Tuesday, February 28, 2012

A ghost story from Much Wenlock


Photo by Sabine J Hutchinson


The mention of the haunted workplace in Six of the Best 230 put me in mind of this tale.

This photograph shows Raynalds Mansion in Much Wenlock, where I went several times in the 1990s for the Festival at the Edge. The half-timbered front dates from the 17th century, but the building behind it is much older.

One year I joined a guided walk around the town. Outside Raynalds Mansion we were told the story of some children who were evacuated to the town and housed here during World War II.

On the first morning they came downstairs and demanded to know who the children in funny clothes they had been playing with were.

No comments: