l once met Myra Hindley
SIR: I was interested in ‘I Once Met Ian Brady’ (February issue) because I once worked as an agency nurse at Holloway Prison. After a few months, I looked after the inmates of the long-stay wing. On noticing a new face, I asked her name – ‘Myra Hindley’ was the bemused reply.
She looked totally different from the images I'd seen in the newspaper. She was tall and slim with dark hair and seemed quite personable.
She was a divisive figure on the wing. I remember a bucket of hot tea being thrown over