Author: Conference 2003
Wednesday, 08 January 2003 - 10:24 am |        |
Dear all,
It gives me very great pleasure to officially announce that the UK Jack the Ripper Conference for 2003 will be held at the prestigious Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, England from Friday 15th August to Sunday 17th August 2003.
We are still in the early stages of confirming speakers, and you will be updated as soon as we have further information but it promises many delights and surprises. If you remember Bournemouth – then Liverpool is going to be bigger and better even than that! If you haven’t attended before, then you don’t know what you’re missing!
In the mean time we are now accepting first stage registrations and deposit payments. If you would like to receive further information please contact us at the email address below including your full contact details and indicating if you would prefer to receive your registration details by post, fax or email. Keep reading your copy of Ripperologist for updates or email us to join the conference mailing list.
This year the expenses involved in running the conference have increased so that the full delegate package will cost GBP£200.00 per delegate, secured with a deposit of GBP£60.00. But I am sure you will agree it is worth every penny to attend the UK’s only Jack the Ripper conference. The venue is indeed an impressive one…
Famous for featuring in the TV series ‘Hotel’, the newly refurbished Adelphi offers its guests a wealth of facilities including 5 restaurants, car parking for up to 110 cars and a Health & Leisure Club. Set within 3 minutes walking distance of Lime Street Station and within easy access of the M6 and M62, the hotel is just a short distance from many of Liverpool’s famous attractions, putting the Adelphi in the very best location for a weekend away!
For those of you who wish to travel from London to Liverpool we are anticipating the provision of a FREE rail pass for each delegate. Please indicate on your registration card if you wish to be included in this first come first served offer should it become available to us.
Should you have any queries, to receive further information or to join the conference mailing list, please contact us by email at: liverpool_conference_2003@yahoo.co.uk
From myself and on behalf of the conference team I look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to Liverpool in August 2003!
Yours sincerely,
Claudia Oliver
Conference Administrator
Jack the Ripper Conference, Liverpool – 2003 |
Author: Christopher-Michael DiGrazia
Wednesday, 08 January 2003 - 10:49 am | |
Absolutely wonderful, Claudia! I was not able to get these details in time for the new issue of Ripper Notes, so it's good to see them here.
I look forward to seeing you in August - and I was at Bournemouth, so take it from me, readers, if this is half as fun as that, it will be a time to remember!
CMD |
Author: Brian Schoeneman
Wednesday, 08 January 2003 - 12:14 pm | |
Claudia,
What is included in the 200 pound cost? Does that include a room at the hotel? I'm trying to figure out how much I need to save to make it over. 
B |
Author: judith stock
Thursday, 09 January 2003 - 04:54 am | |
Dear Brian,
Claudia, if I am speaking out of school, PLEASE CORRECT ME! If Liverpool is comparable to the Bournemouth Conference in 2001, two nights' hotel, meals on Friday evening, all three on Saturday, as well as Sunday breakfast, will be in the package. I wish I could remember if Sunday lunch was included, but you get the picture, at least. It's the best deal going, and well worth saving for! I have been to the Norwich and Bournemouth conferences, and both times enjoyed myself waaaaaaay more than should be legal!
Cheers,
J |
Author: Christopher-Michael DiGrazia
Thursday, 09 January 2003 - 10:09 am | |
Judy -
I think it was just full English breakfast at Bournemouth on Sunday and not lunch, as I recall.
What I like best about the venue (besides the chance to drag my old collarless suit and Beatle boots out of the closet) is that one of the bars in the hotel is a reproduction of the first-class smoking room aboard RMS Titanic. So if anyone is looking for me, I'll be sitting there with a bottle of Bollinger, a Fuente Fuente Opus X cigar and channelling the spirit of J. Bruce Ismay. |
Author: judith stock
Thursday, 09 January 2003 - 12:44 pm | |
C-M Baby!! Thanks for the reminder....must have been an episode of mental pause! AND, for the update on where you'll be....I NEVER would find you, otherwise......yeah, RIGHT!
Love,
J |
Author: alex chisholm
Thursday, 09 January 2003 - 09:08 pm | |
Hi Christopher-Michael
As 15th August is the contractual deadline for delivery of “Jekyll & Hyde Dramatized,” and with all the mega-bucks we’re going to earn from the “News from Whitechapel” (ha, ha), even I’m looking to attend the Liverpool conference.
