THE ICONIC, TIMELESS….. THEN CONTROVERSIAL , FOUL-MOUTHED , DRUG-FUELLED AND YET STILL BRILLIANT TO WATCH …… 1979 CLASSIC CULT FILM
QUADROPHENIA
HERE’S SOME MORE GREAT INTERACTIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE FILM QUADROPHENIA . A GREAT BRITISH FILM THAT REMAINS AS ICONIC AS WHEN FIRST RELEASED BACK IN 1979 . A GREAT COLLECTIVE CAST LIST …. MANY OF WHOM REMAIN HOUSEHOLD NAMES TODAY …. THEY INCLUDE … RAY WINSTONE , PHIL DANIELS, STING, PHIL DAVIS, LESLIE ASH, TIMOTHY SPALL…ETC ETC…
DO COME VISIT THE QUADROPHENIA COLLECTION HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL IN THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN , GLOUCESTERSHIRE ,UK .
PRINT OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARTIST PAUL BRIDGMAN. THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IS ON DISPLAY AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL
I’M ON MY WAY TO THE QUADROPHENIA EXHIBITION AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL WITH DEAN PARRISH
HERE ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL “ACE FACE” – GS VESPA SCOOTER AS WAS USED IN THE 1979 ICONIC QUADROPHENIA FILM …. ALONG WITH A 100% REPLICA “JIMMY” … LAMBRETTA SCOOTER BUILT FROM MANY OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS OF THE ORIGINAL SCOOTER AS USED IN THE FILM . CLOTHING , MEMORABILIA AND MUCH MUCH MORE
HERE IS A BRIEF LOOK AT SOME OF THE MANY ORIGINAL SIGNED FILM STILLS FROM SOME OF THE LEADING STARS OF THIS , AT THE TIME … HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL ICONIC BRITISH FILM . SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE TO SEE MORE OF THE HUNDREDS OF SIGNED FILM STILLS AND VARIOUS OTHER FILM MEMORABILIA HERE ON DISPLAY AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL’S – QUADROPHENIA COLLECTION .
Don’t worry the original “Ace Face ” GS Vespa Scooter as used in the film and salvaged for posterity is on display here at the jail and is not the one that is seen going over the cliff face and smashed to bits on the rocks below.
Incidently for all Quadrophenia fans out there ….. a total of 5 number “Ace Face” GS Vespa Scooters were built and used in the film….. 3 of which were used for the last scene (going over the cliff) , 1 was written off during filming and destroyed and we have the only surviving scooter that was ridden and used by both the “Ace Face” and “Jimmy” during filming.
WE HAVE ALSO SINCE ADDED “A TASTE OF NORTHERN SOUL DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTH EXHIBITION ” INCLUDING VARIOUS ORIGINAL NORTHERN SOUL MEMORABILIA AND EPHEMERA .
NOT FORGETTING OF COURSE …. OUR “1960’S REVISITED” COLLECTIONS .
A MUST SEE VISITOR ATTRACTION IN IT’S OWN RIGHT FOR ALL QUADROPHENIA FANS, SCOOTER BOYS & GIRLS, MODS, NORTHERN SOUL FANS , TWO-TONE AND SKA FANS, SKINHEADS. REGGAE SKINHEADS AND TAMLA MOTOWN FANS TOO.
LIAM GALLAGHER FORMER FRONTMAN OF OASIS AND NOW BEADY EYE SEEN HERE USING THE ORIGINAL “ACE FACE” GS VESPA AND “HELPLESS DANCER” SCOOTERS FROM THE QUADROPHENIA COLLECTION HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL FOR A PHOTO SHOOT TO LAUNCH HIS PRETTY GREEN CLOTHING RANGE . THE PHOTO SHOOT TOOK PLACE AT BEACHY HEAD , EASTBOURNE AND AT SALTASH LIDO, NEAR BRIGHTON BOTH SCOOTERS USED BEING FROM THE QUADROPHENIA COLLECTION HERE .
