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| Ghosts Archive 1997 |
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First published in November 22, 1997 Going bump in the night Villagers plagued by persistent poltergeists. Ghostly goings on have been reported by two home owners in South Marston. Now a team of ghostbusters has been called in to investigate the unholy activities at the Swindon village. They were alerted by the Thomas family of Nightingale Farm, who say they have been plagued by poltergeist activity for nearly 30 years. And now another phantom has come out of the woodwork at the village sub-post office just down the road. Postmistress Aileen Ward, 52, and her partner Dave Searle, have heard footsteps upstairs and haunting carol singing in the dining room of the 19th century home they moved into a year ago. They have also found bed clothes pulled back in unused upstairs bedrooms, doors opening and closing and claim dogs bark at nothing in corners of rooms. Aileen said: "It seems to happen in the older part of the house. It's not frightening, just very odd." She believes it could be the phantom of one of the elderly Clarke sisters who died in the building at the turn of the century. The premises became a post office 20 years ago. Half a mile away Jill Thomas, 53, and her children have been unnerved by mystery noises, moving furniture and flying forks at their farmhouse. One workman treating woodworm at their 500-year old home fled in terror when he heard voices around him as he worked alone. The family had the four-bedroom farmhouse exorcised by an Anglican priest, but the ghost returned after a brief absence. Now they believe their only hope is round-the-clock surveillance from digital cameras installed by the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. Any activity will be passed on and displayed at Britain's first X-files exhibition at the museum in Bradford. Jill said the origins of the spirit were a mystery, but could be linked to a series of suicides near the farm earlier this century. "We have tried prayers and exorcism to remove him," she said. "I am hoping the cameras will pick up any vibes from our rooms." Jill, her farmer husband Roger and children, Anna and Richard, moved into Nightingale Farm in 1970. The poltergeist made its presence felt only weeks ago. "First a plate flew off the wall in the dining room," said Jill. "Then a mirror leapt off the wall, hit me on the hand and shattered into a thousand pieces." Back to 1997 index |
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