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Hallowe’en may not be until the
end of October, but the ghosts
are out in Gloucestershire already...
THERE’S SOMETHING SPOOKY GOING ON heard a voice, even though she was the only
down at a Gloucestershire museum, after person in the building at the time, but this is the
refurbishments appear to have stirred more first piece of evidence of an actual ghost.”
than just the museum displays. The museum has called upon the expertise of
Something strange has been caught on Lyn Cinderey, a member of Parasoc, who runs
camera by a visitor examining the new displays ghost walks around the docks and the city, to try
at the National Waterways Museum, at to explain the phenomena.
Gloucester Docks. “I’m really intrigued by the photograph,” she
In a photograph of one of the new exhibitions, says. “On my visit to the museum, I discounted a
Advantage Ellesmere
a ghostly arm can clearly be seen draped across number of possible explanations such as patterns
the display! When the photograph was enlarged in the wood, and while I didn’t manage to
Following an exciting summer of tennis at this and enhanced it became apparent that it wasn’t capture the arm in my photographs, I did
year’s Wimbledon and 2008’s Olympics, it was just an arm, but a whole body. Museum staff record lots of orbs around the barrels.”
then the turn of 26 enthusiastic tennis players to believe that when modernising the museum, the Orbs are light anomalies, which are the first
take their serves in Shropshire. workmen must have disturbed a ghost. manifestation of a ghost.
Children from a number of schools in the area The picture was taken by Abigail Williams, aged Cheltenham-based ghost-hunters Parasoc will
were involved in a spot of game, set and match 13, from Ross-on-Wye, when she visited the be holding a vigil at the museum to undertake
between 11th-15th August this year at Ellesmere museum with her family at the end of July. Her further investigations.
College’s Tennis Summer Camp. father, Mark, says they didn’t see anything on the See page 72 for this month’s Country & Border
Over the week’s course, a huge variety of camera when they were in the museum. ‘Thrillogy’ of Haunted Walks. Alternatively, check
sessions were organised to get the players’ games “It was only when we returned home and out Gloucester’s Ghost Walks by visiting:
up to scratch. But they got even more into the downloaded the photo onto our PC that we saw www.gloucesterghostwalks.co.uk
swing of things when they had the opportunity to the arm,” he says. “We just kept staring at it and
learn about how the professionals train, with gym couldn’t believe it.”
sessions, psychology and swimming sessions after Chris Hayes, the museum’s general manager,
each day on the court. says he was truly amazed when he first saw
Despite the typical Wimbledon weather, the the photograph.
students had an ace week and all went away with “In the past, visitors have told us about seeing
match point games. a man dressed in black, and museum staff have
heard footsteps when the museum has been
empty,” explains Chris. “Our curator has also
AWARDING TIMES
The results of the Daily Mail UK Property Awards
2008 are in, and north Wales firm Williams &
Goodwin, The Property People, are rubbing their
hands together after winning an award in the
category of Best Estate Agency.
The awards are linked to the world’s largest and
most prestigious property competition and a number
of this year’s UK winners will be chosen to represent
the UK at the finals in the USA this November.
The award will be presented at a glittering gala
dinner to be held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, in
London, on 31st October.
Having been given this high recommendation,
Williams & Goodwin are now entitled to display the
Daily Mail UK Property Awards’ logo with pride.
Melfyn N Williams, Managing Director at Williams
& Goodwin, is delighted, especially given the
discerning and well-informed nature of property
buyers in the current climate.
“This helps demonstrate the consistency of our
excellent service over the last several years,” he says.
10 October 2008
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