An old man, a young woman and a puppet are haunting Timberden Bottom. On the first day after Christmas Mr Paul Howard of Shoreham will sleep in the little bedroom that looks out over the
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Frodsham, Cheshire (1968)
They’ve got a ghost in their bedroom. Mr Hopley pulls away the panelling to show the spot, where a door has been bricked up, that the tapping sounds appear to be coming from. Inset: The
Continue ReadingHerne Bay, Kent (1968)
Ancient cottage has a mystery. Mrs June de Pulford and her son, Philip, who is three, look out of the window of the bedroom in which strange noises are heard. The ancient cottage stands isolated
Continue ReadingChester, Cheshire (1969)
Does a ghost filter through the House of Bewley? Strange things have been happening at the House of Bewley, the tobacconists, in Eastgate Street, and now the firm are to seek the help of a
Continue ReadingPinxton, Derbyshire (1969)
Visit by bishop calms ‘ghost’. The Assistant Bishop of Derby, the Rt. Rev. T.R. Parfitt, has conducted a service of blessing at a house in Pinxton, Derbyshire, where a series of ghostly happenings began to
Continue ReadingTorquay, Devon (1966)
Torquay woman hopes she has laid a chair ghost – with her axe. Two Torquay houses are having “ghost trouble” and the occupiers are wondering if the chopping up of a “haunted” chair will bring
Continue ReadingIsleworth, London (1963)
They will face cold, but not the ghost. A young couple and the wife’s mother yesterday left the 10-roomed house to wander the streets in the cold and sleep in railway station waiting rooms because,
Continue ReadingNorth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1960)
The extra viewer is a ghost. A ghost is haunting the Leek family – a ghost with modern tastes. For the home it has chosen to haunt is a three-year-old council flat in Redburn-view, North
Continue ReadingAller, Devon (1963)
A ghost quits newly-weds A ghost who forced a young, newly-wed couple to move out of their flat has now been forced to move out himself. The Bishop of Exeter, Dr Robert Mortimer, held a
Continue ReadingSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1964)
Things that go bump. ‘Scared stiff’ family say house is haunted. Things that go bump in the night have upset a family so much that none of them will stay in the house alone. The
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