Hallowe’en ghost turns family out.
Finally the ghost of Cumberland Avenue has driven a family out of its home. For last night – Hallowe’en – was the worst in its three-week campaign of terror. And today the Barons – father, mother, and nine-year-old Janet – of Kirkholt, Rochdale, filled in forms for an exchange of council houses. Each night, noises begin at 8 p.m. – as if someone were hammering on metal. The ghost, the Barons call it a poltergeist, re-echoes every knock in the house… even one on the front door.
The vicar, the Rev. W.H. Vanstone, has investigated and so have engineers.
Manchester Evening News, 1st November 1958.