Page 175 of The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
Should be good. They’ve invited RuPaul.
Minnie Davis
Fancy popping along? We can meet for a drink beforehand. I’ve been thinking … we could work on something together when you’re done with the angels. Got a few ideas to run past you.
Minnie Davis
Thing is, I’ve got to pay back my advance, but no one will touch me.
Minnie Davis
Mand?
Minnie Davis
OK. So it turns out the fearless Amanda Bailey is just as scared as everyone else.
Text messages between Cold & Unsolved member Rob Jolley and me, 1 September 2021:
Rob Jolley
This is Rob from Cold & Unsolved.
Amanda Bailey
Hi, Rob. Got any news?
Rob Jolley
First, who are you and how do you know me?
Amanda Bailey
Amanda Bailey. I’ve been speaking to Cathy-June Lloyd about the case of the Alperton Angels.
Rob Jolley
Just checking. You can’t be too careful. Anyway, I’ve found it: a new message relevant to the events of 2003. But it didn’t appear in any of the regular local newspapers, just a limited circulation advertising paper called the Free Herald. It was distributed door to door, free of charge, to a very small area that spanned Ealing and Brent.
Amanda Bailey
Can you send a picture or scan?
Rob Jolley
Best not. I’ve committed it to memory. For four weeks from 28 November to 19 December 2003, the Free Herald carried a personal ad that read: ANGELS FLY INSIDE ERMINTRUDE FENCING.
Amanda Bailey
That’s it? No phone number? Is it an anagram?
Rob Jolley
You must be very young, Amanda. Ermintrude was the cow in The Magic Roundabout. Fencing = gate. Cow & Gate.
Amanda Bailey
Angels fly inside the Cow & Gate warehouse. The previous newspaper ad directed someone to an underpass, where angel symbols were painted. Angel symbols were painted inside the Cow & Gate warehouse. It’s directions for someone. A location.