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ABOVE IS A PICTORIAL SLIDESHOW INSIGHT INTO SOME OF THE GREAT MANY DISPLAY ITEMS RELATING TO THE ICONIC 1979 CULT BRITISH FILM -QUADROPHENIA EXHIBITED IN ONE OF THE OUTBUILDINGS HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL . IT INCLUDES A MASS OF ORIGINAL SIGNED FILM STILLS , FILM POSTERS, CLOTHING, ORIGINAL FILM SCRIPT , CLOTHING AND MUCH MORE……..
NOT FORGETTING OF COURSE THE ICONIC ORIGINAL ACE FACE GS VESPA SCOOTER FEATURED IN THE FILM AND OTHER SCOOTERS ETC.
ASIDE FROM THE QUADROPHENIA COLLECTION AND AS AN ADD-ON WE HAVE SINCE INCLUDED ….. “A TASTE OF NORTHERN SOUL DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND” EXHIBITION AREA AS WELL AS FEATURING A 1960’S REVISITED COLLECTION .THIS INCLUDES A MASS OF ORIGINAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS , VINYL RECORDS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA ITEMS
AS AN INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INSIGHT INTO THE LIVES OF FRED AND ROSE WEST HERE IS SOME INTERACTIVE , VERY DISTURBING , THOUGH VERY INTERESTING DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE ON THE NOTORIOUS BRITISH SERIAL KILLERS . HERE TOO ARE SOME IMAGES OF VARIOUS PERSONAL ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO THEM BOTH, INCLUDING VARIOUS SIGNED EPHEMERA AND DOCUMENTATION, WHICH ARE HERE ON DISPLAY IN AMONGST OUR TRUE CRIME AND MURDERABILIA COLLECTIONS.
ABOVE: ORIGINAL POLICE MUGSHOT OF FRED WEST. BELOW ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING BY PAUL BRIDGMAN DEPICTING FRED WEST .
Above & below: Original oil paintings of Fred and Rose West by local Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman on display at Littledean Jail
An original pastel courtroom sketch depicting Crown Prosecutions Brian Leveson QC cross examining Rose West, during her trial at Winchester Crown Court on the 1 November 1995.This for the sadistic child rap, torture and murder of 10 young girls at various locations throughout Gloucestershire . This including at her home 25 Cromwell street , Gloucester .Fred West had previously hanged himself at HMP Birmingham – Winson Green on 1 January 1995. Also depicted in this drawing is Judge – Mr Justice Mantell and member of the jury (the Act of Parliament does not allow true likenesses to be drawn of any of the members of the jury ) This artwork is on permanent display at Littledean Jail .
Below : A brief gallery showing a various array of whips belonging to the sexually sadistic and evil serial killers Fred and Rose west . For the record these were removed from their family home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester along with various other personally owned, used and worn paraphernalia. All of which have long been on display at The Crime Through Time Collection , now at Littledean jail .
These whips were well recorded as being used by the West’s on many of their victims and undoubtedly on their children too for sexual pleasures
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Infamous sexually sadistic and evil British serial killers , Fred and Rose West
Copy of original police handwritten confession statement SIGNED BY FRED WEST With Fred being illiterate and having very poor reading and writing skills , he had to have the note written by others , for him to sign . 4 March 1994
THE INFAMOUS HANDMADE SIGN AT THE ENTERANCE TO 25 CROMWELL STREET , PURPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY FRED WEST AND NOW APPARANTLY DESTROYED .
THESE ARE GENUINE SET OF KEYS FOR 25 CROMWELL STREET .
Handwriten and signed letter from Rose West sent whilst in prison .
Rent book and other paperwork relating to 214 Southgate Street Glos owned by Fred & Rose West .and rented to Mrs Wagner as a cafe , It is highly rumoured that there are more bodies buried here.This building was demolished years ago and the sight redevopled . The records form part of the collection kept at the Crime Through Time Museum at Littledean Jail
Rent book and other paperwork relating to 214 Southgate Street Glos owned by Fred & Rose West .and rented to Mrs Wagner as a cafe , It is highly rumoured that there are more bodies buried here.This building was demolished years ago and the sight redevopled . The records form part of the collection kept at the Crime Through Time Museum at Littledean Jail
Christmas card handwritten by Rose West to Family friend sent during the early 1990’s
Christmas card handwritten by Rose West to Family friend sent during the early 1990’s
Christmas card handwritten by Rose West to Family friend sent during the early 1990’s
Front of With Sympathy card given to Rose’s close friend and neighbour Margaretta Dix who lived opposite the West’s at 28 Cromwell Street. This being after the sudden death of her husband Charlie , aged 64 back in 1992 . He suffered a fatal heart attack in the family bathroom . Margaretta called on the Wests for help , Fred tried to save him , whilst awaiting ambulance. This is documented in various books and articles relating to the later Rose West trial . This card was kindly sourced from the Dix Family and is now on display at the Crime Through Time Collection , along with various other related material .
