THE bodies of the young brother and sister were found clasping each other's hands and their admission pennies to the film show.
Mary Elizabeth and Hardy Stott were among the 16 children who died when they were crushed to death or suffocated on the back staircase at the public hall on January 11, 1908.
All had been queuing for a film show when there was a mix up and children were instructed to go downstairs while others were still going up.
Last week we published a call for a memorial plaque to mark the site of the disaster.
Mrs May Mosley is one three siblings to Mary Elizabeth and Hardy, the only brother and sister to die.
A widow who lives in Fleming Place, Mrs Mosley still possesses two of the black-edged mourning cards, complete with verses, which her parents had printed in memory of eight-year-old Mary and four-year-old Hardy.
She also knows the strain the double fatality had on her parents, Arty John Stott and Lucy, despite the fact that she was not born until 12 years after the public hall disaster.
“I lived with Mum right up to her death in 1946,” said May, “and she often spoke about the tragedy and the effect it had on them.
“She always believed Mary could have escaped being trampled to death on the winding stairway had she not faithfully obeyed her instruction to keep hold of Hardy’s hand.
“She was told their bodies were found with a hand tightly clenched together and the other clasping their admission pennies.
