Jester

Dickie Pearce – last court jester, fell off castle battlements, got state burial. Anon Llantrissant Folk 2023

Hester’s Way

Hester’s Way (Cheltenham) Story in the press in 1960s that Hester was a witch and her ghost can still be seen. Anon Kontra Roots 2023   The Edwardians loved romantic fireside tales and probably originated the stories of who Hester might have been. The...

Skeletons

The two skeletons in the well – Old Curiosity Shop, Broadstairs. Anon Broadstairs Folk Week 2023

Will o the wisp

Marsh gas, strange lights over the marsh   suggestion from audience at An Evening with Milton Hide, 13/9/23 part of Hailsham Festival

Old Man of Coniston

Across the estuary from Arnside – you have your backs to it as you play now – is the Old Man of Coniston. He’s always asleep – never known to get up (mercifully because he’s made of hill!!). What happened? Why? And does it matter that up...