Originally posted by Gary Barnett
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I tried a couple of searches, one in BG and the other in SGE, with Cats Meat in the occupation box. I still couldn’t find him.
There was apparently only one cat’s meat dealer in SGE in 1921, a woman whose name was transcribed by FindMyPast as Lily Leaman although I suspect her name should have been Seaman. Lily had a cats meat stall in Watney Street Market, Shadwell in 1921. Out of curiosity I went forward a page to see where in SGE she was living - and it was 3, Breezer’s Hill, the house where my old nan was born. That address is effectively the reason I’m a (sort of) Ripperologist.
I wonder whether the Leaman/Seaman family have any photos of Cats Meat Lily.
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