Horse in the Town - Submitted by R. A. Green
There was a house in Bank Street (maybe Bates Hill, Adelaide Street or William Street?), on the right about half way down the hill there is a large archway leading to a yard with a couple of cottages on the left of the yard and some out buildings on the right. These buildings are at right angles to the road which is unusual for the area. A school friend, Edward, lived in the first house and invited me in one day. I happened to look out of the window and saw a man in what I thought must be theatrical costume, leading a horse into one of the out buildings. When I told Edward, he said that they did not have any horses but that the building had been used as a stables in the past. A few days later Ed came to school with several Medieval coins which he and his father had dug up in the stable. He was preparing what they assumed was a dirt floor ready to concrete. Under about 6" of dirt was a Terracotta tiled floor. Definitely medieval according to the Birmingham Museum. Over the wall at the back of the yard is the land at the back of the Police Station and Law Courts I suggested around 1966, to a few colleagues that we dig on the terraces and and got permission from the groundsman. Sure enough we found medieval stuff below all the other archaeology. Conclusion, It was an ancient medieval ghost that I saw leading the horse. There was more stuff behind Smallwood Hospital. I have edited this post due to my memory playing tricks. It was over 50 years ago!
There was a house in Bank Street (maybe Bates Hill, Adelaide Street or William Street?), on the right about half way down the hill there is a large archway leading to a yard with a couple of cottages on the left of the yard and some out buildings on the right. These buildings are at right angles to the road which is unusual for the area. A school friend, Edward, lived in the first house and invited me in one day. I happened to look out of the window and saw a man in what I thought must be theatrical costume, leading a horse into one of the out buildings. When I told Edward, he said that they did not have any horses but that the building had been used as a stables in the past. A few days later Ed came to school with several Medieval coins which he and his father had dug up in the stable. He was preparing what they assumed was a dirt floor ready to concrete. Under about 6" of dirt was a Terracotta tiled floor. Definitely medieval according to the Birmingham Museum. Over the wall at the back of the yard is the land at the back of the Police Station and Law Courts I suggested around 1966, to a few colleagues that we dig on the terraces and and got permission from the groundsman. Sure enough we found medieval stuff below all the other archaeology. Conclusion, It was an ancient medieval ghost that I saw leading the horse. There was more stuff behind Smallwood Hospital. I have edited this post due to my memory playing tricks. It was over 50 years ago!
Soldier - St Stephen's House - Adelaide Street - Anon
Whilst waiting at St Stephens doctors surgery in Adelaide Street with my daughter, a man in World War Two uniform look through the window and smiled, I thought it was strange. I looked outside and no one was to be seen! Odd!
Whilst waiting at St Stephens doctors surgery in Adelaide Street with my daughter, a man in World War Two uniform look through the window and smiled, I thought it was strange. I looked outside and no one was to be seen! Odd!
Blue Nun - St Stephen's Surgery - Adelaide Street - Anon
There is a ghost of a nun dressed in blue at one of the Doctors surgeries in town I saw her only once and the bottom of her legs and feet were missing as if she was standing on another floor level, quite a few strange thing also happened while I worked there.
There is a ghost of a nun dressed in blue at one of the Doctors surgeries in town I saw her only once and the bottom of her legs and feet were missing as if she was standing on another floor level, quite a few strange thing also happened while I worked there.
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