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Disciple of Marduk
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They used to be called Ford Cortinas.Sod the ghosts, mobile crates of rubbish sound scary enough.
They used to be called Ford Cortinas.Sod the ghosts, mobile crates of rubbish sound scary enough.
Mine did 150,000 miles...They used to be called Ford Cortinas.
Wait, what?don't make my mistake standing there with gob open.
More detail required, please.don't make my mistake standing there with gob open.
Today Techy dropped me off at the station and I pointed out the service lift to him. We spotted the lift repair man in his van nearby so after Tech left I popped over to chat with him.
What a sport he turned out to be! I told him about the scariness and he expressed gratitude that he'd only heard about it after spending the bed part of a couple of days in there.
He then kindly took me over to the lift and opened it it for me. It was a bit dusty inside, not surprisingly as it's been (I learned) in and out of commission for a year. Nobody wants to get stuck in there! I might volunteer to give it a good cleaning and mopping. See what I can flush out.
More detail required, please.
Our house's garden backed onto the East Coast main line. Sometimes, late at night, we'd position my bass amp to face out of the window, set a tape running at maximum volume and then rave it up on the railway. One night we saw a railwayman in the distance who subsequently vanished into thin air.
Reminds me of a story on the Obiwan website, where rows of houses were built either side of a railway track.A guy this week told me before they split up his girlfriend in Dersingham was awoken by the smell of coal smoke. She looked out of her bedroom window and saw an old locomotive steaming by.
There was a line, from kings lynn to Hunstanton, but it was closed down in 1969 and was about half a mile from the house (this ghostly sighting was probably 1980s, early 90s; they split in 1992).
What the girl saw a train passing by the bottom of the garden, but in the right direction!
Reminds me of a story on the Obiwan website, where rows of houses were built either side of a railway track.
The line was closed and the tracks removed. Residents would talk of a ghostly steam train that was heard/seen moving along between the house gardens.
This was around the same time as we came across the Dancing Cows.
Gave me a certain picture of the weirdness of small-town America for which I will alway be grateful.
I've tried looking at the website again but keep seeing warnings that it's actually a data-scarfing page. Very disappointing.
Great tale.A guy this week told me before they split up his girlfriend in Dersingham was awoken by the smell of coal smoke. She looked out of her bedroom window and saw an old locomotive steaming by.
There was a line, from kings lynn to Hunstanton, but it was closed down in 1969 and was about half a mile from the house (this ghostly sighting was probably 1980s, early 90s; they split in 1992).
What the girl saw a train passing by the bottom of the garden, but in the right direction!
I have it.Btw does anyone on the board have this book?
I'll have a look when I have a chance - I remember it being weighted towards the north, with comparatively few accounts from other regions.Hi Simon, anything from Norfolk in there?
I think it was a reprint comprising two previous books in one volume, but I don't have it to hand at the moment, so can't check.I have Railway Ghosts and Phantoms as well, "The train in the Night" is in there so it may be a compilation work.
Unfortunately it isn't indexed and there are 100 stories with titles like "The Visitor! and "The Man in the Mist" which don't tell you much. I'll have a look through when I get a moment but on a quick look nothing obvious for Norfolk.
It is, but only says so on the "blurb" on the inside of the cover! The actual bibliographic citation unusually doesn't say so, just; first published 1989; this edition 1992 by BCA by arrangement with David & Charles.I think it was a reprint comprising two previous books in one volume, but I don't have it to hand at the moment, so can't check.
Heh, heh. That's "up north" for me!In Chris Bates' foreword he does say that "a good many"of the stories are from Lincolnshire.
I think I might have read that in the 1990's from my local library and another 2 books were about Pub Ghosts and Theatre Ghosts.I have Railway Ghosts and Phantoms as well, "The train in the Night" is in there so it may be a compilation work.
Unfortunately it isn't indexed and there are 100 stories with titles like "The Visitor! and "The Man in the Mist" which don't tell you much. I'll have a look through when I get a moment but on a quick look nothing obvious for Norfolk.
Edit - there is some pretty poor use of English here.Back in 1897, a renowned Victorian actor known as William Terriss was entering the Adelphi Theatre in the heart of London's West End to prepare for an evening's performance when he was stabbed to death by his former prodigee, Richard Archer Prince
Since then, sightings of his spirit have been reported lurking around in the tunnels of Covent Garden Underground station, with documentaries produced by Channel 4 and the History Channel featuring Londoners who are insistent on having seen his wandering body.
Its even been claimed that tube workers were so spooked by his ghost that they requested to be moved to another less haunted station.
Some info here about this. I'm not sure if it started before this post from M/A;Saw this just now.
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The most 'haunted' London Underground station where Tube workers 'had to quit after seeing ghosts'
Edit - there is some pretty poor use of English here.
For a start there's no such word as 'prodigee'. The writer probably meant 'protégé'.
Yup, you're right, it's old news innit.Some info here about this. I'm not sure if it started before this post from M/A;
https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...london-underground.20197/page-13#post-2239441
Just as an aside - I recently received an email from the Wales Tourist Board, telling me that on my next visit I could go and visit an 'forest iddle.'Saw this just now.
Facebook knows what I like!
The most 'haunted' London Underground station where Tube workers 'had to quit after seeing ghosts'
Edit - there is some pretty poor use of English here.
For a start there's no such word as 'prodigee'. The writer probably meant 'protégé'.
You need to be asking them what that is.Just as an aside - I recently received an email from the Wales Tourist Board, telling me that on my next visit I could go and visit an 'forest iddle.'
An iddle-biddy (small) forest I would think.You need to be asking them what that is.