05/05/2026
*OFF TOPIC*
ORMSKIRKS MOST FORMIDABLE COLD CASE:
70 Years On: The Unsolved Murder of the Ormesher Sisters
On the evening of Saturday, 5th May 1956, Ormskirk tobacconists and sweetshop owners, Margaret and Mary Ormesher were bludgeoned to death at their home on Asmall Lane in an apparent violent robbery attack.
No arrests have ever been made for their killing, even after a investigation that saw the police take fingerprints of every male aged over 18 in Ormskirk.
The incident has become stuff of legend, that both baffles and intrigues.
Will the case ever be solved? What are your thoughts?
RIP - Margaret Jane Ormesher (1888 - 1956) & Mary Ormesher (1889 - 1956)
βοΈ Anyone who has information regarding this case, please call Lancashire Police on 101 βοΈ
More information can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Ormesher_Sisters
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