Speke Hall and the Grey Lady

[matt]

I remember hearing documented cases of the cradle rocking and a grey lady walking the corridors, especially the tapestry room, but the story of Mary Norris throwing her baby from the window has been discounted by every guide I've asked at Speke Hall. Aslo, if memory serves, the window she is alleged to have thrown both the baby and herself through is tiny. I doubt anyone would fit through!!

Also, Tom Slemen doesn't mention Speke Hall in any of his 'Haunted Liverpool books (as far as I'm aware).

Try contacting www.ghostclub.org.uk

They are the oldest paranormal organisation in the UK and may be able to help. Good luck!!

[johnreppion]

I remember hearing documented cases of the cradle rocking and a grey lady walking the corridors, especially the tapestry room, but the story of Mary Norris throwing her baby from the window has been discounted by every guide I've asked at Speke Hall. Aslo, if memory serves, the window she is alleged to have thrown both the baby and herself through is tiny. I doubt anyone would fit through!!

Also, Tom Slemen doesn't mention Speke Hall in any of his 'Haunted Liverpool books (as far as I'm aware).

Try contacting www.ghostclub.org.uk

They are the oldest paranormal organisation in the UK and may be able to help. Good luck!!

Cheers Matt.

[jimmy]

In the book Mysteries of The Mersey Valley, by Peter Hough and Jenny Randles, there is a small chapter on the ghost of Speke Hall. And sightings
of a White Lady. They say many people do tell of the cradle being rocked by a unseen hand, Adelaide Watt is supposed to have seen the White Lady disappear into a wall and heard voices and footsteps in the rooms and passage ways as have many people since. A Mr P. Lawson the curator of Speke Hall if still alive, may be worth speaking to. The book may be well worth a read.

[johnreppion]

In the book Mysteries of The Mersey Valley, by Peter Hough and Jenny Randles, there is a small chapter on the ghost of Speke Hall. And sightings
of a White Lady. They say many people do tell of the cradle being rocked by a unseen hand, Adelaide Watt is supposed to have seen the White Lady disappear into a wall and heard voices and footsteps in the rooms and passage ways as have many people since. A Mr P. Lawson the curator of Speke Hall if still alive, may be worth speaking to. The book may be well worth a read.

Thanks Jimmy, I have Mysteries of The Mersey Valley next to me on my reading pile here. Which is handy. And you're right, Lawson would be great person to interview; I'll work on that.

Cheers