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Re: where do I go from here !!
« Reply #27 on: Sunday 02 August 09 15:01 BST (UK) »
I didn't think the death cert would show place of birth, which is a pity  :-\ Also a pity that Mary didn't marry in a Catholic Church as the information collected on Catholic marriages will include place of baptism so that a note can be made on the records of the church where someone is baptised that a marriage has taken place.

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« Reply #28 on: Sunday 02 August 09 15:08 BST (UK) »
By the way.....I love this description of her:

The dumpy, ginger-haired, short-sighted widow was a hopeless romantic, addicted to pulp magazine love stories and always seeking the man of her dreams to bring her happiness

www.wiki-north-east.co.uk/article.aspx?id=425646
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Re: where do I go from here !!
« Reply #29 on: Sunday 02 August 09 15:12 BST (UK) »
Arrrggghhhh !!(excuse me while i run round the kitchen , screaming in frustraution !!)

Not only is she an 'embarrassing' relative, she's now a brick wall !!

as for that article  ;D  makes her sound like a Mills and Boon baddy !! ;D

I have a photo of her, I shall go scan it now to show you (keep your fingrs crossed , I'm rubbish at computer stuff)
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« Reply #30 on: Sunday 02 August 09 15:21 BST (UK) »
I was going to ask if you had a photo....I've now crossed the line into completely hooked on her life!
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Re: where do I go from here !!
« Reply #31 on: Sunday 02 August 09 16:09 BST (UK) »
phew that took some doing !!! ;D

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http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:bK0fwZEFpi4J:www.britsoccrim.org/volume8/5Seal08.pdf+fashion+police+mary+wilson&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-a
this is the link to a paper done on the public reaction to her reprieve
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Re: where do I go from here !!
« Reply #32 on: Sunday 02 August 09 16:17 BST (UK) »
Hi

Super photo what a treasure to keep.


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Re: where do I go from here !!
« Reply #33 on: Sunday 02 August 09 16:27 BST (UK) »
She looks such a jolly old gran doesn't she ! ;D

just wish i could find out where she was born !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #34 on: Sunday 02 August 09 19:26 BST (UK) »
She does look like a jolly gran doesn't she, looks like she would be happy baking cakes and buns she does!

Don't lose heart, I am sure you will find Mary's origins. Someone with as much determination as you tends to get there. Not easy though which is surprising given what a cause celebre she was in her later years.

There will be lots of mis-information in the reporting I am sure, as you have found from her variable reported ages. One newspaper shows her as having been born and raised in her early years in Hebburn (not that there is any trace of her there under the surname Cassidy or variants).

www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2004/11/28/cops-have-last-laugh-79310-14928699/

Apparently, Tyne Tees TV showed a documentary on her - Past Crimes: Unnatural Causes - at the end of 2004. You might want to contact them and see whether they would send you a copy of the programme!

Monica  :)
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« Reply #35 on: Sunday 02 August 09 19:58 BST (UK) »
Well I deff woudn't eat anything she'd baked !!! ;D

My mum says she remembers there being something in the papers about Marys grandchildren taking letters to the prison ? saying 'save our gran'
pity they don't come on here searching for rellies ! ;D

I've just emailed ITV too,  :)
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