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| Ghosts Archive 1996 |
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First published on April 6, 1996 Seen any good ghosts lately? When Rovers Return landlady Vera Duckworth came face to face with Ivy Brennan's ghost recently it was a chilling experience. But it wasn't a particularly unusual one. Old pubs, steeped in history and home to generations of landlords, have long been fair game for disembodied souls. Even that most practical of organisations, the Automobile Association, includes a survey of haunted drinking holes in its latest hotel guide, and shows that when it comes to spirits Wiltshire beats Weatherfield everytime. Mother-of -two Helen Webb, 35, of Kitefield, Cricklade, has been seeing or sensing ghosts for years. But her strongest experience to date was at the King's Head in Cirencester, Glos. "We were there for a lunchtime meal, and I went upstairs to the loo," Helen recalls. "To the right of the stairs is an archway, and I suddenly got a really strong sense of claustrophobia. "I got a man's name, really clearly, and a great feeling of distress. Then i felt a man was crying out, and saw a figure in uniform in a trench. He was dying and shouting out his name." Helen hasn't disclosed the name to anyone because she hopes someone will one day come forward independently and corroborate her story. "I had the feeling that he had to say goodbye to someone to stop his distress. Then suddenly I felt peaceful and calm. Then I felt drawn to one of the pictures on the wall of a group of traders who presumably met in the hotel." Helen said she had been round the war memorials in Cirencester looking for this man's name, but had never found anything. "I'm convinced he was something to do with a trade in Cirencester," she went on. "I think a lot of people have this ability. It's like being a telephone operator and hearing parts of calls. "It's very interesting but that's as far as it goes. You just have to switch off at some point." Back to 1996 index |
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