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"I
thought I would tell you this story about my father, Arthur, who
used to be the M.D. at Samlesbury Hall several years ago. He told
the story many times at dinners held at the Hall...
One
night in the mid 19th Century a dinner was being held in the great
hall at Samlesbury. During the evening one of the guests had to
return to his bedroom to get some more cigars. As he walked through
the parlour room he looked out of the window to see a six horse
funeral carriage on the drive out side. The gentleman driving the
horses looked up and straight into the eyes of the dinner guest.
The driver had many missing teeth and a patch over one eye.
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The
guest ran back to The Great Hall...
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A little
startled by this, the dinner guest ran back to the Great Hall and
asked if any one else had seen or heard the horse drawn hearse -
no one had seen or heard anything and laughed at our bemused and
a little scared friend, accusing him of partaking in a little too
much wine. The guest regained his composure and enjoyed the rest
of the evening.
A week
later and our dinner guest is in London for a business meeting.
Staying at the recently refurbished Hilton Hotel. The hotel had
just installed the latest elevators to assist some of the more infirm
and aged guests staying there. Being allocated a room on the top
floor of the hotel our intrepid friend decided to try the new-fangled
elevator and pressed the call button to summon the elevator. Imagine
his horror when the lift doors opened to reveal the driver of the
hearse seen at Samlesbury the week before, dressed in the uniform
of a lift attendant!
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Samlesbury
Hall
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He
panicked and started to run down the stairs to the lobby. After
only a few seconds a terrible crashing noise was heard through out
the entire building. On his arrival in the lobby our friend was
greeted with a terrible sight. The lift cables had snapped and sent
the car crashing to the ground floor. The lift doors had burst open
with the impact and shattered several chairs and tables placed in
front of them.
Picking
his way through the debris to see if the lift attendant had been
killed or injured he came across the hotel manager surveying the
damage. There was no body or sign of blood inside the smashed lift
car. "Where is your lift attendant?" asked our now very scared friend.
"Lift attendant?" replied the hotel manager - "We dont have a lift
attendant - why do you ask?"
See
also -
Becky gets
spooked at Samlesbury Hall
Samlesbury
Hall
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