of With Sympathy card given to Rose’s close friend and neighbour Margaretta Dix who lived opposite the West’s at 28 Cromwell Street. This being after the sudden death of her husband Charlie , aged 64 back in 1992 . He suffered a fatal heart attack in the family bathroom . Margaretta called on the Wests for help , Fred tried to save him , whilst awaiting ambulance. This is documented in various books and articles relating to the later Rose West trial . This card was kindly sourced from the Dix Family and is now on display at the Crime Through Time Collection , along with various other related material .
Handwritten and signed by Rose west inset page of With Sympathy card given to Rose’s close friend and neighbour Margaretta Dix who lived opposite the West’s at 28 Cromwell Street. This being after the sudden death of her husband Charlie , aged 64 back in 1992 . He suffered a fatal heart attack in the family bathroom . Margaretta called on the Wests for help , Fred tried to save him , whilst awaiting ambulance. This is documented in various books and articles relating to the later Rose West trial . This card was kindly sourced from the Dix Family and is now on display at the Crime Through Time Collection , along with various other related material .
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SUN NEWSPAPER EXCLUSIVE ON THE EMERGED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRED AND ROSE WEST AND THE WILLIAMS’S PROVIDED BY THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL… PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY 5 MAY 2016
Postcard handwritten by Rose West sent to Family sent during the 1990’s signed Mum and Dad
SUN NEWSPAPER EXCLUSIVE ON THE EMERGED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRED AND ROSE WEST AND THE WILLIAMS’S … PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY 5 MAY 2016SUN NEWSPAPER EXCLUSIVE ON THE EMERGED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRED AND ROSE WEST AND THE WILLIAMS’S … PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY 5 MAY 2016SUN NEWSPAPER EXCLUSIVE ON THE EMERGED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRED AND ROSE WEST AND THE WILLIAMS’S … PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY 5 MAY 2016 THE TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORT ON THE EMERGED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRED AND ROSE WEST AND THE WILLIAMS’S… PROVIDED BY THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL … PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY MAY 6 2016
Postcard handwritten and sent by Rose West addressed to ” THE WEST WILLIAMS MENAGERIE, 16 BELGRAVE ROAD, GLOUCESTER (which was home to the Williams family at the time ). ” to their children and also seemingly to the children of their “partners in crime ” The Williams family ( David and Pauline who were jailed in October 2015 for child abuse see HERE ) sent during the 1990
The card is signed by Rose West as Mum and Dad whilst Fred and Rose were away on holiday . The postcard depict images of the Cheshire Ring , however the postmark clearly shows that it was posted 14 October 1990 with a Wye Valley , Gloucestershire postal stamp !!!
PAULINE AND DAVID WILLIAMS WITH FRED AND ROSE WEST INSET
This image depicts Fred West’s spade and fork which he used during the burials of his victims at various locations including Cromwell St and other locations around the County of Gloucestershire . He would use the spade to also remove the fingers and toes of his victims , as is well documented . These tools came from 25 Cromwell St along with various other personal items owned , used and worn by Fred and Rose. All of which are on display here at The Crime Through Time Collection , Littledean Jail .
Original photograph of the inside of the bathroom at 25 Cromwell Street , Gloucester
POLICE OUTSIDE THE FRONT OF NO 25,
CROMWELL STREET, GLOUCESTER KEEP AN EYE
OUT AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES IN THE REAR
GARDEN.
