Sorry Everyone, I got caught by other work and havn't updated. But finally the next part arrives, enjoy
By lunchtime the next day posters were up all over the town.
MISSING:
Three children aged 12, 10 and 7
[Then pictures of Grace, Mary and Freddie]
The two girls have dark brown hair while the boy's is slightly lighter coloured. All wearing
Any information please contact police or... [Locksley's phone number]
Search parties led by Guy, Edward and Will Scarlett scoured both the streets and far out into the countryside around Nottingham while police kept up the efforts during dark hours and rallied patrols outside the county in case the children had gone beyond the border. Day after day this carried on: even the school got involved, abandoning lessons and leading their pupils out to help. The excuse: "Well, what are we supposed to do, they won't concentrate in lessons and teachers are too worried to conduct lessons properly". Nobody bothered to argue.
Unfortunately all this action created problems. The media got wind of the tragedy and began pouncing on anyone who could give them information. Edward came in for most of it as he was a relative
"Mr Knighton...Mr Knighton, what can you tell us about your grandchildren's disappearance? Mr Knighton... are you worried for their safety?" On and on they went, asking stupid questions and distracting the searches.
Surely things couldn't get worse?
Bit short but the next will be longer