Interested in the ghostlore of the Mercian region; deviant dispatch and burial practices / rites; Church Crawler; BPD.

Joined May 2026
Ordered 3 books from online... 2 private sellers, on Ebay, and a 3rd from a well-known, internet book company... Now, to be frank, normally I'd be a bit dubious about 'private' and an established company is, well, infinitely more 'trustworthy' (IMHO). 2 days after I made the
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purchase, both of the Ebay books came at the same time. Well over a week later and I'm still waiting for the company to 'come through', with my partner having had to 'remind them' of the purchase!! I was assured it would be arriving yesterday!!馃檮馃檮馃檮
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Sooo.... which absolutely SUPERB 'ghost movie' did I re-watch last night, eh!?馃槏馃檹馃憤
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It doesn't look much at all, from this pic taken across the A452 from the graveyard of St. Mary and St. Margaret's Church (yellow X in pic 2), but the walled-in section of land shown here (red X, pic 2) - actually a tall 'hill, roughly 'cut in half' - is said to be an ancient
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across to that far wall... finding no one!?!馃槵馃 Puzzled, they had looked around, to instantly spy - atop 'The Pimple', across the A452 - two figures... one considerably taller than the other!?馃槵馃槷 Needless to say, there was no way humanly possible that the people concerned
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could have cut across the graveyard, lowered themselves some 30 or so feet, crossed the sections of road AND then scaled the mound opposite... in just those few seconds!?馃槵馃馃槷
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There are also stories of (active) witchcraft and potentially 'Satanic' practices associated with the pretty church of St. Mary and St. Margaret - situated just to the rear of Castle Bromwich Hall - at Castle Bromwich...
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St. Anne's Churchyard - Baslow - Derbyshire. One of the largest and busiest (marker-wise) boneyards that I'd seen in a long time, I'd felt particularly drawn to one corner of the plot, as I was searching for interesting stones to photograph!? (Nothing 'spooky', I don't mean,
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though - usually finding myself 'attracted to stones' by their general shape / appearance - I'd been looking towards this particular section... but seeing nothing of obvious interest... while also feeling that I should probably still go over and take a look!?馃) Following my
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gut, thankfully... I was overjoyed to discover this absolutely gorgeous example of Memento Mori, surrounded by newer and (no disrespect intended) 'non-interesting' graves!!馃槏馃檹馃憤
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I think Granddaughter Cora always took 'Best Halloween Costume' at Primary School, if I recall rightly!?馃槀馃槵馃檹
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Pics from years ago now, but - heading into Halloween - this was my eldest Granddaughter, around the age of 7 or so, dressed as a 'Zombie Alice'!馃槅馃檹馃憤
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All Saints' Church - Bakewell - Ancient Stonework. Dolt that I am, I seemingly failed to take a picture of the stone discussed in image 4... but it's the one bearing a cross, far-right in pic 2 and far-left in pic 3!馃檮馃槵馃槀 @danice_danis
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MORE ancient stonework... housed in an arch at All Saints' Church, Bakewell. @danice_danis
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