Picture By: Jules Annan / Retna Pictures
Picture Shows: Rent book and other paperwork relating to 214 Southgate Street Glos ownen by Fred & Rose West .and rented to Mrs Wagner as a cafe , It is highly rumourrd that there are more bodies buried here., ths building was demolished years ago and rebuilt
The records form part of the collection kept at the Crime Through Time Museum , Little Dean-
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Picture By: Jules Annan / Retna Pictures
Picture Shows: Rent book and other paperwork relating to 214 Southgate Street Glos ownen by Fred & Rose West .and rented to Mrs Wagner as a cafe , It is highly rumourrd that there are more bodies buried here., ths building was demolished years ago and rebuilt
The records form part of the collection kept at the Crime Through Time Museum , Little Dean-
Date:10th January 09
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Ref: JSN
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Non-Exclusive *World Rights Only*
*Unbylined uses will incur an additional discretionary fee!*
HERE ARE PARTS 1-3 OF THIS “MUST SEE”….VERY IN DEPTH INTERACTIVE (WITH OUR CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTIONS HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL) REMARKABLE THOUGH VERY DISTURBING…. DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE INTO THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF FRED AND ROSE WEST. INCLUDING ROSE WEST PROSTITUTING HERSELF AT HOME AT 25 CROMWELL STREET , GLOUCESTER . VIDEOED BY HER HUSBAND FRED WEST AND POLICE INTERVIEW TAPE RECORDINGS WITH FRED AND ROSE WEST .
FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN TRUE CRIME DO VIEW ALL 9 PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENTARY WHICH ALSO INCLUDES FOOTAGE OF THE WEST FAMILY VISITING THE FOREST OF DEAN AREAS … CLOSE TO THE JAIL
WHILST VERY INTRIGUING AND INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE …. PLEASE BE WARNED THAT THERE IS CONSIDERABLE FOUL LANGUAGE IN SEVERAL PARTS FROM BOTH FRED AND ROSE WEST .ALSO IN THE MAIN , VERY DISTURBING CONTENT
HERE AT THE JAIL WE EXHIBIT AND DISPLAY A NUMBER OF PERSONAL ITEMS , WORN CLOTHING AND ALSO TOOLS OF THE TRADE USED BY FRED WEST . THIS BEING A SMALL PART OF OUR TRUE CRIME COLLECTIONS
WARNING…. PLEASE DO BE AWARE THAT A LOT OF THE FOOTAGE ON THIS POST (AND THE OTHER PARTS (4-9) BELOW) , CONTAIN VERY DISTURBING MATERIAL .
DO COME VISIT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL AND SEE OUR EXTENSIVE AND DIVERSE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF TRUE CRIME MURDERABILIA , MEMORABILIA , THE TABOO AND MUCH MUCH MORE .
AS WE ALWAYS SAY …… IF EASILY OFFENDED, DISTURBED OR OF A SENSITIVE NATURE PLEASE DO AVOID VISITING THE JAIL
BELOW IS A BRIEF INSIGHT INTO THE NAZI SS AND OCCULT EXHIBITION HERE ON DISPLAY AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION , LITTLEDEAN JAIL . VERY DIVERSE AND THOUGHT PROVOKING TO SAY THE LEAST .
WE ALSO FEATURE AN INTRIGUING INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF THE ILLUMINATI , WITCHCRAFT, THE OCCULT, DEVIL WORSHIP, MYSTERIOUS CELEBRITY DEATHS AND BEYOND
Above: Original painting on display at The Crime Through Time Collection, Littledean Jail, Forest of Dean, UK.
Above: Original painting on display at The Crime Through Time Collection , Littledean Jail, Forest of Dean , UK.
Below: Image of Baphomet, favoured by Himmler’s Nazi Occult.
ABOVE & BELOW : A BRIEF LOOK AT BAPHOMET – HORNED GOD ON DISPLAY IN AND AMONGST THE WITCHCRAFT, PAGANISM, WICCAN, THE SATANIC OCCULT, THE ILLUMINATI AND SECRET SOCIETIES COLLECTIONS AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION, LITTLEDEAN JAIL, FOREST OF DEAN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK .
Above: Baphomet Ouija Board on display at Littledean Jail .
