Dastardly deeds from the Victorian era were on the minds of a group visiting Cheshire Police Museum in Warrington.
For Runcorn Women’s Institute Book Club has been reading about Jack the Ripper, who carried out a series of gruesome murders in the squalid streets of London in 1888.
Touring the Victorian cells and seeing methods of crime detection and punishment from the era, brought the tales to life for the visitors.
WI branch treasurer Sue Bentley, who is also a management committee member at the museum, was among the guests.
She said: “We had been reading about the Ripper, and his victims, and we were interested in the contrast between modern policing and Victorian policing. The museum was an absolute eye opener and answered a lot of our questions.
“We learned a lot and not just Victorian history, there was modern history of our local area with stories of the IRA bombing of Warrington told to us by an ex-bobby who was actually on the scene.”
The group were welcomed by Warrington Area Commander Superintendent Adam Ross (pictured centre) and museum volunteers.