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The police found Hobbs was carrying £1500 in cash (equivalent to £108,063 in 2023). This money was suspected to be criminal proceeds, but
Clarkson produced a document that claimed it was his money that he had lent to Hobbs, and it was handed over to him. Hobbs was convicted and sentenced to two
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On 5 September 1931, a fire broke out in the basement of
Clarkson's Wardour Street shop but was quickly extinguished by seven fire engines. Clarkson received £26,000 from his insurers (equivalent to £2,231,000 in 2023) In September 1933, there was a fire at another of Clarkson's properties, a
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Clarkson's father had been making wigs since 1833. Willie
Clarkson was educated in Paris but left school at the age of twelve to assist in his father's business. He took over the business on the death of his father in 1878 and expanded into providing theatrical costumes and make-up. His company
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filed two suits against
Clarkson's estate. Their purpose was to recover money paid to Clarkson when he was alive for fire insurance claims. One of those giving evidence was a man called Leopald Harris. In 1933 Harris had received a 14-year prison sentence as the ringleader of a large gang of
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British Army. The heads were used in the trenches on the Western Front. A dummy head mounted on a stick would be raised over the lip of a British trench. If a German sniper shot it, the bullet holes would reveal the direction the bullet came from and the location of the German.
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Not to know Willy
Clarkson and his doings is to be out of the theatrical world, for Willy Clarkson, with the bright and easy (though sometimes anxious) manner is ever hovering 'before and behind.' Scarcely any big production in London is undertaken without the aid of the owner of the
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Clarkson's will, dated 1929, left the bulk of his estate to his long-standing associate
William Cooper Hobbs. However, the will was contested by Max Brezinski and his daughter who possessed a 1931 will in which Clarkson left his estate to them. The
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for the charge of murder. He had also defended Hobbs at his blackmail trial in 1925. However drink and gambling had driven him deeply into debt and he had fled to Ireland. He was destitute and living under a false name when he was arrested
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1544:'In that bag,' he continued, 'is a suit of clothes such as habitues of 'The Pidgin House' rejoice to wear. I, who have studied disguise almost as deeply as the great Willy Clarkson, will transform you into a perfect ruffian.'
325:. He testified that he had been paid £775 to organise the setting of the 1931 fire in Clarkson's shop and that one of the men involved had also started the 1933 warehouse fire. Harris also bribed the attending member of the
1695:'The shop, however, was closed, so I got through to Willy Clarkson's private address—for I had known him well in my actor days before the war; every actor was bound to know Willy Clarkson. I told him what I wanted.'
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and in March 1938, Hobbs and a former solicitor, Edmond O'Connor went on trial, accused of together forging the earlier will. Both were convicted; Hobbs was sentenced to five years in prison and O'Connor to seven.
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Look at the wig, look at the wig," interrupted Gregg, feverishly. Allingham did so. Just on the edge of the lining there was an oblong-shaped tab, with small gold lettering:— W. CLARKSON. Wig-maker to the Seventh
360:, the Royal Family's physician, but never regained consciousness. The circumstances of his death were considered sufficiently suspicions that an autopsy on his body was performed by the prominent pathologist,
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unveiled in 1966 commemorates Clarkson at his former shop in Wardour street. The building retains a clock above the entrance, advertising it as the business premises of a Costumer and
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has a Clarkson horsehair wig that was made specially for the famous clown, Whimsical Walker and another that is claimed to have been worn on-stage by Sir Henry Irving.
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attributed to "Jack the Ripper". This theory was first introduced and explored in the 2019 short film "The Wigmaker of Wellington Street".
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productions of Queen Victoria's family and circle. He provided the wigs for the princesses who were attending the fancy-dress
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1274:"West End stars, a notorious public loo and Dr Crippen | The story behind Clarkson's wig shop in Chinatown"
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McLaren, Angus (2007). "Smoke and Mirrors: Willy Clarkson and the Role of Disguises in Inter-War England".
