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Laugh!! At times, I have a completely stupid (and wholly illogical) tendency to judge matters 'in comparison to myself' and, therefore, as I was a nipper in the early / mid-70's, I'd presumed you would be too Big Gee!!!! Laugh, laugh!!! Ahhhh - don't ask........ Laugh!! On the reluctance...

Thanks Big Gee! I don't know if you'd have been aware at such an age, but I wonder if any of the adjoining / surrounding properties had any form of ghost stories attached to them too? I only ask, as this is frequently the case, I find..... I'm always interested in getting an overview of a...

Yes - this data you mention is from the Andrew Green reference I read Patricia!! Laugh!!! Other stories have cropped up since, but this was the first stuff I'd read on the matter (and, funnily enough, these are references that don't seem to get mentioned [at all] in more contemporary stories...

Thanks Patricia....... There I go - barking up the wrong tree again!!! Laugh, laugh!!!! With regards to your experience in the property opposite Dudley Road Hospital - had you ever heard about the hospital itself being haunted? I recall reading about the site in an Andrew Green book as a...

Sounds like a good, strong experience Patricia...... In a perfect world (laugh!!) researchers would be looking for the sort of thing you mention here, as, for obvious reasons, multiple-witnesses to the same thing add a whole lot to an experience. Have I spoken to you - elsewhere - about this...

Thanks for that Mike - very intriguing!!!! I think the 'midwife' situation in the past has always been a bit of a grey area....... When my Mother was born in the late 1940's - in Moxley - a local woman apparently turned up at the door, close to the time of birth, saying she was the appointed...

Thanks everyone...... please don't thank me for the research though - laugh - as all I did was type 'Ann Pinson, midwife, blah, blah, blah' into Google and one of the first things that popped up was the data from the medical journal. The hardest thing I had to do was sign up to the service...

Just found the following: British Medical Journal Saturday August 17th 1878 DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD BODIES OF NEWLY BORN INFANTS. A CASE has recently occurred in Birmingham, which, like many similar ones noticed in these columns within the last few years, proves the necessity of...

Thanks very much Colin...... I had a cursory glance through Showells, but had to pop out to a poltergeist case down the road from me, so couldn't look properly!!! Laugh, laugh!!!! I was going to search when I got back!! Laugh!!! Ahhh - the midwife connection makes sense of course...

Many thanks BordesleyExile!!!! Regards, Nick

Bless you Astoness!!!! I'd love to hear more on the matter if anyone could possibly 'uncover' anything!!! (Okay - pun intended, but I can be forgiven, I'm sure!? Laugh!!!) What struck me as funny about the ref. I read - there is no real detail given...... it's all very vague indeed...

Hi Steve - thanks for the input........ I hope you'll keep in touch!! Unfortunately, for anyone coming into this fields in the last 10 to 15 years....... that in itself is more than enough to put absolutely anyone off the subject for good!!! Laugh, laugh!!!! In comparison, this fields has...

Hi Astoness and SisterSue.... Thanks very much for the reples. Heathen that I am, I hadn't heard of Showells Dictionary before Sue, so thanks for the head-up on that front!! At a guess, this is going to be something along the lines of the riders Annuals that my historian mate Ian Bott is...

I was just doing a little reading and discovered a somewhat vague reference to some old, now demolished, properties that lay at a point along the above mentioned thoroughfare. It was stated that, in July 1878, the skeletons of some 11 children were unearthed in the rear garden of one of the...

Thank you for the update Astonian...... all very interesting indeed!! I'm very interested by the fact that a lot of your relatives seem to experience the paranormal..... which is something I was recently discussing with another researcher. It's a reasonably familiar situation where this type...

Thanks for that Astonian - you're a lucky man!!! There are a lot of books out there by an author named Anne Bradford if you're interested in Worcestershire ghosts..... sure your local Waterstones will have a few copies.... or something like Amazon, of course(?) I wish a few of your 'visitors'...

I've just been reading through a handful of vague references pointing towards airfield related ghosts and potential hauntings in the Castle Bromwich region of Brum. It's stated in a number of sources that the tales are well documented - regarding the likes of phantom airmen being seen around...

Hi Tali, It's hard to type while holding your head in your hands..... honestly!!! Laugh, laugh!! The real horror in this type of situation is trying to get the 'victims' to believe that there is probably a host of rational explanations for what is going on in the property concerned, of...

Just a brief note to say that our charity event for MacMillan Nurses - held at Coventry Guildhall on Feb. 18th - went according to plan. Everyone who attended seemed to have a great time!! Not a lot to report re. spooky stuff this time, but three people from my group heard footsteps...

The details are mildly reminiscent of the Christina Collins murder case from the 19th Century. Three men - narrow boat workers - were charged with the rape and murder of a woman who was travelling on their vessel near Rugeley, Staffordshire. She was found dead in the canal and the case is...