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Heir Hunters

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Series following the work of heir hunters

Series following the work of heir hunters, probate detectives looking for distant relatives of people who have died without making a will

Heir Hunters: Series 5

John Widdup

Matthew Gordon

Heir Hunters: Series 5: Episode 19: Pope/Edwards

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Episode 19

Episode 19: Pope/Edwards

Series 5

Pope/Edwards

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The team deal with the case of a lady who was one of Lyons' famous Nippy waitresses.

Series following the work of probate researchers. The team deal with the case of a lady whose birth was registered twice and a former Nippy waitress with a surprising secret.

Once again the Heir Hunters attempt to link people with money they stand to inherit from long-forgotten relations. 

Elsie Pope died in a nursing home near Shrewsbury leaving an estate worth £50,000. The search for her heirs is complex, not least because Elsie's father managed to register her birth twice in two different districts. 

Rose Edwards was a working class girl from the East End of London and went on to become one of Lyons' famous Nippy waitresses working in their prestigious teahouse in Marble Arch. Faced with a large London family, the heir hunters uncover a surprising secret. 

Plus, how you could be entitled to a share of unclaimed estates worth thousands or even millions of pounds.

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