Agnes Blears

Age: 71

Sex: female

Date: 26 Jun 1940

Place: Unicorn Inn, Marple Street, Hulme, Manchester

Agnes Blears and May Dowdall were shot during an altercation outside the Unicorn Inn in Hulme n 26 June 1940 at about 10.30pm.

A 37-year-old soldier was tried for their manslaughter but acquitted.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Saturday 13 July 1940, p1

see Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 19 July 1940

see Manchester Evening News - Thursday 04 July 1940

see Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 13 July 1940

see Liverpool Echo - Saturday 13 July 1940

see Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Saturday 13 July 1940

see Western Daily Press - Monday 15 July 1940

see Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 13 July 1940

see Unsolved 1940