Baby

The body of a newly-born female child was found in the River Severn.

It was found by the licensee of the Colin Campbell Inn on Llanthony Road at about 9.30am on 20 May 1937 floating in the water. He said that he had seen something floating in the river and with the aid of a boat hook he brought it to the bank and when he found out what it was he went off to inform the police who then took it to the mortuary.