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96 pages paperback
B&W photographs
235 x 163mm
September 2004
Tempus Publishing
"The Dead don't die. They look on and help." (D H Lawrence) That is how Sue sums up her position with regard to the spirits of the departed, and she offers some of her own paranormal experiences in the Introduction to this collection of stories about Bristol and the suburbs.
Ken Taylor's input regards the haunting of the The Black Castle (a public house at St. Philips Causeway, Brislington) by two separate ghosts: a young girl, and a nun. Spanning ten years of familiarity with the pub, Ken's research provides quotations and anecdotes from several mangers and others, whose experiences are detailed.
The nun is the most frequently encountered ghost although she is generally felt rather than seen, although she does also allegedly exhibit poltergeist tendencies. Her abode is said to be the little chapel at the top of the grandest tower in the 18th century complex.
There are seven chapters in this volume, and the third "Surrounding the Old City" contains Ken's contribution on pages 59 to 61. Haunted Bristol includes many illustrations (Ken did not supply any, reserving them for his own book, see below), but readers should note the photograph on page 60 is mistakenly labelled The Black Castle - it actually shows Arno's Manor Hotel.
Sue refers to a book that Ken has written, an anthology of ghost stories devoted to Brislington, a suburb to the southeast of Bristol once reckoned as the prettiest village in Somerset. And she is correct in saying it has taken over ten years to compile information on the invisible inhabitants of this community. For further information see Brislington Ghosts and Mysteries.
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