Category: Lancashire

 Eerie Incident at Death-bed.  Picture responds to a call. A remarkable death-bed incident has occurred in the Great Harwood district of Lancashire. An aged woman was lying on her death-bed, and had been frequently calling

 Strange Ghost Story From Clitheroe. Discovery of the “Ghost.” Our Clitheroe correspondent writes: – “An extraordinary case of supposed ghost visitation has just occurred at Well Hall, Clitheroe, the residence of the Rev. S. H.

 Pickup Croft was an area of mainly back-to-backs that was demolished for the bus station. https://www.bcthic.org/Articles/Pickup_Croft The Parker’s Arms: https://redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/view-item?i=278747&WINID=1649593680761&key=QnsiUCI6eyJpdGVtX2lkIjpbMjc4NzQ3XX0sIkYiOiJleUp6SWpwYk1Td3lMRFFzTTExOSJ9&pg=1 – so the house is one of those in the photo. Mysterious Window Smashing. An

 Spooks at Blackburn. Story of a haunted family. A succession of mysterious events has occurred in a workman’s home in Blackburn. For several weeks, pots, ornaments, and vases have been flung about the rooms in

 Chorley. Strange “spiritual phenomenon” at Eccelston.  Our Chorley correspondent writes: – Bank House, Eccleston, in which two respectable ladies with their niece reside, has been the scene several times during the past fortnight of a

 Singular Occurrence.  A few nights ago, a man, his wife, and son, living in the neighbourhood of Lammack, Blackburn, were awakened from their slumbers about midnight by a tremendous noise downstairs, as if the table

Bolton Window Smashing Mystery. Renewed Scenes To-day. Householders and Police Baffled. Alarm and Notes of Humour. The Vernon-st. district is seething in excitement and much alarm. A startling affair, which has so far all the

Remarkable Credulity A Horwich joiner and builder, named Christopher Riley, died a fortnight ago from blood-poisoning caused by inhalation of foul sewer gases, and since the burial it is freely stated that his house is

 A “Ghost” in Bolton. Residents in Bridge-street have for some days past been thrown into a state of interesting flutter, if not of consternation, by the announcement that a ghost has taken up his quarters

 The Mystery of No. 13. Uncanny House at Fleetwood. Woman’s Appeal to Council. This is the mystery of No. 13, which is believed to be an unlucky number, according to a Fleetwood family. Uncanny noises