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23/04/2008, 12:20 PM Sans Joined on 04/01/2005 North Norfolk Posts 179 Re: thetford Thanks Eddie, you should have it by now :) Thanks Sans "Who is so deaf as he who does not want to hear, or so blind as he who does not want to see"    Report

24/04/2008, 2:28 PM jenny Joined on 27/02/2008 norfolk Posts 228 Re: thetford have just got home from a trip to thetford with my friend, wow i loved the place,went to the priory and got a stabbing pain in my side only for said friend to tell me later that at that spot is the probable site of duke of norfolk who died at battle of bosworth field 1485, went to nuns bride a lovely place in the sun i expect but not when its raining went to loads ofd places all had an atmosphere!!!! the best bit was we went to visit said friends sister who lives near the castle in the wall of the house was found agravestone a bit strange but also she has a ghost who sits at the upstairs window and looks out towards the castle, she is dated victorian and has been seen many times, i could feel her as i walkedup the landing and as  i was coming down the stairs felt as though she was behind me i def felt a very cold chill this was the highlightof my day. i will have to return as time ran out next time want to go to the warren and santon downham i think thats right church lol, jitters    Report

24/04/2008, 3:43 PM Eddie Mallett Joined on 11/01/2008 Posts 487 Re: thetford I'm glad that you had a good time Jenny. If maybe a little wet weather wise. Thetford is a wonderful place & do to its history it boasts many ghosts. (Ah Ha. I'm a poet & I dont knowit.) Nice to hear that your friends house has a resident ghost. Look forward to meeting up again. The church is at the picnic area in Santon Downham. It is one of the smallest churches in Britain, if not the smallest. Best wishes Eddie    Report

24/04/2008, 3:45 PM Eddie Mallett Joined on 11/01/2008 Posts 487 Re: thetford Oh wonderful stuff, A new style of forum with instant posting. Nice one Mods, I like it. Best wishes Eddie    Report

25/04/2008, 3:36 AM Eddie Mallett Joined on 11/01/2008 Posts 487 Re: thetford Ah Ha The owner of the anchor pub has now plans to save it. Do to the fact that it was shown on one of the Dads Army shows. A new Dads Army museum is soon to open in Thetford & the owner hopes to cash in on people coming to Thetford to visit the museum. Best wishes Eddie    Report

25/04/2008, 12:44 PM Aurora Joined on 16/06/2005 Norfolk Posts 57 Re: thetford Thetford could do  with the extra income.The whole town needs sprucing up! It's a shame,as there are some beautiful ancient buildings there & a lovely riverside location .I heard they are going to have a statue dedicated to Dad's Army too? I have done a vigil in The Bell Hotel...It is a wonderfully active place,but spoilt by the manager.He means well,but he has turned that place into a bit of a sideshow.You will know what I mean if you have been there?I suppose we all have to make money where we can,but you can take things a teeny bit too far.    Report

26/04/2008, 2:45 AM Eddie Mallett Joined on 11/01/2008 Posts 487 Re: thetford Hi Aurora Are we talking about their resident monk? As being the tour guide. I met him on the Bell ghost tour. He's a great guy but I feel that it would have been better if he had dressed in civies. On the day of the ghost tour we were not alowed into the most haunted room. The most haunted room is the bridel suite. That spirit has class.  Giggle Best wishes Eddie      Report

26/04/2008, 9:35 AM jenny Joined on 27/02/2008 norfolk Posts 228 Re: thetford hi eddie do you know if they still do the thetford ghostwalk they use to have one, just like in norwich, went to find touristinfomation but it had closed tut willbe going to the museum in a coupleof weeks hopefully jitters!!!!!    Report

26/04/2008, 11:07 AM jenny Joined on 27/02/2008 norfolk Posts 228 Re: thetford hi im trying to find a book adventures with phantoms, written by r thurston its a book he wrote about thetford in his dreams this was before he even knew it existed he had very vivid dreams of the warren and the lodge all he dreamed of was true and he has writton a book about the whole thing, hi sans still cant find anything out much about minstergate and the cottages i will keep looking thetford is very interesting, jitters!!!!!    Report

27/04/2008, 12:29 AM ? Joined on 18/04/2008 Posts 16 Re: thetford Hello The author whom you are looking for is Robert Thurston Hopkins, one time pupil at Thetford Grammar School who then as a child had the dreams concerning Thetford Warren Lodge?  A chapter appears in the publication "The mummy of Birchen Bower and Other True Ghosts" by Harry Ludham (W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd London 1966). Thurston later wrote his book about "hauntings" from an area all around Thetford which includes the Bury St Edmunds area. Thurston also had links with Bury St Edmunds prision, governors house Gyves House, on the Sudbury Road and knew about incidents that occured concerning the "Red Barn murderer William Corder". Reference to the above referenced book under "William Corder's Skull". Regarding the cottages on Minstergate in Thetford I have "as far as I know it" I have no knowledge of any apparent activity? Happy hunting N      Report

27/04/2008, 2:04 AM Eddie Mallett Joined on 11/01/2008 Posts 487 Re: thetford Hi N Your good. Your very good. A mine of information. Thanks for the great work. Best wishes Eddie    Report

27/04/2008, 2:13 PM jenny Joined on 27/02/2008 norfolk Posts 228 Re: thetford hi N thanks for that will have to have a read up jitters!!!!!!!    Report

27/04/2008, 10:44 PM Eddie Mallett Joined on 11/01/2008 Posts 487 Re: thetford Hi Jenny No I dont think that they do the ghost walks anymore. However they do have a leaflet at the Tourest information about the where abouts of Haunted locatios.   Hi N I'm trying to find out more info on the Bridewell museum Norwich. Befor & after it was a Prison. If you could give some historical facts about the place it would be excellent. Behind every good ghosthunter, is an even better Historian. Any info would be great. Best wishes Eddie    Report

28/04/2008, 12:10 AM ? Joined on 18/04/2008 Posts 16 Re: thetford Hello "Hmmm!" A prison for only "Women and Beggars previously known as the "BRIDEWELL", which now is a museum of social history. I accept your challenge. Happy hunting. N        Report

28/04/2008, 4:05 PM Eddie Mallett Joined on 11/01/2008 Posts 487 Re: thetford Thanks N If you find anything, could you post it on The Bridwell thread. Many thanks Eddie    Report

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