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Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl, who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her murder was extraordinarily brutal and caused a national outcry in the United Kingdom.
Nov 23, 2023 · 'Sweet Fanny Adams' is used by the British to describe anything worthless. It is also the name of a beautiful young child who was brutally murdered in Victorian England. This is the story of Fanny Adams' death and how her name became a slang term.
Oct 14, 2015 · The rural village of Alton, a quiet and peaceful place in Hampshire, became the talk of the nation when on Saturday August 24 th 1867 the abduction of a girl called Fanny Adams and subsequent murder and mutilation created horror and revulsion throughout the land.
Oct 23, 2023 · In 1869, canned mutton was given to the British Navy as a ration. The meat was disgusting, and the men joked that it wasn’t mutton; it was the remains of a little girl named Fanny Adams, who had been murdered several years prior. Somehow, Fanny Adams became slang for subpar-quality canned meat.
This infamous case concerned the murder, at Alton, of ‘sweet’ Fanny Adams, aged 8 years. This took place at Flood Meadow, on Saturday, 24th August 1867. To add to the horror, the victim had been decapitated and brutally mutilated. Body parts were spread over a wide area.
Feb 11, 2022 · The murder of Fanny Adams in 1867 was a shocking event, not just in her sleepy town of Alton, but throughout the United Kingdom and beyond.
In collaboration with Alison Goldfrapp, Anna’s series of photographs, ‘Country Girls’, is based on both personal experiences growing up as a young woman in rural Southern England, and the story of Sweet Fanny Adams, who was violently murdered in Alton in 1867. Fanny’s story has been told many times and has been the inspiration for many ...
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