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Frances Coles timeline

1859 – Frances is born at her family’s home at 18 Crucifix Lane in Bermondsey (Southwark, London), to James William Coles and Mary Ann Carney (September 17). 

1871 – The family lives at 8 Lion Court, Berdmondsey. 

1873 – Frances' father, James William, now widow, moves to St Mary Magdalen Worhouse in Berdmondsey, maybe with his youngest children, Frances and James Jr. 

Ca. 1877 – Frances works as a trainee in the packing department of a soap and toiletries manufacturer called James Sinclair & Son, at 65 Southwark Street, and she moves into a lodging house at 192 Union Street. 

1881 – Frances still lives at 192 Union Street, but now works at Winifred Hora & Co., a small wholesale druggist company in the East End, located at 58 Minories Street, stoppering the bottles. 

1883 – Frances lives in a new residence, Wilmott’s Lodging House at 18 Thrawl Street in Spitalfields. She doesn’t work at Hora’s anymore. At this time she meets and starts a relationship with labourer James Murray. 

Ca. 1886 – Her relationship of 4 years with James Murray ends.

Ca. 1887 – She has to support herself through prostitution, adopting the nickname of ‘Carroty Nell’.

1889 – Frances meets merchant seaman James Thomas Sadler (September). 

1890 – Frances visits her oldest sister Mary Ann and tells her she is living with an elderly woman in Richard Street, Commercial Road, still working at the chemist’s in the Minories (December 26). 

1891 – Frances is forced to leave Wilmott’s lodging house because she cannot pay her bed (early January). 

1891 – Frances visits her father in the Bermondsey Workhouse on Tanner Street, for the last time, she tells him she doesn’t work at Hora’s anymore (February 6). 

1891 – James Thomas Sadler arrives to London and meets Frances and go to several pubs and spend the night together at Spitalfields Chambers, a common lodging house at 8 White’s Row (February 11). 

1891 – Frances buys a new hat with money that James has given her. In the evening she meets with James at Spitalfields chambers, but they don’t have money to pay for a bed (February 12). 

1891 – Frances has a meal at Shuttleworth’s eating house in Wentworth Street (February 13). 

1891 – Frances meets prostitute Ellen Callana in Commercial Street who's approached by a violent man. She refuses him but Frances goes with him instead (February 13). 

1891 – PC Ernest Thompson finds a mortally wounded Frances in Shallow Gardens, Whitechapel. She would die there soon after. She was 31 (February 13).

Your life was difficult and cut short. You were free at last... 🌼

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Friendship Day (also International Friendship Day or Friend's Day) is a day in several countries for celebrating friendship.

Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people that include affection, kindness, love, virtue, sympathy, empathy, honesty, altruism, loyalty, generosity, forgiveness, mutual understanding and compassion, enjoyment of each other's company, trust, and the ability to be oneself, express one's feelings to others, and make mistakes without fear of judgment from the friend. Friendship is an essential aspect of relationship building skills.

Even if the lives of the 15 women assaulted in the London's Whitechapel area at the end of the 19th century were sad, they had some friends they could rely on. They are the following ones:

Margaret Hames: Emma Elizabeth Smith, (Rose Mylett, Emily Horsnell, Martha Tabram, Mary Ann ‘Pearly Poll’ Connolly).

Annie Chapman: Amelia Palmer, John Evans, Mrs. Darrel.

Catherine Eddowes: Emily Birrell and husband.

Emma Elizabeth Smith: Margaret Hames, Annie Lee (Rose Mylett, Emily Horsnell, Martha Tabram, Mary Ann ‘Pearly Poll’ Connolly).

Elizabeth Stride: Elizabeth Tanner, Charles Preston and Catherine Lane, Thomas Bates.

Alice McKenzie: Margaret 'Mog' Cheek.

Mary Ann Nichols: Emily Holland, Mary Ann Monk, Mrs. Scorer, (Frances Coles).

Martha Tabram: Mary Ann ‘Pearly Poll’ Connolly, (Emma Eizabeth Smith, Margaret Hames, Rose Mylett).

Annie Millwood: (Frances Coles).

Frances Coles: Ellen Callana (Annie Millwood, Mary Ann Nichols).

Rose Mylett: (Emma Elizabeth Smith, Margaret Hames, Martha Tabram, Mary Ann ‘Pearly Poll’ Connolly).

Emily Horsnell: (Mary Ann ‘Pearly Poll’ Connolly, Emma Elizabeth Smith, Margaret Hames, Rose Mylett).

Mary Kelly: DC Walter Drew, Maria Harvey, Landlord John McCartney & wife, Lizzie Albrook, Elizabeth Foster, Maurice Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth Phoenix.

Ada Wilson: (Rose Bierman).

Elizabeth Jackson: Ginger Nell.

NOTE: Names between brackets indicate neighbours or fellow lodgers. They don’t necessary need to be friends).

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🔵CHAPTER 261: FRANCES 🔵 It was 1:45am of 13th February and Frances bumped into fellow unfortunate Ellen Callana on Commercial Street. - Hiya Carrott Nell - said Ellen -, where are ya goin? - Oh, I was at Shuttle worth but they closed and I have no money and nowhere to go - said Frances. - So what ya gonna do? - I don't know... - I'm just tryin to get over me drunkeness before goin to me Lodging House - said Ellen. A man approached them. - Wanna some money? Oi? - he said. - Well, not from ya! - said Ellen, so the man punched her in her face and tore her jacket. - I need the money - said Frances. - Do not go with him! - said Ellen -. Carroty! Oh good night then! *** It was PC Thompson's first beat alone. As he came towards Swallow Gardens he heard the retreating footsteps of a man in the distance, and seconds later saw a woman lying on the ground, with a wound in her neck. She moved her eye, she was alive. - Stay with me! - he said, feeling guilty of not being able to follow the criminal, and blew his whistle to raise the alarm -, oh please, stay with me... 🔹🔹 Era la 1:45 de la madrugada del 13 de febrero y Frances se encontró con la desdichada Ellen Callana en la calle Commercial. - Ey Carroty Nell, qué tal? - le dijo Ellen -. Ande vas? - Man hechao de Shuttleworth y no tengo dinero ni sé ande ir - dijo Frances. - Y qué harás? - No s��... - Yo estoy a ver si me despejo de mi borrachera antes dir al albergue - dijo Ellen. Un hombre se les acercó. - Queréis pasta? Eh? - dijo. - No de tí! - dijo Ellen, así que el hombre la golpeó en la cara y le tiró de la chaqueta. - Necesito la pasta - dijo Frances. - No vayas con él, Carroty! - le dijo Ellen -. Pues buenas noches! *** Era la primera ronda nocturna en solitario que hacía el policía Thompson. Así que se acercó a Swallow Gardens escuchó pasos de un hombre irse, y segundos después vio a una mujer en el suelo, con una herida en el cuello. Movió un ojo, estaba viva. - Quédate conmigo! - le dijo él, sintiéndose culpable al no poder perseguir al asaltante. Hizo sonar su silbido para levantar la alarma -, oh, por favor, quédate conmigo... #victorianplaymo #victorian_playmo #FrancesColes #FrancesColeman #CarrotyNell https://www.instagram.com/p/CLOyQN0Jx2k/?igshid=1tpo35crkxs85