We recently caught up with Dr Jason Braithwaite, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Birmingham with an interest in anomalous experience, hallucinations, and aberrations in self-consciousness. He also has a formidable reputation for being extremely well informed on matters of the brain / mind relationship, and high quality scientific research.
Officially opened by HRH Prince Andrew on 28th June 1996, the new and renamed Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre on the City Hospital site, replaced the old Birmingham & Midland Eye Hospital, which had been on Church Street since 1884.
The City Hospital originally opened in 1889 as an extension to the Western Road workhouse and has been known by several names including Birmingham Union Infirmary, Dudley Road Infirmary and Dudley Road Hospital.
Scareships / UFO Sightings / UFOs
by Ian · Published August 18, 2013 · Last modified December 23, 2018
According to David Taylor’s excellent article ‘Scareships or Motherships : The British phantom airship scare 1909 – 1918’, in May 1909, multiple witnesses saw a cigar shaped airship, without lights, passing overhead on several consecutive nights.
Articles / Folklore / Other Mysteries
by Ian · Published July 24, 2013 · Last modified November 10, 2018
Out of the dark, supernatural depths of Victorian England one name stands out. Jack.
Not Jack the Ripper, but a more supernatural fiend – Spring Heeled Jack!
Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published January 22, 2013 · Last modified December 22, 2018
The Court Oak built in 1932 has a reputation of being haunted. The following Mirror article entitled ‘Wine snob ghost ‘haunting Birmingham pub smashes house wine bottles’ dates from 30 October 2011.
Roy Palmer in his ‘The Folklore Of Warwickshire (1976)’ refers to the following haunting case in he West Midlands, though I have not been able to discover any further details. ‘People living in a house at Short Heath, Birmingham, have heard a noisy ghost, thought to be female, banging about and leaving the smell of perfume behind her.’
Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings
by Ian · Published December 2, 2008 · Last modified December 22, 2018
The origins of Aston can be traced back to before the Domesday Book (1086-7) which shows the manor named as "Estone". Before the Norman invasion Earl Eadwin held the manor, then by 1086 it was controlled by William FitzAnsculf. This eventually passed into the hands of John atte Holte through marriage in 1367. The Holtes remained at Aston for the following two centuries.
The following is an account of a strange experience (sent via e-mail) that happened to Roy Brown in the Northfield area of Birmingham during the early 1960s. We would be interested in hearing from anyone who knows anything about ‘Mrs Kelly’.
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