Haunted Bench Project
@hauntedbench75.bsky.social
🪦 Ghostly & macabre legends of #Harrow & district. #HauntedHarrow #HarrowWeald #HauntedBenches #parkphantoms #cemeteryspectres #gardenshedghosts & c. #pulp #horror & supernatural fiction; stuff like that. #TowerHamlets also features quite a lot. 💀
Just arrived #2. @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Fanzine: The Story of Football's Alternative Press, which does for 80's DIY terrace lit what David Sutton's 'On the Fringes' does for pre-2000 Brit ghost & fantasy small press publications. 🖤#Fanzines_rule
Just arrived: @daniel-mcgachey.bsky.social's 'By No Mortal Hands' featuring sequels/prequels to ghost stories of MR James, reminiscences of Dr Lawrence (the superb novella, 'Ting-a-ling-a-ling' among them) and a Dr. H. S. Grace selection. #Ghosts&Scholars #Lurkio 🖤
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
This is Amelia Mason. She is 16 and left her home in South #Manchester, UK on Thursday night, Friday morning and has not been seen since. She is vulnerable and the parents are out of their mind with worry. Please, share this widely to get Amelia home. If you see her please contact the police.
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Picked up a box of approx 500 postcards from Sclater Street market this morning. Here's a sample. Particularly fond of the Sphinx and the vintage beauty. Also the story of the white heather. Brigg church gives me minor St Mary's vibes,
Been v much enjoying #DaleBailey's 'This Island Earth' feat. Re-imaginings of Horror of Party Beach, I Was a Teenage Werewolf & The Ghoul Goes West.' #BEMs #TeenageLust #bazooms #radiation #Drive-ins_of_doom, &c. Running commentary: vaultofevil.proboards.com/thread/9115/...
Jumped to 'Nightmare Abbey' #10. Fave stories to dater: Reggie Oliver's gorgeous 'Sad Gardens': #Magnus & @johnlprobert.bsky.social vs. the Will o' the Water: @helengrantsays.bsky.social's #SawneyBeaneClan update: & Tom Johnstone's 'Lucky Lucifer.' #tour_guides_hate_you #haf_found_lucan
Gravestone inscription, #Harrow_on_the_Hill Reveille, 19 June 1956. Not bad, though not in the same league as the memorial to early railway fatality, Thomas Port, in St. Mary's churchyard.
Playing catch up with 'Nightmare Abbey' mag (ed Tom English) beginning with #6. Fave stories so far, a Magnus the supernatural dog story by @johnlprobert.bsky.social, Ian Rogers' 'Blackwoods,' and a nightmare drive on a not entirely, deserted stretch of motorway by @helengrantsays.bsky.social
The EU now has laws that require all AI content and bot agents to be labelled as such Brexit means UK citizens won’t have these protections The UK should align with the EU on this and all policy that reigns in digital abuse and disinformation. #StrongerTogether
"Nearing the trees, I passed a flapper in white Victorian bridal dress sat on a stone bench, a parasol twirling idly in a white lace gloved hand. A few yards on, I couldn't help but turn my head to sneak a last glimpse of her .. but the seat was empty, the girl nowhere to be seen." #ghost_girl #true
Have neglected actual haunted bench content recently, so here is a shot of the corner of Weald Lane where until recently rested the AWOL bench. Note this was before the pond was drained and cemented over so long before a bench was placed there. #HauntedHarrowWeald For caption, see photo alt text.
Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman.
Stuff on the go just now. Can't settle on one, so to-ing and fro-ing between these plus 'Danse Macabre' and those unread in Stephen Jones 'Weird Tales: Vol 1.'
Arrived today. Vol 1 still my pick of the set as I love the often spectacularly terrible Baird/ early Farnsworth Wright issues above the 30s high watermark, but this still ace. Could have done without #HPLovecraft and the poetry, but that's just me. #Stephen_Jones #Weird_Tales
When people are afraid of their own government you know fascism has arrived
Found these taken with a Kodak instamatic on a visit to Highgate Cemetery one gloriously gloomy afternoon circa 2000. #proper_photography #deadmiserable
Six stories into Mike Ashley [ed]'s 'Danse Macabre: Strange Stories from France' and loving it. Highlights to date include 'The Serpent Flower,' 'Vera,' 'Omphale,' and 'Dead Man's Hollow.' Maybe my favourite Ashley #TalesoftheWeird since 'Weird Sisters.'
Remembering Bill Demant. ❤️ Kev & Chrissie.
Happy Anniversary, #Barclays_Bank !!! www.fca.org.uk/news/press-r...
FCA fines Barclays £42 million for poor handling of financial crime risks
The FCA has fined Barclays Bank UK PLC and Barclays Bank PLC a total of £42 million for separate instances of failings in its financial crime risk management – one relating to WealthTek and one relati...
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Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous - have we gone backwards a generation?! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hateful decision! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
Essex libraries should be for everyone!
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!
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Got these in Comics, Posters, DVDs in Queens Rd, #Westbourne, on recent Bournemouth lightening visit. The shop is insane. You have to climb over books to get to stacks of books, DVDs, posters, dead customers etc, which bury you soon as you remove one.🖤 PS. Owner Gerry has new rescue dog named Finn.
Thank you to the kind soul who donated these to the #LittleFreeLibrary just inside St_George_in_the_east churchyard, #Cable_Street. 🖤
Picked up a copy of this for £1 at (what's left of) Sclater Street market #BethnalGreen yesterday. #Jan_Bondeson's fascinating account of a case of celebrity stalking from 1838, plus similar episodes through to the present day (including Michael Fagan's 1982 visit on Elizabeth II. #Save_Brick_Lane
