“While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door”.`
'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more."
It’s Halloween at the Together Trust and as staff members dress up in scary costumes to raise money for the charity the archive delves deep into its gloomy depths in search of spooky tales.
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Can you tell the difference?
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“I’ve slept in the haunted bedroom. Oh golly!
She has this hood. And she comes in.
I was frightened to death.”
- Resident on Belmont Estate, 1929 – 1942
Various residents and staff members who lived in the homes on the Belmont Estate have told of ghostly goings on. Belmont House (which is no longer owned by the Together Trust) was constructed around the 1800s and has accommodated many different people through the years.
Of course the memories of the ‘Belmont ghost’ vary between individuals. Some remember hearing the laughter of children, when the building was no longer used to house young people, whilst others saw apparitions wandering through the house.
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Belmont House and the haunted bedroom on the right
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With a house as old as this one there is always going to be creaks and groans coming from the building. Question is however, is it the house making the noise or those who stir within……
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