Australia Australia - Marion Barter, 51, missing after trip to UK, Jun 1997 #4

[poppypopcorn]

She was on a tourist visa - working would have been illegal. She was just staying on a working farm in my opinion. Not working there. Even "helping out" in exchange for free accommodation isn't allowed under UK immigration rules. And from what we've been told about Marion, she doesn't strike me as the helping out on the farm type.

 

[poppypopcorn]

duplicate post - sorry

 

[SaintGertrude]

Johnny Warren and Marion were in the UK from Sept 1968 to Jan 1969. This was on the recommendation of Scottish footballer George Yardley whose sister just so happens to live in

Spruce and silver birch type trees can be found together here in East Sussex. Brede High Woods - Visiting Woods - Woodland Trust

 

[SaintGertrude]

In answer to Poppycorn and your share of the postcard.
Spruce and silver birch type trees can be found both together here in East Sussex. Brede High Woods - Visiting Woods - Woodland Trust. From this I have looked at the nearest Oast Houses like Chittlebirch Oast in Cripps Corner. Here is a map of all the Oast Houses including any bed and breakfast ones. I was thinking though that the Oast House in Tunbridge Wells could be a strong possibility. The Oast House, Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK

 

[SaintGertrude]

She was on a tourist visa - working would have been illegal. She was just staying on a working farm in my opinion. Not working there. Even "helping out" in exchange for free accommodation isn't allowed under UK immigration rules. And from what we've been told about Marion, she doesn't strike me as the helping out on the farm type.

Thanks, good point, I agree with what you have said.

 

[SaintGertrude]

In answer to Poppycorn and your share of the postcard.
Spruce and silver birch type trees can be found both together here in East Sussex. Brede High Woods - Visiting Woods - Woodland Trust. From this I have looked at the nearest Oast Houses like Chittlebirch Oast in Cripps Corner. Here is a map of all the Oast Houses including any bed and breakfast ones. I was thinking though that the Oast House in Tunbridge Wells could be a strong possibility. The Oast House, Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK

The Oast House in Tunbridge Wells has a row of hanging baskets all along the outside. I wonder if it looked like that in 1997 or was even a B&B. It seems to be a boarding house for cats as well since 1998. Maybe that is why Marion visited the Cat shop in Brighton! Has anyone got a back copy of the Yellow pages please to see what it was back then.

 

[poppypopcorn]

Hanging baskets are everywhere in the UK in summer. Really common to see them hanging outside pubs and shops, as well as homes. Marion's postcard doesn't seem to mention the hanging baskets in connection with any particular place. I do think though that as she's talking about rabbits she was staying rurally. We often get squirrels in town parks but not rabbits as much.

 

[SaintGertrude]

Hanging baskets are everywhere in the UK in summer. Really common to see them hanging outside pubs and shops, as well as homes. Marion's postcard doesn't seem to mention the hanging baskets in connection with any particular place. I do think though that as she's talking about rabbits she was staying rurally. We often get squirrels in town parks but not rabbits as much.

I was thinking along the lines that if Marion stayed in the Oast House in TW it was also having a cattery built in 1997. Maybe Marion or someone with her sent clues or riddles we need to solve like the cat shop postcard from Brighton.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Did Marion have pet cats and was she really interested in breeding from them or did she just collect things like cat figurines and other cat stuff.

Ie, lots of people collect items like pigs, frogs etc but would not have wanted to own one.

I was thinking along the lines that if Marion stayed in the Oast House in TW it was also having a cattery built in 1997. Maybe Marion or someone with her sent clues or riddles we need to solve like the cat shop postcard from Brighton.

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

The dentist was apparently Dutch that Marion met in the UK.

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

I did have copies of both Yellow Pages & Thomson Local Directory for 1997. I took some images but not all.

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

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[sunnynz]

The dentist was apparently Dutch that Marion met in the UK.

Where did you read that?

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

Sorry if the images aren’t too clear but the files were too large to download. I don’t have the original copies of the Yellow Pages & Thomson’s at the moment but will try to get hold of them again.

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

Where did you read that?

It’s in the latest podcast released today

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Oh no, a spoiler!

It’s in the latest podcast released today

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

Also talks about delaying the trip on the Orient Express until the end of August (incidentally Diana died on the 31 Aug 97) due to the flooding in Germany. I’m sure there are some clues in there.