Shepley Big Cat (2011)
The following article by Chris Slack was published in the Daily Mail on 7 November 2011 and was entitles ‘Lion on the line: Passengers are locked on train for two hours after sighting of big cat… in YORKSHIRE’
Author: Ian
South Shields UFO (1966)
On 7 March 2013 Mike Hallowell published the article below in the Shields Gazette entitled ‘Did Barry have close encounter with a UFO?’ In the article the article he gives Gazzette reader Barry Alton’s account of a UFO he saw in 1966.
Church Ghost, Whitechapel (1864)
On 6 January 2010 the Shields Gazzette published the following article entitled ‘Crowds flock to see church spectre’. It concerns the reporting of an apparition in the 19th century outside an unnamed Whitechapel church.
York Road Poltergeist, Hartlepool
The Peterlee Star printed the following story entitled ‘Boy, 13 ‘beaten up by ghost’ on 9 July 2009, concerning an experience reported by a young Hartlepool boy.
Haunted Huddersfield by Kai Roberts
Growing up around the Lancashire/Yorkshire border I was never too far away from Huddersfield and the Holme Valley so I was particularly keen to read this book in the Haunted series, on Huddersfield and the local area.
Beauty for Discount Store, Kirkgate (1977)
Mike Hallowell recounted the following story of a Leeds ghost in his article entitled ‘The strange case of the cellar dweller’ which was published in the Shields Gazette on Wednesday 10 October 2007.
The Palace, Kirkgate
Originally a merchants house built in 1741, The Palace had become a registered Inn by 1841, possibly due to the Beerhouse Act of 1830 which enticed private residences to be become public houses.
Jolly Sailor, Whitburn
The following article by Mike Ollier entitled ‘Haunted pub’s ‘resident ghosts’ appeared on the BBC Wear website on 26 October 2009. ‘Walk into the Jolly Sailor in Whitburn and you’ll receive a warm welcome from mine host, the ever-smiling Vic Hanson.
The Toby Carvery, Cleadon
Formerly known as The Britannia, this old coaching inn dates from the 17th century and has a reputation for being haunted.
Marsden Grotto
The Marsden Grotto is a pub and restaurant found within a cave on the South Shields coast and is probably only one of a few such ‘cave bars’ in Europe, if not the only one. Apart from its unique location, the Marsden Grotto is also famous for its many reputed ghosts.
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