The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III
I expect there be one or two of those around the green and pleasant land ! mine is at the gates of Woodford(as was)
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Named after a mountain and said to be haunted by a number of ghosts. Probably the criminals hung in the court there.
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Found it
Wales’ oldest pub, The Skirrid Inn dates back to 1110. Named after the mountain that looms over it, the pub has appeared in the TV show Most Haunted and is said to be one of the UK’s spookiest taverns. Glasses fly across the bar by themselves, faces have been seen at the windows, things mysteriously disappear only to turn up weeks later and residents often wake to an ice-cold room and the feeling that they are being watched. It is thought that one of the main spirits at the inn is that of Fanny Price, who worked at the pub in the 18th century and died of consumption aged 35. There have been many sightings of her in room 3.
The first floor of the inn was once used as a courtroom where people who committed serious offences were given capital punishment. In 1685, during an exceptionally bloody period in the inn’s history, 180 insurgents from the Monmouth Rebellion were hanged from an oak beam over the staircase just outside the courtroom. The hangings were ordered by Baron George Jeffreys, who has since been seen walking the upper floors of the inn in search of people to hang.
One felon who was sentenced to death, sheep rustler John Crowther, has been seen several times at the property. Other ghostly occurrences in the house are the powerful scent of perfume; the rustling of a lady’s dress; the sound of soldiers in the courtyard and sightings of a lady in white. Perhaps creepiest of all, many visitors have complained of feeling as if they were being strangled by a noose, which is no surprise given the pub’s history. Some have even reported the appearance of welts on their necks resembling rope burns.
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Well done Woody. It is indeed a fascinating place and years ago great pub grub. We used to go walking in the mountains in the winter and dry out by their huge log fire.
This challenge looks down south UK.
This challenge looks down south UK.
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Go North
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Cheshire?
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*Woody* is either a Scouser as he supports LPL and possibly from the Blackpool area as he takes great interest in the affairs of BLK.
So it's a Lancashire/Mersyside search.
The Punchbowl at Sefton.
So it's a Lancashire/Mersyside search.
The Punchbowl at Sefton.
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Judge Jeffreys - the 'hanging judge.Woody wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:28 pmFound it
The hangings were ordered by Baron George Jeffreys, who has since been seen walking the upper floors of the inn in search of people to hang.
Perhaps creepiest of all, many visitors have complained of feeling as if they were being strangled by a noose, which is no surprise given the pub’s history. Some have even reported the appearance of welts on their necks resembling rope burns.
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Wodrick has it, currently showing as closed, but I think that it’s changing hands. Also said to be haunted
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Keeping the pub theme going.
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The slate roof leads me to visit the Lake District, Wales, Lancashire and Cheshire. Still looking.
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One of those is correct.
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They've got electric lights so that rules out two of them.
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Yes absolutely, so we go for Cheshire.4mastacker wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:09 amThey've got electric lights so that rules out two of them.
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Cheshire would be correct and perhaps a thought to where I worked all my life.
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Thought at first that it was The Romper but of course it is The Ship.
http://www.theshipstyal.co.uk/ Cracking place.
http://www.theshipstyal.co.uk/ Cracking place.
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Correct.
I was going to give you the Swan at Bucklow Hill, which was a regular haunt on a Friday night for Los Radio Amateurs. But, on investigation, it has changed a little in the passing 20 years or so.
Our man in Bottie has the con
I was going to give you the Swan at Bucklow Hill, which was a regular haunt on a Friday night for Los Radio Amateurs. But, on investigation, it has changed a little in the passing 20 years or so.
Our man in Bottie has the con
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Thanks Wodders also knew the Swan. Excellent.
A famous Royal bog here.
A famous Royal bog here.
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Treetops? Don’t think it’s Windsor Castle...