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Post by Spooky on Feb 9, 2005 17:11:03 GMT
Terry was telling me at the weekend how his friend witnessed what seemed to be a changing of the guard at this site the other week. He initially thought they may have been filming there or doing a re enactment so gave it a wide circle on passing. There were lots of guards with round heads marching the grounds as he approached but when he looked back and then later inspected the castle they were no where to be found. This place isnt far away and is accessable 24/7 via a public footpath so I beleive this should be our next freebie visit. What do you reckon? www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/donnington_cast.html
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Post by Spooky on Feb 9, 2005 17:14:57 GMT
Ooops I forgot I already put this one on here already.
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Post by Hartswood on Feb 9, 2005 18:24:08 GMT
Spooky - that link's coming up with "This page cannot be found".
Can't remember where it is exactly, but wherever it is it sounds good!
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Post by Spooky on Feb 9, 2005 19:01:16 GMT
Okay sorry, I fixed the link.
It is a good one as there are also tales of a black dog and old woman as well as the guard sightings.
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Post by Hartswood on Feb 9, 2005 19:15:57 GMT
Right.....when we going? ;D
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Post by Hartswood on Feb 11, 2005 14:53:38 GMT
Spooky - have you, or anyone else, been there before? Looks interesting from what I've just read on the link you posted.
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Post by Spooky on Feb 11, 2005 15:25:42 GMT
My Mother has and I believe Terry and Robin both have as well but for a walk in the day time.
I was thinking maybe in the warmer evenings we could do a Friday night vigil or something...
(cue Sam : Geoff and I work Saturdays and cant do late nights on a Friday cant we arrange another day) ;D
and so it begins.....
Yes its quiet here today as well
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Post by Vampyresam on Feb 11, 2005 18:14:16 GMT
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Post by Spooky on Sept 8, 2005 15:43:38 GMT
Donnington A phantom Civil War skirmish is sometimes re-enacted in Love Lane near Donnington Castle. A Royalist Cavalry patrol was attacked at night by superior Parliamentary forces and three cavalry officers were killed. Not surprisingly, the historic castle itself has many more ghosts. A certain green lady is said to sometimes be seen there. She appears at the castle gates and asks passers-by why they are closed, before suddenly disappearing. One wonders if this might be Lady Hoby enquiring as to why she has been locked out of her own castle, during her dispute with the Earl of Nottingham. See Lady Hoby's Biography. Phantom candlelight has also been seen passing the windows of the locked gatehouse, late at night. Another tale is told by a group of young lads camping amongst the castle walls. They all heard a horrible scream and crossed to the other side of the castle, where they all saw an elderly Royalist soldier with a curly-headed young woman in a headlock, pulling her hair. They couldn't believe their own eyes as she continued to scream for help. Though petrified, one of the boys managed to shout at the cavalier to "leave her alone"; in reply to which the phantom let out one hell of a growl and carried on pulling his victim's hair still more. When the group started forward to intervene, the soldier stood, let out another almighty growl and both figures completely vanished! In the Summer of 1990, a couple saw what seemed to be a 'white dog' appear from behind the low wall on the far-side of the castle. It disappeared down the bank, heading towards the woods, but, upon looking after it the witnesses discovered it had gone. Yet it was a physical impossibility for anything to reach the bottom before before the whole bank came into view. On another occasion, the lady of the duo saw a phantom guard standing beneath the west gate, while her partner saw nothing. Taken from www.berkshirehistory.com/legends/ghosts_d.html
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Post by Spooky on Sept 8, 2005 15:46:17 GMT
Anybody up for a visit in October? Just us lot, The moonlit sky and a flask?
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Post by Spooky on Dec 19, 2005 11:14:17 GMT
I'll assume that is a no then.
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Post by Hartswood on Dec 19, 2005 11:26:35 GMT
I never saw that post!!! I'd like to have gone...trouble is getting everyone else to come along.....
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Post by Spooky on Dec 19, 2005 11:29:24 GMT
Well I think at some point we have to let the arm chair investigators do what they are good at and those who are up for it go out and play
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