ABOVE AND BELOW: FURTHER BRIEF INSIGHT INTO VARIOUS WITCHCRAFT AND OCCULT EXHIBIT ITEMS ON DISPLAY AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL , UK
BELOW IS LINK TO OUR WEBSITE PAGE WHICH FEATURES MORE INFORMATION, IMAGES AND VIDEOS …. AS IS FEATURED HERE AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION , LITTLEDEAN JAIL .
PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO ACCESS OUR PAGE
Himmler’s SS Mystical castle: Wewelsburg:
It is said that the Wewelsburg was going to be the “Holy Grail Castle” of the Nazi regime, once it had established itself as rulers of the world. Is this true, and, if so, what was their ambition in this vast building project?
It is clear that any Grail Castle to be built would have a geometrical design, and in the case of the Wewelsburg, that is a triangle. For Himmler, the Wewelsburg was not so much the location where the Grail was hidden, but where his Grail Order – the SS, the Schutzstaffel – and its sacred treasures – rumoured to be the Spear of Destiny – would be brought, and from which the magical power of the Nazi regime would radiate out.
The castle was not built by the Nazi regime; its history started several centuries before the National Socialists came to power in 1933. In its current form, the castle was built from 1603 to 1609, as a secondary residence for Fürstbischof Theodor von Fürstenberg, the prince-bishop of Paderborn, whose primary residence was the castle at Neuhaus. However, there existed a castle on the site from the 9th century onwards. At the time, it withheld an invasion of the Huns, its location near what was believed to be the site where the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest occurred. This battle occurred in 9 AD, when various Germanic tribes made an alliance and ambushed and destroyed three Roman legions. The battle was the start of a seven year long war, whereby the Rhine became the boundary of the Roman Empire. It should therefore not come as a surprise that it was seen as a symbol of German unity and a demonstration that a united Germany could conquer all – as it was, of course, felt it would do again….
The Nazis plans: put into effect by the use of slave labour…
It meant that the estate had the shape of a spear, underlining the unconfirmed belief that the site would become the location where the Spear of Destiny would be held. One story goes that Hitler saw his future when he visited the Museum in Vienna where the Spear was on display, and that he became convinced that whoever possessed it, controlled the fate of the world. That the Wewelsburg was going to be the New Jerusalem and the centre of Germany is in evidence as from 1941 onwards, the architects called the complex the “Centre of the World”. In line with sacred mythology, the design would sit on a mountain, surrounded by a lake, as there were plans to flood the valley.
Original painting on display at The Crime Through Time Collection , Littledean Jail, Forest of Dean, UK
WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT TO REVIVE THE OLD VICTORIAN STYLE SIDESHOW FEATURING BOTH THE HUMAN FREAKS AND ANIMAL FREAKS OF NATURE?
THIS IS NOW ONE OF OUR FUTURE PLANS TO HOST HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL . YES, POSSIBLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT , HOWEVER WHAT A SPECTACLE IT WOULD BE HERE IN THE UK .
HENCE WE ARE NOW ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR HUMAN FREAKS AND ANY OTHER FREAKS OF NATURE TO JOIN US AND BECOME PART OF THIS EVENT TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC .
“Google” our two headed, three eyed puppy dog that was previously on display at the Jamaica Inn, Cornwall , before being acquired for display here at Littledean Jail
Above and below : Various Freaks Of Nature here on display at The Crime Through Time Collection , Littledean jail, UK
MOO-MOO ……..OUR FREAK BORN TWO HEADED CALF HERE ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
BELOW : NOSTRILDAMUS OUR FREAK BORN FOAL – BORN HERE IN LITTLEDEAN, FOREST OF DEAN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK, 2017 .
BELOW: ANDY JONES OF THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL WITH A PRESERVED TWO HEADED SNAKE ( NOT LIVE ) WHICH IS ON DISPLAY WITH THE OTHER VARIOUS FREAKS OF NATURE .
