THANKS Ged..EXCELLENT PIECE! I think MARK, I've been a "Qualtroughite"all my life as WALLACE couldnt possibly have battered JULIA himself! In recent times,I swung to become "Quallaceite" on the basis that obviously somebody badly want JULIA dead & WHW is the obvious(only?)candidate & now a plausible motive has surfaced(her old age & lying about it!). PARRY was surely Qualtrough. I think theft & the Anfield Burglar can both be dismissed..the killer/Wallace tried to point the police towards the theft/breakin theory..but importantly,JULIA KNEW her killer & showed him into the "parlour" & lit the gas for him(strange thing to do for a sneak-thief/House Burglar!!!) Also, if the Anfield Burglar was in the habit of battering his victims why wer'nt his other robberies carried out like this? With John Parkes statements,I initially thought them far fetched...but the Atkinsons clearly believed him & backed him up.I dont think he would have tried to frame PARRY because he had a grudge against him..for 50 years?? Also,he was terrified of Gordon Parry..he was brave to go as far as he did at the time & the police must have convinced everyone at Atkinsons that they had the killer(WHW) & Parry was in the clear!! FJumble(IAN)