I hope you've posted them on the board.I do tend to look out for unusual articles/reports whilst I’m scouring old newspapers online for family tree research, I’ve come across the odd ghost ones but nothing else... so far…
Yes, things have changed since you could go to the British Museum Newspaper Library and look at any old newspapers for nothing! All online and all very expensive now, it seems.I do tend to look out for unusual articles/reports whilst I’m scouring old newspapers online for family tree research, I’ve come across the odd ghost ones but nothing else... so far…
Some of the larger libraries have access to the online resources, for free.Yes, things have changed since you could go to the British Museum Newspaper Library and look at any old newspapers for nothing! All online and all very expensive now, it seems.
I would have thought the British Library would, but I haven't been in it for years.Some of the larger libraries have access to the online resources, for free.
British Library and national library of Scotland do and presumably the other copyright libraries do as well.I would have thought the British Library would, but I haven't been in it for years.
But if it's part of your job, it is tax deductible...Yes, things have changed since you could go to the British Museum Newspaper Library and look at any old newspapers for nothing! All online and all very expensive now, it seems.
It was ages ago, long before I joined here. I shall post any I come across in future though or if I can find the ones I saw againI hope you've posted them on the board.
Mooka; I don't know if you've come across this one from your neck of the woods.It was ages ago, long before I joined here. I shall post any I come across in future though or if I can find the ones I saw again
Ooh no I haven’t, I shall have a read later when I’ve got more timeMooka; I don't know if you've come across this one from your neck of the woods.
The thread gets very de-railed (by me as usual) but these two posts will give you the story;
https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...ip-case-chesterfield-1969.68103/#post-1845552
https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...ip-case-chesterfield-1969.68103/#post-1845605
A good find, I find I am more intrigued by these brief time-slips than those which as claimed to happen over extended periods of time.Ooh no I haven’t, I shall have a read later when I’ve got more time
Yes seen that one page beforeI’ve heard these before but others might not have.
https://countrysidebooks.co.uk/blogs/news/the-terrifying-time-slips-of-kent
The Tunbridge Wells 1968 case is intriguing. I know the area and in fact had not long been born just 16 miles away when this case occurred. We have an actual named witness, an exact location and timeframe that all make researching the case more straightforward.I’ve heard these before but others might not have.
https://countrysidebooks.co.uk/blogs/news/the-terrifying-time-slips-of-kent
Great workFinally found an image of the Pricerite supermarket* with its distinctive bay window above, a remnant of its former identity as the Kosmos Kinema entrance (foyer?). This was taken in the '1960s and therefore is both the former Kinema entrance and the supermarket Mrs Warburton walked into and looked to her left to see the cafe through a doorway:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/65/71/86657133cda5a41eba54098d76fca0cf.jpg
Source:
However, according to this source:
https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/rtwbelgians/page/2/
...the Constitution Club had their premises above and to the right of this building (where Waterstones is) and not to the left. This is a Maynards sweetshop in the image above (1960s). So perhaps this was indeed the former Kosmos Kinema coffee shop and not the Constitution Club rooms bar as the Club steward claimed...?
One thing is for sure, seemingly straightforward Fortean cases are never straightforward when you delve into them...
* if you zoom in enough you can see 'supermarket' and just make out 'Pricerite'. Not a supermarket by modern standards but I can remember how small my local Tesco was in the '70s.
Thanks, it killed a wet afternoonGreat work
Intriguing, thanks.Brilliant detective work Paul!
I have a time slip case to share, it occurred a couple of years ago at Tibshelf Ponds, which is at the southern end of the Five Pits Trail, Tibshelf, Alfreton, Derbyshire. The lady who experienced it has kindly given me her permission to post it here but prefers to be unnamed. In her own words:
“Taking my dog a walk round our local pond, which I have done many times, I noticed it looked different and stood looking round for a few minutes trying to work it out. The hedges, the trees, the usual landmarks were so different. There was fencing I'd never seen before. A couple of benches were gone and a short cut through to a neighbouring field not there... I thought for a minute I was walking round another pond, but on returning to the path I could see it was the same one. I even mentioned it to some fishermen who obviously thought I was bonkers. I still go regularly, but its never happened again.”