BELOW : “NODDY” … OUR TWO HEADED FREAK PHEASANT
BELOW: PHUCKED- Phuckus Duckus ( part Pheasant & duck ) here on display at the Jail
HERE’S A PICTORIAL INSIGHT INTO OUR OWN FREAKS OF NATURE EXHIBITION HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL , WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A TOURING EXHIBITION DURING OUR CLOSED SEASON AT THE JAIL ( 1ST NOVEMBER UNTIL 31ST MARCH) FOR DETAILS PLEASE EMAIL JULES@CONCERTPHOTOGRAPHY.CO.UK
ALSO BELOW ARE SOME INTRIGUING INTERACTIVE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A TWO HEADED KITTEN (BORN IN THE USA) AND A TWO HEADED CALF ( BORN IN GEORGIA) … BOTH BORN ALIVE AND ARE SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE HAVE HERE ON DISPLAY (OUR’S ARE OBVIOUSLY SADLY NO LONGER LIVING )
LADY GAGA OUR FREAK BORN TWO FACED KITTEN MEETS GOOGLE OUR FREAK BORN TWO FACED THREE EYED PUPPY
ABOVE AND BELOW : ORIGINAL CANVAS PAINTINGS BY GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARTIST PAUL BIRDGMAN ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
LADY GAGA MEETS GOOGLE
SHRUNKEN HEADS
TWO-HEADED RAT
GOOGLE THE THREE EYED TWO-FACED PUPPY
SHRUNKEN HEAD
SHRUNKEN HEAD
REAR SHOT OF SIX LEGGED PIGLET
LADY GAGA OUR TWO FACED KITTEN
LADY GAGA OUR TWO FACED KITTEN
“Pandora” the six legged, two bodied kitten on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
“Kitty” the seven legged , two bodied kitten on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
BONKING MONKEYS
“Face ” the two faced, one headed piglet born circa 1860 on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
GRIZZLY THE BEAR
SWAMPY THE 10 FOOT CROCODLIE
“Face ” the two faced, one headed piglet born circa 1860 on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
“Face ” the two faced, one headed piglet born circa 1860 on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
“Kitty” the seven legged , two bodied kitten on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
GOOGLE THE THREE EYED TWO-FACED PUPPY
TWO HEADED TERRAPIN
“Kitty” the seven legged , two bodied kitten on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
“Pandora” the six legged, two bodied kitten on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
WINNIE AND BOO BOO THE INDIAN BEARS ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
“Noddy ” the two headed pheasant on display as “freaks Of Nature Collection”
GOOGLE THE THREE EYED TWO-FACED PUPPY
ABOVE AND BELOW ARE IMAGES OF “BAA BAA” GLOUCESTERSHIRE FREAK BORN EIGHT LEGGED, FOUR EARED, TWO BODIES AND ONE HEADED LAMB HERE ON DISPLAY IN AMONGST OUR FREAKS OF NATURE COLLECTIONS .
LADY GAGA ….. OUR FREAK BORN TWO FACED , THREE EYED KITTEN HERE ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
ABOVE : TWO HEADED RAT ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
ABOVE: ORIGINAL TIBETAN HUMAN SKULLS & RAMS HEAD ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
BELOW: ORIGINAL HUMAN SKULL CHALICES USED FOR SACRIFICIAL, WITCHCRAFT AND OCCULT CEREMONIAL GATHERINGS
BELOW : ORIGINAL MONKEY SKULL NECKLACE USED FOR VOODOO AND BLACK MAGIC .
LIFESIZE “BAPHOMET-HORNED GOD” ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
LADY EMILIA – WITCH OF THE FOREST ON DISPLAY AT THE JAIL
One of the collage features on display within Littledean Jail’s “Witchcraft, Paganism, Wiccan, Satanism, The Occult, The Illuminati and Secret Societies Collection ” .
ABOVE & BELOW : Pictured here are some of our Alexandrian Wiccan Casting Circles which form part of our exhibition area.
Alex Sanders ( 6 June 1926-30 April 1988). Born Orrell Alexander Carter, who went under the craft name Verbius, was an English occultist and High Priest in the Pagan religion of Wicca, responsible for founding the tradition of Alexandrian Wicca during the 1960s. Raised in a working-class family, he was introduced to esoteric ideas by his mother and grandmother from a young age, and as a young man began working as a medium in the local Spiritualist Churches before going on to study and practice ceremonial magic. In 1963, he was initiated into Gardnerian Wicca before founding his own coven, through which he merged many aspects of ceremonial magic into Wicca. He claimed to have been initiated by his Grandmother as a child, though evidence for this is lacking. Throughout the 1960s, he would court publicity in the press, appearing in a number of documentaries, marrying the far younger Maxine Sanders, and being declared to be the “King of the Witches” by his followers, something that led to other prominent Gardnerian Witches, such as Patricia Crowther and Eleanor Bone, attacking him in the press. In the late 1970s and 1980s, he went on to work with a ceremonial magical group known as the Ordine Della Luna, prior to his death. The tradition he founded with Maxine Sanders became known as Alexandrian Wicca.
