Yes I am sure Alsatian knows I am only joking with him (but pleese don't tell him I said that )
I used to work in woollies always lots of talk about the fire, first I knew of the soldier though and yes I suppose that could be right as Chesterfield had the Romans, I believe Newbold was the township then? Gosh it's a long time since I did Local History old mind forgets more than it remembers
Wasn't their a chappie years ago who looked into the woollies haunting I think he's passed away now wrote some books?
Amazing what can be picked up with the right equipment I suppose.
Does it ever bother you? I think most people are scared of the unknown aren't they if they are not involved in the posibility of another world as you are.
Anyone who has had unexplained things have I had must be interested so you probably have a good following.
Logic is always my first thoughts but we can't always explain some things can we. Didn't generally bother me much although just on the one occasion I was really scared, and I never did like the awful smell I got which meant the death was coming of someone I knew though.
Still trying to explain the lovely perfume I got last week, went round sniffing at things happened three times in all, will never know but as my mum recently passed away it has crossed my mind it had something to do with that. Will never know and as I have said things like that don't happen very often these days (must have tuned out )
Good luck with the hunting keep us informed on your findings.
I am not sure about the 'chappie' that looked into the haunting although there are alot of books around for chesterfield. The original 2 are: Ghosts in and around chesterfield and the sequel more ghosts in and around chesterfield. I am not sure if they can be bought anymore but they are in the reference part of the library
the latest one is Haunted Chesterfield which has some more modern hauntings.
It never bothers me no as I have been ghost hunting for 7 years now and have seen things to put your hair on end lol. one of the most haunted places is Eyre Chapel in Newbold. We have around 5000 friends on facebook so there is some interest yes lol
The smell you had when death was coming is a common occurrence with different people experiencing different things. When I was in Secondary school I arrived home one evening and my Mum sat my brother and I down and said to us "your grandad will die tonight" he was in hospital and had been for a while. she knew this because she was busy doing some sweeping in our shed outside and a black shadow appeared in the shed and flew out the door. It had no form to it and was essentially a black shape but my mum knew what it was.
The perfume could be a result of your mums passing as once they are on that side they do like to keep a check on us lol my Nana announces herself with a smell of cigarette smoke as she died from lung cancer and that was the smell we all associated with her.
We have had 3 different house clearances to do over the last few weeks and we have another one tonite. They have all been various physical phenomena things moving and footsteps being heard. the last one we attended was a lady who was stood in her kitchen talking on the phone and someone distinctly said to her "here" in a really rough voice...its all good fun lol