A victim of the Saddleworth Moors murderers has been commemorated with a plaque in a market hall in Ashton.

John Kilbride was just 12 years old when he was snatched by the notorious 'Moors murderers', Myra Hindley and Ian Brady.

The young boy was abducted from Ashton-under-Lyne market by the pair on November 23, 1963, before they murdered him on Saddleworth Moors.

John had been working on the stalls at Ashton market.

His body was found years later in 1965 when a major police search uncovered his grave.

While John has since been laid to rest in Hurst Cemetery, a new plaque was erected on Monday, December 5, in the place he was often seen.

The plaque reads: "In loving memory of John Kilbridge, aged 12.

"Taken from Ashton market in 1963.

"Found and laid to rest in November 1965.

"Love from family and friends."

The plaque sits on the market ground entrance, opposite Bailey's Hardware.

On social media, tributes have been flooding in from those who remember John and that heartbreaking period of time.

A woman wrote: "Such sad memories of that awful time in the history of Ashton. RIP."

Another added: "How lovely. I remember John going to the market on Saturdays to help pack up. RIP John."

Others said the plaque was a "lovely" and "fitting tribute" for Ashton and for John who will "never be forgotten".

A Tameside Council spokesperson said: “We agreed to put up the plaque as a memorial to John Kilbride following a recent request from his family.

"We hope this lasting tribute to John provides some comfort to his family who must have suffered unimaginable grief in the many years since he was taken.”