A classic entity case that briefly made national newspapers, and which was reported in the same FSR as the Aveley 'abduction'. This is the sort of thing we rarely see these days.
Two sources for your enjoyment: Jenny Randles in FSR and Tony Pace in the BUFORA Journal. Explanations? No idea...
Builder found Vikings washed up at pub
Jack Malvern
Archaeologists believe they have found the only intact Viking boat in Britain beneath the patio of a Merseyside pub. The 10th-century vessel was discovered in the 1930s by builders excavating the basement of the Railway Inn on the Wirral...
10th century
1930s
archaeology
archeology
john mcrae
knut paasche
liverpool university
merseyside
norway
nottingham university
pubs
ships & shipping
stephen harding
the railway inn
the vikings
the wirral peninsula
I recall reading in a Charles Berlitz *ahem* book some time ago, that there was a cave network beneath St Helens on Merseyside, where there was much rumness afoot. The story went along the lines of a boy scout being murdered whilst on an expedition to the caves, allegedly by some kind of...
alan garner
billinge
books
caves & caverns
charles berlitz
children
children's books
children's encounters
crank caverns
malta
merseyside
monsters
st helens
susan cooper
the dark is rising
the gnomids
the moon of gomrath
the weirdstone of brisingamen
the williamson tunnels
underground
w c h chalk
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