Hope to see you, Judy, and any other reprobate who happens to find their way into the Titanic smoking-room – we can see who leaps for the life-boat first.
All the best
alex |
Author: Christopher-Michael DiGrazia
Thursday, 09 January 2003 - 09:17 pm | |
| How wonderful, Alex! First round of amber-coloured liquid is on me! |
Author: Lisa Muir
Thursday, 09 January 2003 - 11:37 pm | |
Hi all,
I think Christopher-Michael is mistaken about Sunday lunch. We were served sandwiches in the lounge on Saturday. Sunday's coach back to London didn't get off until half-past five. I'm certain we were served a hot lunch in the restaurant that afternoon -- I still have a faint gravy stain on my shirt sleeve!
Either way, I'm sure it will be a great time, and hope to see everyone there. |
Author: Christopher T George
Friday, 10 January 2003 - 01:21 am | |
Hi Alex:
I will look forward to meeting you in Liverpool, Alex? Will your good wife Jayne be accompanying you?
All the best
Chris |
Author: Caroline Morris
Friday, 10 January 2003 - 03:58 am | |
Lisa is right, I think. I'm fairly sure I recall sitting next to Carole Melis and opposite Chris and Donna for Sunday lunch.
I'm looking forward to this titanic event of 2003 - and sure it'll go down extremely well!
Love,
Caz |
Author: Brian Schoeneman
Friday, 10 January 2003 - 09:52 am | |
Caz,
That made me laugh...
I hope that I'll be able to make it, but being a grad student, my finances are a bit strapped. I hope that I can come over to meet all of the UK posters!
B |
Author: Caroline Morris
Friday, 10 January 2003 - 12:31 pm | |
Hi Brian,
Hope you can make it - my finances aren't so much strapped, but stripped to the bone right now.
If this carries on I'll be on the streets doing a bit of 'light whoring' to get the cash together for Liverpool - a phrase my lovely ma-in-law uses. She has the best sense of humour in the world. (She has to, with a daughter-in-law like me! )
Love,
Caz |
Author: alex chisholm
Friday, 10 January 2003 - 08:03 pm | |
Hi Chris
With Christopher-Michael looking to let the uisge-beatha flow, and Caz possibly out to bolster her stripped assets, I’m not sure Liverpool is a place to travel to alone.
So Jayne will be there, and we’re both looking forward to seeing you all.
Best Wishes
alex |
Author: Trevor Robert Jones
Saturday, 11 January 2003 - 03:11 pm | |
I think I might have to volunteer to be "Mr January" on the casebook calender after all , in order to raise some cash !(My finances being in a state of disarray , due to purchasing a new Motorcycle ).
Seriously,I think it will be money well spent, and, as we have been given resonable notice, I might just be able to "stump up the greenbacks".
Now, where did I put that tube of "ManTan"?
Regards,
Trevor. |
Author: julienonperson
Saturday, 11 January 2003 - 03:26 pm | |
TREVOR,
Great idea, however we ladies would insist on sampling the goods. We would need to SEE what we are bidding on. Of course I am only speaking for myself, I like 'em young, good looking, but will settle for hung like bull.
luv julie |
Author: Philip Rayner
Sunday, 12 January 2003 - 06:49 am | |
Old and Knackered isn't in with a chance then.
Thought so.
*Sulks* |
Author: Conference 2003
Monday, 13 January 2003 - 04:25 am | |
Hi all,
Just to clarify the cost situation with regards to the conference, this year the full delegate package will set you back £200.00. For this you will get:
- Accommodation on Friday and Saturday night with a special negotiated reduced rate on Sunday if you want to enjoy the sights and sounds of Liverpool on Monday...
- Drinks reception and sit down meals on Friday and Saturday night (formal banquet on Saturday night), full breakfast on Saturday and Sunday morning, buffet lunches on Saturday and Sunday and tea and coffee breaks on Saturday and Sunday...
- Evening entertainment on Friday and Saturday night...
- Speakers plus lots of stuff we're working on and will announce as we go (tbc)...
