Mystery of the Milk Bottle That Hopped.
“Evening News” Reporter.
Mysterious footsteps in the night, strange rappings on the windows, doors which slowly open and shut, and lights which for no apparent reason are switched on and off…Three families claim to have experienced all these things in the old house which they share in Shooter’s Hill-road, Blackheath. They believe that a poltergeist whom they have named “Charlie” is responsible for the trouble. Mrs V May, whose husband served with the Chindits, and Mrs M. Easton, whose husband served in the Black Watch for 18 years, said they took little notice when these strange happenings began about five months ago. Since then “Charlie” has broken a china ornament, hidden the plug of a wash-basin and made a milk bottle hop.
*A poltergeist is described as a noisy ghost.
Evening News (London), 14th January 1948.