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Newspaper story: LARCENY ON BOARD SHIP -- At North Shields, to-day, John Renstrom, fireman, of Finland, was charged with stealing from on board the steamer Arroll, on Nov 14th, a pair of trousers, two singlets, two shirts, a pair of socks, and a pair of drawer, valued at £1 7s, the property of Albert Woollass. -- Prosecutor stated he joined the above vessel on Nov. 14th, at the Albert Edward Dock, and took his clothes on board. He came ashore again, and on going to the vessel the next morning he found his bag had been opened and a number of articles of clothing extracted. He asked the men in the fo'csle if they had seen them at all, and they all said they hadn't. Witness made a complaint to the captain, and afterwards defendant went to his berth, and brought out a signlet, a sweater, and pair of socks, and gave them to witness. They were the same as had been stolen from his bag. Detective Scougal deposed to taking defendant into custody. In answer to the charge he said he found the goods. The Bench imposed a fine of 10s including costs. --- Shields Daily Gazette, 12 Jan 1903, page 3

I wonder if he had to write it himself?

Muslim?

no time to even remove the hair curlers... poor thing!

She probably wore her curlers under her scarf, they were not meant to be seen but exposed when the police took the photo and probably pushed the scarf back to show more of her face.

Susan was a typical working class woman of her time and is shown wearing a SHAWL. This useful and cheap item of attire was worn by most working women before WW 1 in the North and continued in use in Lancashire by the older generation until the 1950s. It is unlikely that she was a Muslim.

She lived in the same location as one of Cheryl Coles ancestors, a hard grubby life poor thing.