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  • 31st October 2020
Spooky Archives

Happy Halloween from Explore the Past. We thought we would share with you a spooky document found in the archives. It is intriguingly described in the index as copies of statements of ‘supernatural’ happenings at Prior’s Court, Powick. So we took a closer look to learn more. Back in 1956, a local newspaper article featured...

  • 30th October 2020
A Real Ghost Story

Halloween – a good time for ghost stories but a chance encounter at the Hive showed that one such story was true! Generations of Bishampton children have been scared/delighted by the story of Old Buckle, the Headless Horseman, who roamed the road between Throckmorton and Bishampton.  A chance encounter at the Hive shone light onto...