Ghostly haunt. One of the quietest events to take place in Lowewood Arts Centre, recently was the blessing of the building by the Rev. John Springbett, Vicar of Hoddesdon. It had been felt for some
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Creech Castle, Taunton, Somerset (1987)
This ghost is almost one of the staff. The ghost which haunts a Taunton marine engineers has no qualms about letting staff know it’s around. It has even been known to flush the lavatory. And
Continue ReadingRawtenstall, Lancashire (1986)
Pub’s 99 per cent proof spirit. By Joyce Haworth. There’s a strange kind of spirit at the Queen’s Arms Hotel in Rawtenstall – but far from warming you up it will probably send shivers down
Continue ReadingChester, Cheshire (1988)
Tails of the unexpected. Spooky goings on of the canine kind have been brought to my attention by the new manager of Lowe’s jewellers shop in Bridge Street, Peter Gaston. Peter has been hearing from
Continue ReadingOakle Street, Gloucestershire (1987)
Bungalow’s bumps in the night. Nervous family calls in a priest. The house that David Price built is producing Poltergeist-style horrors for his frightened family. Over the past few years their modern bungalow in Gloucestershire
Continue ReadingSomerton, Somerset (1987 and before and since)
The shocking case of haywire house. Frank’s cottage keeps blowing a fuse. Pensioner Frank Pattemore is being forced to return to the dark ages until engineers sort out electrical problems at his cottage in Somerton.
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Experts probe Welsh Riddle of the Ghost Boy. Investigation by Jan Brierley. Scientists have been called in to investigate reports of a mysterious apparition “seen” in a Welsh shop. Workers at the store claim a
Continue ReadingPolesworth, Warwickshire (1987)
Spirited visitors drive couple out… and bring vicar in. Plague of nasties that made life real hell. By Marcus Day. Jittery Alan and Annette Guest fled from their Polesworth home… after being beseiged by a
Continue ReadingNew Waltham, Lincolnshire (1988)
Ghostly presence terrorising family. A young Grimsby area couple with one youngster claim they have been terrorised by strange happenings in their council house during which a spare bedroom was completely wrecked, apparently by a
Continue ReadingRhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf (1986)
We’re scared, say ‘haunted’ family. By Jean Parry. Mysterious happenings at a Rhydyfelin council house have left the family who live there “afraid of what might happen next.” The happenings – which began on Christmas
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