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read from 1882, when a
woman and her two-year-old
child were spotted here and
when a passer-by commented
that it was ‘cold for the child
to be out’, the woman replied,
‘it will be colder soon’. Two
bodies were later found tied
together with a handkerchief
and apron, with the child
bound to her mother’s waist.
The Thames has always
been a place of tragedy and
death, whether deliberate or

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