. The major permanent reminder is the Hyde Park memorial.
Hyde Park
Prince Charles opened this 7/7 memorial. Between Lover’s Walk and Park Lane it consists of 52 metal poles, each 11.5 feet/3.5 metres tall, standing together but in four groups representing the four bombings that day with the appropriate number of poles in each group reflecting the number of deaths in that particular location. The poles have date/time/and location of the different bombings on that date. In addition there is a plaque on the grass ‘In memory of those killed in the London Bombings 7 July 2005’ which lists all the victims.
Embankment Gardens
Here is a plaque inscribed ‘Under this tree people of all faiths and nationalities, united in grief, laid wreaths in memory of those killed on 7 July 2005, following the attacks on London’s public transport system.’
Separately there are also plaques at all five affected sites:
1) King’s Cross (in the St Pancras western ticket hall)
2) Russell Square (the Piccadilly line tube train actually exploded midway between King’s Cross and Russell Square killing 26 people)
3) Edgware Road where six people died
4) Aldgate where seven people died
5) | Tavistock Square has a plaque on some railings close to where the No. 30 bus explosion took place killing 13 people.
There is also a striking sculpture in St Pancras Churchyard facing Upper Woburn Place and close to Tavistock Square dedicated to the victims of the 7/7 bombings.
De Menezes memorial
Tube: Stockwell.
On the wall outside Stockwell underground station is a
Amelia Dyer was executed at Newgate on 10 June 1896. She murdered scores of infant children and may have murdered hundreds, the true figure will probably never be known. Even worse, as a result of watching her at work, her daughter and son-in-law then got involved in the same business. It’s little wonder that Dyer went mad and talked about seeing visions and hearing little birds talking to her (perhaps triggered by the thought of the dead infants coming back to haunt her).
Sach’s East Finchley house, still exists, its past unknown by most people. Three hundred items of baby clothing were found there but it was impossible to tell the exact number of victims. Those 300 items make it very likely that at least 20 babies were killed and that means that the anonymous house in an innocuous London suburb is almost certainly the worst British ‘house of horror’ ever, eclipsing the British houses of Dennis Nilsen (12 dead in one, three in another), and Gloucester couple Fred and Rosemary West (nine in one house, one in another).
THREE LONDON MEMORIALS TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
11 September 2001 attacks in America
Grosvenor Square
This is where the US Embassy is located in London, and on the opposite side of the square there is now a memorial garden dedicated to the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA. Of particular interest here, on three long bronze metal strips on a wall behind the porch of the small classical temple, are recorded the names of all 67 UK citizens who died in the attacks.
On the ground a plaque says, ‘Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is not.’ That is part of a poem which was read in Westminster Abbey during the 2001 memorial service.
The plaque also says ‘This garden was created in memory of all those who lost their lives in the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States of America’. Hidden beneath is a piece of the World Trade Centre.
London Tube and Bus attacks 7 July 2005
On this date multiple terrorist attacks on the London Tube system and on a bus killed 52 people and injured nearly 800 others. The major permanent reminder is the Hyde Park memorial.
Hyde Park
Prince Charles opened this 7/7 memorial. Between Lover’s Walk and Park Lane it consists of 52 metal poles, each 11.5 feet/3.5 metres tall, standing together but in four groups representing the four bombings that day with the appropriate number of poles in each group reflecting the number of deaths in that particular location. The poles have date/time/and location of the different bombings on that date. In addition there is a plaque on the grass ‘In memory of those killed in the London Bombings 7 July 2005’ which lists all the victims.
Embankment Gardens
Here is a plaque inscribed ‘Under this tree people of all faiths and nationalities, united in grief, laid wreaths in memory of those killed on 7 July 2005, following the attacks on London’s public transport system.’
Separately there are also plaques at all five affected sites:
1) King’s Cross (in the St Pancras western ticket hall)
2) Russell Square (the Piccadilly line tube train actually exploded midway between King’s Cross and Russell Square killing 26 people)
3) Edgware Road where six people died
4) Aldgate where seven people died
5) | Tavistock Square has a plaque on some railings close to where the No. 30 bus explosion took place killing 13 people.
There is also a striking sculpture in St Pancras Churchyard facing Upper Woburn Place and close to Tavistock Square dedicated to the victims of the 7/7 bombings.
De Menezes memorial
Tube: Stockwell.
On the wall outside Stockwell underground station is a
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