>> I remember as a nipper there was an on-the-run killer running round somewhere near where
>> we lived, Harry Roberts, for some weeks, and I remember having to stay in occasionally
>> as a result. I'd have been 9 or 10 I guess.
I remember him being in the news, I'd have been about 6 or 7 at the time. Long way from us as it turned out but IIRC he could have been hiding anywhere.
The Moors murderers were active around the same time. Although they were in Lancs/Greater Manchester it was thought possible they'd crossed into the West Riding looking for victims. The usual warnings about strangers etc were doubly emphasised at school assembly.
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