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Murder on the Crumbles - Eastbourne 1920
Its August 1920, I am in Eastbourne, in East Sussex and there has been a murder!
Irene Munro, was a dark haired and attractive girl of seventeen who lived in London with her mother and worked as a shorthand typist in Oxford Street.
In August of 1920 it was agreed that Irene, who was an independent girl, could have a holiday on her own at the seaside.
Irene looked older than her years, often being taken for in her early twenty's . She had been on holiday alone the previous year at Brighton, where she was born. This year she picked Eastbourne, she set off early from London with no accommodation booked in advance.
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Irene Munro - She was only 17 and alone in Eastbourne when she was murdered...
393 Seaside, Eastbourne - The House Irene lodged in...
393 Seaside, Eastbourne - The House Irene lodged in..
Norman Cottages, where Irene stayed the first night before moving to 393 Seaside...
Wartling Road, it was adjacent to the Crumbles and very close to the sea...
Eastbourne beach - it would have been packed with holiday makers in the height of the season in August...
Irene was easily spotted and remembered because of her lovely green coat ...
The Crumbles now has been developed on - thisis part of a mini goft course ...
Another part of the Crumbles - houses, shops, a marina and industry has developed in the last 85 years ....
The last remaining part of the undeveloped Crumbles as it stands today ...
The Crumbles as it might have looked back in 1920 ...
Irene was dead found under the shingle by a 15 year old boy ...
A view from inland towards the sea looking at the new development and the Marina ...
Tesco superstore stands where the Archery Tavern, the pubic house that Irene met Jack and Bill...
The railway tracks that Irene and the two men were seen wondered along have all gone and a busy road and a roundabout now reside there...