Below : An intriguing video footage on the seemingly bizarre life of Alex Sanders
Below : One of the collage features on display within Littledean Jail’s “Witchcraft, Paganism, Wiccan, Satanism, The Occult, The Illuminati and Secret Societies Collection ” .
Below : Alex Sanders initiation into the sacred Mysteries
Below : One of the collage features on display within Littledean Jail’s “Witchcraft, Paganism, Wiccan, Satanism, The Occult, The Illuminati and Secret Societies Collection ” .
Above: Original painting by Paul Bridgman on display here at Littledean Jail of Alex Sanders , Maxine Sanders during the initiation of Janet Farrar, the wife of High Priest husband Stewart Farrar.
Above: Original painting of High Priest Stewart Farrar and his High Priestess wife Janet , here on display at Littledean Jail
Below: Baphomet Ouija board on display at Littledean Jail
Below: Original paintings by Gloucestershire Artist Paul Bridgman depicting Alex Sanders and his High Priestess wife Maxine, along with Baphomet… The Horned God , both on display at the jail
Below : Collage of newspaper clippings featuring Alex Sanders on display at Littledean Jail
Original painting by Gloucestershire Artist Paul Bridgman depicting Gerald Gardner, and High Priestess’s Monique Wilson and Patricia Crowther on display at the jail
LP Album cover of Alex Sanders ” A Witch Is Born ” on display at the Jail
Original painting by Gloucestershire Artist Paul Bridgman depicting Aleister Crowley , on display at the jail
Below: Various images and a brief insight into an Alexandrian Casting Circle, Baphomet Horned God, Witchcraft Altar etc , here on display at Littledean Jail, Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire, UK .
Above and Below : Original oil paintings by local artist Paul Bridgman depicting our Alexandrian Baphomet “Horned God” on display in and amongst our exhibition areas.
ABOVE :Superimposed image of how ” Old Ellen ” would have looked in and around 1881 – 1912 at the well
AN ALLEGED CUNNING WITCH , WISE WOMAN AND HERBALIST FROM THE FOREST OF DEAN. SHE WAS TRIED FOR WITCHCRAFT HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL AND AS A RESULT OF A GREAT MANY LOCAL FRIENDS SUPPORT AT THE TRIAL SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND NOT GUILTY .
ABOVE: COPY OF FOREST OF DEAN NEWSPAPER REPORT ON ELLEN HAYWARD
ABOVE AND BELOW …… A BRIEF LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXHIBITION MATERIAL THAT FEATURES THE FOREST OF DEAN FOLKLORE TALE ON THE CUNNING WITCH OF THE FOREST OF DEAN … ELLEN HAYWARD
ABOVE AND BELOW … COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL 1881 CENSUS RECORDS THAT SHOW THAT ELLEN HAYWARD LIVED AT 30 PEMBROKE ROAD ( NOW PEMBROKE STREET) , CINDERFORD . ALSO THAT SHE LIVED THERE SEEMINGLY AS A WIDOW AGED 39, ALONG WITH HER SON EDWARD THEN AGED 9 , HER DAUGHTERS RUTH AGED 5 AND FLORENCE AGED 3.
ELLEN’S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER FLORENCE WAS PLACED AT WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WORKHOUSE, PRESUMABLY BY HER MOTHER, AFTER THIS 1881 CENSUS RECORDS AS SEEN HERE ABOVE .
SHE LATER DIED AT THE AGE OF 8 AND AS INSCRIBED ON ELLEN HAYWARD’S HEADSTONE IS BURIED ALONG WITH HER MOTHER IN THE SAME GRAVE. (SEE HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION ON IMAGE BELOW .)
