George Wilson

Unsolved Murders

Age: 42

Sex: male

Date: 8 Sep 1963

Place: Fox and Grapes, Southwell Road, Sneinton, Nottingham

George Wilson was stabbed to death outside the Fox and Grapes public house in Sneinton, Nottingham in the early hours of 8 September 1963, shortly before 1am.

He had been the licensee of the public house. The Fox and Grapes public house was also known locally as 'The Pretty Windows' because of the indicate design of its tall windows and the coloured glass that used to be in them. Several years earlier, market traders used to hang rabbits for sale on the iron spikes of the window-sills.

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

see www.sclomax.co.uk

see National Archives - DPP 2/4125

see BBC

see Nottinghasm

see Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 17 September 1963

see Daily Mirror - Monday 09 September 1963

see Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 09 September 1963

see Nottingham Evening Post - Friday 13 September 1963

see Nottingham Guardian - Monday 09 September 1963 (photos)

see Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 10 September 1963

see Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 21 September 1963

see Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 10 September 1963

see Daily Mirror - Saturday 21 September 1963 (picture of knife)

see Illustrated London News - Saturday 21 September 1963 (photo of police searching for knife with electro-magnet)

see Halifax Evening Courier - Saturday 07 September 1963

see Daily Herald - Tuesday 10 September 1963

see Leicester Evening Mail - Saturday 28 September 1963

see Belfast News-Letter - Monday 30 December 1963

see Unsolved 1963