http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml News, comment, photography and video from Manchester Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:25:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-54875 Iain Mills Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:51:39 +0000 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml#comment-54875 I stayed at The Rembrandt in the early 80's too, and I remember one of the barmen telling me roughly the same story.He was strangely "proud" of the connection, which made me feel distinctly uncomfortable. Especially as I was going to be sleeping upstairs!!!I think the Eddie Evans story should be re-investigated through modern eyes , because I am certain that his memory is tainted by the prejudices of the day, and he has become almost an invisible victim of some of the worst murders of the 20th century. The police would not have been sympathetic , neither would the local ( or national) press, and it must have broken his families hearts if they were told the same story.I noticed on another website that he had been cremated and his ashes scattered, and wonder if this was the reason . This was pre-Wolfenden , remember , and if he had allowed himself to be picked up by Brady for sex he would have been committing a criminal offense .Homosexuality was totally black & white then , you either were or you weren't , most people couldn't comprehend the "blurred edges" we see today.I have always thought that it has clouded the story, particularly as the only other person (Brady) who knew what happened that night was never going to be truthful about what happened . He was still a tragically young victim of brutal sadists for whom justice has not been done. I stayed at The Rembrandt in the early 80′s too, and I remember one of the barmen telling me roughly the same story.He was strangely “proud” of the connection, which made me feel distinctly uncomfortable. Especially as I was going to be sleeping upstairs!!!I think the Eddie Evans story should be re-investigated through modern eyes , because I am certain that his memory is tainted by the prejudices of the day, and he has become almost an invisible victim of some of the worst murders of the 20th century. The police would not have been sympathetic , neither would the local ( or national) press, and it must have broken his families hearts if they were told the same story.I noticed on another website that he had been cremated and his ashes scattered, and wonder if this was the reason . This was pre-Wolfenden , remember , and if he had allowed himself to be picked up by Brady for sex he would have been committing a criminal offense .Homosexuality was totally black & white then , you either were or you weren’t , most people couldn’t comprehend the “blurred edges” we see today.I have always thought that it has clouded the story, particularly as the only other person (Brady) who knew what happened that night was never going to be truthful about what happened . He was still a tragically young victim of brutal sadists for whom justice has not been done.

]]> http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-53646 Tim Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:38:31 +0000 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml#comment-53646 blimey... wot a local with Ian Brady and Peter Moore as regulars ! blimey… wot a local with Ian Brady and Peter Moore as regulars !

]]> http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-53590 P A Badger Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:11:16 +0000 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml#comment-53590 Another tall story, I knew Eddie from AEI and that is the rumour as the only milk bar that Eddie would have been at being a trainee on low pay would have been the Milk Bar at Piccadilly which is near to where he used to get off the bus at the Gardens. He was a boy. A mere boy who worked alongside my friends in the vast Trafford Park unit in Trafford Park where we lived and I came from. Another tall story, I knew Eddie from AEI and that is the rumour as the only milk bar that Eddie would have been at being a trainee on low pay would have been the Milk Bar at Piccadilly which is near to where he used to get off the bus at the Gardens. He was a boy. A mere boy who worked alongside my friends in the vast Trafford Park unit in Trafford Park where we lived and I came from.

]]> http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-53587 Jim Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:24:58 +0000 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20080215-the-rembrandts-connection-with-the-moors-murders.shtml#comment-53587 Fascinating Story' one Ive never heard before Fascinating Story’ one Ive never heard before

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