Yorkshire ripper in Burnley

[Kiki]

I was staying with relatives in Burnley in the late seventies, going an early morning walk through Towneley! the time was around eight. Looby loo was a toddler in a push chair and it was a nice summer morning. Having knowledge of the woods there i thought nothing of walking through them, so from the top end of Tod Rd i procceeded down, I was five minutes into the woods and this guy came from nowhere. He was tall , white and thin with a bushy afro and slimfit jazzy shirt. He was about a foot away from me, i knew he wasnt a local as i am from that area. He said "allright", and walked on. I thought it was odd at the time! as he had not come from any path?he then must of left from the top park gates! I walked on to the ice house and spoke to my father in lawwho was playing golf at the time. Then thought no more of it again until---Peter Sutcilffe was arrested and known to go to a cafe and stop off in Burnley . Did i have an encounter with the Yorkshire Ripper? i believe i did!and my skin creeps at the thoughts of it! Being reminded of it by the programme last night about the Ripper brought this story back to me!

[dellym]

he used to go to the cafe on todmorden rd that was near the wellington pub...lots of truckers used it.

[grannyclaret]

blimey kiki ,thats spooky ,do you realise thats another famous or imfamous person in his case ,

[wayneyboy1942]

Thats the thing about people,what does a killer look like? Going back years a bloke in an old folks home turned out to be a nazi war camp guard who had killed loads of people in Russia,

Originally Posted by wayneyboy1942

Thats the thing about people,what does a killer look like? Going back years a bloke in an old folks home turned out to be a nazi war camp guard who had killed loads of people in Russia,

well as they say not a nice job, but someone has to do it.:yelrotflm

[Col.Kurtz]

Say what?

The Tod Rd cafe,was very close to the public toilets(gents)where guys after guys frequented,the council closed them a few years ago.So the Yorkshire ripper tale thickens.

[grannyclaret]

spooky

Scary stuff! Is he still alive? i hope not!

[wayneyboy1942]

Originally Posted by brian holt

Scary stuff! Is he still alive? i hope not!

Yes he is still alive Brian. He is in the same class of prisoner as Ian Brady etc so will probably be kept inside for life.

[jellytot]

im glad he's locked up! physco! lol! :lol: :yelrotflm

[wayneyboy1942]

Just to say that I think he should have been strung up,but I think it was right to let him have his daytrip out,His lawyers would have loved a nice long court battle that he would have won in the end,it's saved us having to pay out thousands.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by gillian

The Tod Rd cafe,was very close to the public toilets(gents)where guys after guys frequented,the council closed them a few years ago.So the Yorkshire ripper tale thickens.

The Cafe was at the bottom of Tod Rd next to the Wellington pub, us truckers called it greasy Jeans cos the bacon butties were always full of grease (still tasted good), the ripper used to stop overnight in one of the bed and breakfast bedrooms in the cafe,then breakfast with us before moving on to his next delivery.

Brian :(

[Digsyboy]

Nice

[grannyclaret]

did he just act normal brian ?,scarry stuff