- Book signing sessions (tbc)...
- Book and memorabilia sales room Saturday morning through to Sunday afternoon...
- Free return rail ticket from London to Liverpool (tbc)...
- A tourists guide to what’s on in Liverpool...
- Limited edition conference pack and freebie goodies...
This is just the outline of what will be available over the weekend. There are lots of things in the pipeline which will make the whole weekend well worth the cost. Full details are available by joining the mailing list on the conference email address. This does not commit you to attending the conference, just supplies you the information so it is well worth joining.
Just to say many thanks to all those of you who have already dropped us a line at liverpool_conference_2003@yahoo.co.uk
I have picked up all the messages and am just putting the final touches to the email version of the registration card and will be contacting you all shortly.
Once again many thanks for all your support,
Claudia Oliver
Conference Administrator |
Author: Christopher T George
Wednesday, 15 January 2003 - 10:38 am | |
Hi, all:
Liverpool's famed Pier Head is to be nominated for World Heritage Site status. Liverpool would join world famous destinations such as the Grand Canyon and the Sphinx and Pyramids in Egypt. If the city's waterfront secures World Heritage status, it would also provide a major boost to tourism and help create hundreds of jobs.
See
World class waterfront
As stated in the story, to be nominated for such heritage status "is world recognition of the uniqueness of the city's architecture and its place in history. Liverpool was the gateway to the new world - a port of entry and exit for all sorts of historic movements of cultures and people. Not that many places have got this status."
Best regards
Chris George
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Author: Divia deBrevier
Wednesday, 15 January 2003 - 12:38 pm | |
Greetings all:
Aw, now I wanna go! If I do, will someone put me up for the nights that I don't have accommodation at the hotel? I can't fly to the UK for just a weekend, you know.
Warm regards,
Divia |
Author: Noel c. Auger
Friday, 17 January 2003 - 06:01 pm | |
Maybrick stayed at the Adelphi on the night of the1881 census and Sir Jock Delves Broughton finally ended his life there after his unfortunate involvement in the murder of Lord Erroll in Kenya.
The ghosts of the suspects in at least two mysteries haunt the corridors of the Adelphi Hotel! |
Author: Peter Wood
Saturday, 18 January 2003 - 01:17 pm | |
Divia, it's a deal, just wait a few minutes whilst I pack the wife's bags ...
Before you come over though, you have to chant the following incantation fifty times per day:
"Oh James Maybrick, thou were Jack the ripper, thou were a very naughty man, thou shalt be publicly named and shamed. Thanks for writing the diary"
Peter
P.S. Any Chelsea fans in the house? D-I-E-G-O, WOH OH! D-I-E-G-O, WOH OH OH OH! |
Author: Divia deBrevier
Monday, 20 January 2003 - 08:56 pm | |
Dearest Peter:
Never mind then. I am NOT chanting anything about Maybrick being the Ripper!
Thanks anyway.
*smooch*
Divia |
Author: Monty
Thursday, 23 January 2003 - 12:29 pm | |
Peter,
I told you that old 'Maybrick was the Ripper' line wouldnt work on a young, sophisticated, intelligent and beautiful lady like Divia.
Man, you're soooo out of touch !
Monty
clipart{wink} |
Author: Peter Wood
Monday, 27 January 2003 - 11:33 am | |
Want to see some etchings, Monty?
Maybrick may not have been the ripper (in your sordid little world, he is in mine) but Sylvester Stallone was Rocky and the rumours are that he's putting them gloves on again ...
Peter
Yo Monty! We did it! |
Author: Conference 2003
Wednesday, 05 February 2003 - 06:07 am | |
Hi all,
Well it's only been four weeks since I announced that the conference was going ahead and already nearly half the places have gone so hurry and reserve your space now! I have had several verbal confirmations and many requests for information but places are not guaranteed until you have paid your £60 per delegate registration fee.
Just to remind you - registrations and deposit payments are due by May 2003. It may seem a long time away but places are going fast.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
Regards,
Claudia Oliver
Conference Organiser |
Author: Christopher T George
Wednesday, 05 February 2003 - 11:19 am | |
Hi, Claudia:
Thanks for the reminder. I will get my deposit in soon.
All the best
Chris |
