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
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Youlgreave, Derbyshire (1901)
Unromantic villagers who objected to the visit of ghost searchers. Youlgreave is a Derbyshire village with a haunted house. Mr and Mrs Johnson lived in it, but they gave it up because the ghost interfered
Continue ReadingLlandogo (Llaneuddogwy), Monmouthshire (1823)
The Christmas Tricks of a Monmouthshire Ghost. To the Editor of the Bristol Mercury. Sir, – In my present excursions in this country, ‘Through land of leeks, with Welshmen sped, From Afon gwy to Dewi’s
Continue ReadingWortley, South Yorkshire (1872)
Extraordinary Scenes At Hezzlehough, Near Wortley. Alleged “spiritual manifestations.” During the past few days the township of Wortley and its immediate surroundings have been much “exercised” over a series of extraordinary and unaccountable manifestations, of
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Spiritual Manifestations in Edinburgh. For the last two months a rumour has been afloat in the north-west portion of Edinburgh that two of the houses in quiet and retired Ann Street are visited by certain
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A Real Destructive. In the middle of the day, on Wednesday last, the neighbourhood of Trueman-street was in a state of extraordinary excitement, in consequence of an occurrence rather mysterious. The alarm was first occasioned
Continue ReadingSaint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhone-Elpes, France (1926)
Elusive ghost that throws stones! Family alarmed by nocturnal exploits. From a Gazette correspondent. Paris. Sunday. A family living in a house near St Etienne, in Southern France, has been awakened every night for a
Continue ReadingMarlborough, Devon (1934)
“Uncanny.” Remarkable Antics of an Old Tin. “Escapes” from Cupboard and Outhouse. Strange Story from Marlborough. The uncanny movements of an old tobacco tin are forming an amazing story in South Devon. The tin is
Continue ReadingNew Farnley, Leeds, West Yorkshire (1900)
Mysterious Stone Throwing at New Farnley. About the most mysterious affair that ever occurred at New Farnley took place in the Spring of 1900, when for about a week the Farnley Ironworks cricket pavilion was
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The Gods and the Delhi Police. Delhi, July 8. Mysterious stone-throwing of late at the treasury and lock-up police guards at the Deputy Commissioner’s cutchery has occurred at night. The guards assert that for the
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