Parliamentary Questions
MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.) I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the practice of witchcraft at May Hill and other parts of Gloucester; whether he is aware that, in the case of a family named Markey, four members last week lost their reason and one attempted to commit suicide at a place called Blakeley, as a result of these practices; and whether, in view of the alarm in the locality, he can state what action will be taken by the authorities to suppress witchcraft.
MR. AKERS-DOUGLAS I have made inquiry into this very curious case. I find that Markey and his wife consulted a supposed witch about some money which they believed to have been stolen, and that subsequently three members of the family became insane, while the wife left the house and remained concealed in a wood for nearly four days. If sufficient evidence is forthcoming to justify a prosecution, proceedings will be taken by the local police against the woman who was consulted. Hansard : 31st May 1905
She was known throughout the Forest as Old Ellen, and famed as a healer and “wise woman”
Ellen Hayward was born at Arlingham, a village across the River Severn and opposite Newnham, in 1839, the daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Hayward. Her home was at Pembroke Road, Cinderford.
As a herbalist she used potions to cure ailments and dress sores of both animals and human beings. Her herbs were gathered by moonlight and dried across the rafters in her cottage. She would cure forestry men, whose only protection against the elements was often only a sack split open and tied round them, of their chronic rheumatism. Farmers from Hereford used to ride over in their gigs seeking her help.
She was known to treat free of charge servant girls from Cheltenham, who suffered from housemaid’s knee after washing stone corridors every day, free of charge. She normally charged no fees for her help and advice but simply accepted what her customers offered her. She also called herself a phrenologist. Phrenology is the science which studies the relationship between a person’s character and the morphology of their skull. She appears to have been liked and respected by Forest of Dean residents. When sent for to treat a woman with a serious varicose ulcer in Mitcheldean her first action when entering the bedroom was to throw open the window and instruct the patient to keep it open. She cured the ulcer but would not let any man see what she was doing.
She had come to national attention in May 1905. Ellen was at that time visited by John Markey of May Hill who was worried that £50 had disappeared from a drawer in his house. Ellen advised him to go home and rest as she felt that he was unwell.
Within a week of this visit, three members of the Markey family had become violently insane. A daughter and granddaughter had to be taken to an asylum and his wife disappeared. After days of searching, she simply reappeared holding a hazel stick which, she claimed, was to protect against witches. Her son George, who had been involved in the search for his mother, then became violent and managed to impale his eye with a spike. After this ‘bootless and hatless’ he ran away and had to be detained by the police. He was later certified as insane.
In the villages of May Hill and Huntley people started carrying hazel sticks around as tales of what had happened to the Markey’s spread. The newspapers got hold of the story which then spread nationally. Questions were even asked in Parliament as to what action the authorities were going to take to suppress witchcraft. In the midst of all this furor a letter was published in the Dean Forest Mercury in which Ellen denied pretending to be a witch but accepted that she was well known as a phrenologist. This letter, written either by Ellen herself or, more likely, on her behalf went on to explain that this “cruel attack” by the papers had left her unable to make a living and asked readers to send donations. The house in which the Markeys lived, now called ‘Counties View’, still stands in Folly lane.
In May 1906 Ellen Hayward (67) was summoned at Littledean Petty Sessions, Forest of Dean, for using, between November 21, 1905, and March 1, 1906, “certain craft, or means, or device, to wit, by pretending witchcraft, to deceive or impose upon one of his Majesty’s subjects, to wit, James Davis.”
The prosecutor was Sergeant William Packer of Cinderford police. Our photo below shows him after his promotion to Inspector in 1909.
The son of a farm labourer, he was born at Southrop,Gloucestershire in 1860. He joined the Gloucestershire constabulary in 1878 and after serving as a sergeant at Painswick and Stroud was posted to Cinderford around 1903. Inspector Packer retired in 1919 after serving for 41 years. He died in 1929 and was buried at Cinderford’s St. John’s Churchyard, the same cemetery as Ellen Hayward.
Since 1854, Littledean gaol had been used as a police station and remand prison. In 1874 the east wing was remodelled as the Forest’s petty sessional court.
The Dean Forest Guardian reported on May 21st 1906 – “The old lady, attired in black, with a big warm muffler round her neck, and carrying a large handbag, was accommodated with a seat. She pleaded not guilty.”
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