10 AUGUST 1962, Page 15

St rt , —I am preparing a biography of Charles Peace, th e b

eiph, °rear and murderer, whose name, even after Years, is still well known in many areas in e_ North and among Cockney Londoners. I will be grateful if you will permit me, through Your c 1 mns

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who m to seek the aid of any of your readers doe aY have stories or anecdotes about him. Any

handled photographs, etc., loaned to me will be ndled with care and returned 61 Courtlands. Maidenhead, BerAs

D.- WARD