Re: News: Admiral Nelson's wife seen on HMS Victory
Posted: 20 Mar 2018, 10:57
Does anyone remember Jack de Manio's 'Today' program on BBC radio? I suppose you have to be of a certain age, and British, for this.
Anyway, in the 1970s they sent some BBC sound engineers to RAF Bircham Newton, near Kings Lynn in Norfolk, to see if they could pick up anything in the reputedly-haunted squash court there. What they recorded and broadcast on 'Today' had my normally quite rational sister going around the house putting all the lights on. She said ( and still says ) it was the most disturbing thing she's ever heard.
In the early 1990's I happened to visit Bircham Newton, which was by then a Construction Industry Training Board facility, and casually mentioned the squash courts in passing. The building maintenance manager said there were still strange occurrences, the sounds of men's voices and so on.
I've listened to perfectly normal rational people over the years, including a holder of the B.E.M, who claim to have witnessed such things. I myself remember vividly some events which I've tried to rationalize over the intervening 40 years, and still can't explain. I'm in no place to doubt the experiences of those others, and I keep an open mind about my own.
The rather elegant woman on HMS Victory, however, is quite clearly a visitor. She wears contemporary clothes, has her hands behind her back and is exploring that part of the ship. If she were a ghost, she would be dressed as a headless nun, rattling chains and floating along just above the deck. Everyone knows that
By the way, if anyone can find those BBC recordings of Bircham Newton, I'd be grateful. I've searched t'web and there's nothing. Might be worth contacting the BBC and see if they can make them available.
Anyway, in the 1970s they sent some BBC sound engineers to RAF Bircham Newton, near Kings Lynn in Norfolk, to see if they could pick up anything in the reputedly-haunted squash court there. What they recorded and broadcast on 'Today' had my normally quite rational sister going around the house putting all the lights on. She said ( and still says ) it was the most disturbing thing she's ever heard.
In the early 1990's I happened to visit Bircham Newton, which was by then a Construction Industry Training Board facility, and casually mentioned the squash courts in passing. The building maintenance manager said there were still strange occurrences, the sounds of men's voices and so on.
I've listened to perfectly normal rational people over the years, including a holder of the B.E.M, who claim to have witnessed such things. I myself remember vividly some events which I've tried to rationalize over the intervening 40 years, and still can't explain. I'm in no place to doubt the experiences of those others, and I keep an open mind about my own.
The rather elegant woman on HMS Victory, however, is quite clearly a visitor. She wears contemporary clothes, has her hands behind her back and is exploring that part of the ship. If she were a ghost, she would be dressed as a headless nun, rattling chains and floating along just above the deck. Everyone knows that
By the way, if anyone can find those BBC recordings of Bircham Newton, I'd be grateful. I've searched t'web and there's nothing. Might be worth contacting the BBC and see if they can make them available.