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and his wife and victim Corrine "Cora" Turner, as well as the murderer
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1398:"Rupert Street Area | Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32"
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The strange life of Willy Clarkson; an experiment in biography
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The Wig-making Clarksons: In Search of Their Lives and Times
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Clarkson claimed to have had among his clients the murderer
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Clarkson has been named as a potential suspect in the 1888
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costume supplied by his company, that was worn on stage by
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and he was buried in a modest grave in the Actors' Acre in
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1460:"41 AND 43, WARDOUR STREET W1, Non Civil Parish – 1357341"
432:. Since the 1980s, it has been occupied by the well-known
210:) as an Abyssinian royal delegation – this is recorded in
1400:. British-history.ac.uk. pp. 111–15). Archived from
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Examples of Clarkson's wigs are in the collection of the
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In March 1937, a consortium of insurance companies and
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691:. No. 43930. London. 15 October 1934. p. 15.
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for £150,000 (equivalent to £10,806,000 in 2023).
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became very successful, supplying most of the London
773:"LONDON'S PERRUQUIERS: A Chat with Willy Clarkson".
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1377:. No. 47958. London. 30 March 1938. p. 4.
281:. Clarkson also made disguises for detectives from
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159:appointed him "Royal Perruquier and Costumier."
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178:In 1905, he had new premises built at 41-43
1487:The Penguin guide to England and Wales 1989
1037:. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 37.
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1608:. Taylor & Francis. pp. 59–
1090:. London: G.G. Harrap. p. 61.
949:Stanford Patrick Rosenbaum (1995).
348:Grave of William Berry Clarkson in
321:, who set fires for the purpose of
1322:The A to Z of British Intelligence
1109:Barbara Jeffery (15 August 2019).
777:. No. 3242. 10 November 1900.
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1964:Far from humdrum; a lawyer's life
1896:collections.museumoflondon.org.uk
1871:collections.museumoflondon.org.uk
1059:"Stephen Fry: the joy of plaques"
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214:'s 1936 account of the incident.
1373:"O'Connor and Hobbs Sentenced".
1319:West, Nigel (2 September 2009).
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1945:Commander Burt of Scotland Yard
1838:"Whimsical Walker, 1851 – 1934"
1325:. Scarecrow Press. p. 80.
654:Born Thomas Walker (1851-1934).
259:Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
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1811:Museum, Victoria and Albert.
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1416:"CLARKSON, WILLY (1861-1934)"
1212:. Butterworths. p. 138.
1033:Mike Hutton (15 March 2012).
861:R. Schoch (28 January 2004).
705:James Morton (1 March 2012).
166:Willy Clarkson's premises on
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1967:. New York: World Pub. Co.
1867:"Theatrical wig (ensemble)"
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1248:Crocker (1970), pp.179-180
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289:and Hobbs was arrested at
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1961:Crocker, William (1970).
1761:"Wig ca.1905-1930 (made)"
1627:Wheatley, Dennis (2013).
1605:Colonel Grant's To-morrow
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1304:"High Court of Justice".
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893:The London Encyclopaedia
641:One who makes and sells
366:St Paul's, Covent Garden
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1685:. Victor Gollancz Ltd.
1440:. British HistoryOnline
1278:Memoirs of a Metro Girl
1134:"Hobbs at Bow Street".
1001:Oxford University Press
504:Jack the Ripper suspect
413:advertising clock, 2016
411:Costumer and Perruquier
1999:Jenkin, Roger (1982).
1942:Burt, Leonard (1959).
1600:Graham Seton Hutchison
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685:"Mr Willie Clarkson".
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1948:. London: Heinemann.
1892:"Theatre costume wig"
1735:"Wig ca.1920s (made)"
1404:on 27 September 2007.
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1438:"Rupert Street Area"
1084:Capon, Paul (1965).
436:Chinese restaurant.
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1986:. London: J. Long.
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2005:. A.H. Stockwell.
1466:. Historic England
1418:. English Heritage
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1280:. 4 September 2016
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1559:The Clockwork Man
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1164:"News in Brief".
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