Miss Marple at an Italian finishing school with Americans Ruth Van Rydock and Caroline "Carrie" Louise Serrocold. While Miss Marple is described as 'an old lady' in many of the stories, her age is mentioned in "At Bertram's Hotel", where it is said she visited the hotel when she was fourteen and almost sixty years have passed since then. Excluding "Sleeping Murder", 41 years passed between the first and last-written novels, and many characters grow and age. An example would be the Vicar's nephew: in "The Murder at the Vicarage", the Reverend Clement's nephew Dennis is a teenager; in "The Mirror Crack'd
Marple North (Stockport electoral ward) Marple North (Stockport electoral ward) Marple North is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It elects three Councillors to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth. It covers the northern part of Marple and has two rail stations, both Marple Station and Rose Hill Marple. The ward also contains Brabyns Park as well as Etherow Country Park. Marple North was the seat of former Council Leader and former Cheadle MP Mark Hunter. Together with Bredbury & Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley,Hazel Grove,