She went on to say she noticed things were quiet and still but didn’t feel any different regards emotions. Oh and it occurred at the biggest pond (I believe there are two mature ponds).
Did she say that the whole area looked different, especially the trees? -- if the latter is true then it sounds more like a dimensional slip, but if the trees were in the same places but looked smaller, then, a time slip.Brilliant detective work Paul!
I have a time slip case to share, it occurred a couple of years ago at Tibshelf Ponds, which is at the southern end of the Five Pits Trail, Tibshelf, Alfreton, Derbyshire. The lady who experienced it has kindly given me her permission to post it here but prefers to be unnamed. In her own words:
“Taking my dog a walk round our local pond, which I have done many times, I noticed it looked different and stood looking round for a few minutes trying to work it out. The hedges, the trees, the usual landmarks were so different. There was fencing I'd never seen before. A couple of benches were gone and a short cut through to a neighbouring field not there... I thought for a minute I was walking round another pond, but on returning to the path I could see it was the same one. I even mentioned it to some fishermen who obviously thought I was bonkers. I still go regularly, but its never happened again.”
She went on to say she noticed things were quiet and still but didn’t feel any different regards emotions. Oh and it occurred at the biggest pond (I believe there are two mature ponds).
Yes I spotted the fishing links when I was looking for a bit more information and a map.Intriguing, thanks.
A lot of photos here (and far too much about fishing) but it fits that there would be people fishing there:
https://www.just-fish.co.uk/tibshelf-ponds-tibshelf-newton-angling-club/#.Y6r-Yy2l3ow
She didn’t say but I’ll message her and ask.Did she say that the whole area looked different, especially the trees? -- if the latter is true then it sounds more like a dimensional slip, but if the trees were in the same places but looked smaller, then, a time slip.
I‘ve received the following reply from her:Did she say that the whole area looked different, especially the trees? -- if the latter is true then it sounds more like a dimensional slip, but if the trees were in the same places but looked smaller, then, a time slip.
A quick look over the history shows that the ponds themselves were formed in 1973/4 by the filling of old coal and oil extraction pits,I‘ve received the following reply from her:
“Its hard to remember if trees were in same place, but the hedges weren't there that are now. Of course the pond was there but looked different.Im sure the fishing platforms of now weren't there either.I noticed a nearby fence there that isn't there now. There is a gap into a field off the path, which I use often,with a bench on it which wasn't there that day.“
It’s probably been asked before, apologies if it has, but has anybody ever found evidence of timeslips being reported on in old newspapers? I mean surely if - like with the Slemen Christmas timeslip example posted above - there were several witnesses to a strange new cab not powered by animals (the Mini) containing strangely dressed people trundling down the street, newspapers of the day would get hold of the story? Especially if two of those witnesses were policemen. Of course it wouldn’t be called a timeslip so we‘d just have the description of what I image they’d call either a bizarre episode or temporary madness of the witness/es. Just a thought!
Great case, where did this happen please?I was telling MrsF about the Gary Numan case - https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...london-underground.20197/page-11#post-2101813 -
and she said that one day after leaving work at 5pm, she and the boss were stood chatting at the top of the street just up from the office, when they watched an old chap who they had never seen before, bent over and dressed in black, (long overcoat) walking up the street from the other end, go to the front door (that they'd just locked) and go into the building. They went down to investigate (as the boss actually owns the building), went inside and searched every room but found no one in there.
I asked MrsF if anything changed- cars/buildings/trees etc, but she said nothing did, or nothing that she noticed anyway.
There have been quite a few spooky incidences in the building over the years though.