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 South,and Offerton it constitutes the Hazel Grove Parliamentary constituency. Marple North electoral ward is represented in Westminster by William Wragg MP for Hazel Grove. The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors: 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