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much work

was involved

in even a

small publi-

cation such

as this.

My idea was

just to find a

template and

copy and

paste all the

information

from our

website,

however, it quickly be-

came clear that it would

take a great deal more

work than just this to put

together a magazine wor-

thy of bearing the title the

PARANORMAL

WATCH.

The very idea, I could fill a

magazine with just up-

dates from the UKBPA

and actually keep people

interested, now seems like

a bit of a joke, so after

scouring the internet for

items, writing ghost sto-

ries, haunted locations

that I was aware of, inter-

viewing groups and fea-

turing investigations, here

it is! I hope you enjoy

reading it as much as I

have putting it together

(even though it was hard

work!)

Slainté!

Tam Kinnear-Swift

To contact us, or send in

any stories or articles, you

can email us at Paranor-

[email protected]

Welcome to the First Ever

edition of the PARA-

NORMAL WATCH!

This month has been a

busy month for all in-

volved with the UKBPA,

whilst the big boss, Brian

has been hard at work ne-

gotiating a deal for the

Paranormal License ID

cards made by TandIM

VestiGO, Clint has been

rushing about, contacting

venues and webstores,

obtaining discounts for

our members.

With more and more peo-

ple coming on board and

joining the UKBPA, as

well as the introduction of

the Paranormal License,

we have literally been

rushed off our feet!

Elsewhere within the or-

ganization, we have been

busy re-organizing our-

selves with a bit more

structure, we now have a

committee, and are now

operating an area rep pol-

icy.

This enables us to break

the UK down into man-

ageable areas and have

one or more reps for that

area able to deal with en-

quiries on a personal level.

This frees up the committee

members to do the other

essential jobs that are

needed to keep the UKBPA

running to our maximum

level, so we can provide our

services to you, our mem-

bers.

I have been hard at work

compiling a grant funding

application, something

which took the best part of

45 hours to do properly and

something I must admit I

underestimated how much

work was involved with

doing.

But the grant application

had been submitted to

HBOS now, and all being

well, we should hear within

a few weeks if we have been

successful or not in our ap-

plication for a donation of

up to £500,000 to keep us

running, and set us up with

an office.

In truth I don't think

should we be accepted for a

donation that we will get

anywhere near that

amount, but at this stage,

anything would help out

with running costs, and

would be equally as grate-

fully received as it would

helpful.

On top of that, came com-

piling and editing the very

first edition of the PARA-

NORMAL WATCH,

which again, was some-

thing I underestimated how

The Editors Say... 2 The UKBPA Open

Membership 3

Become a UKBPA

Rep! 4

2

The Blackfriars

Group Insurance 5

projects team

News 5

Featured Investi-

gation — PBB At St.

Mary’s Abbey

6,7

Ghost Voices

Magazine 7

Location and Tech

News 8

Featured Tech Kit

— The Gauss Meter 8

Featured Group —

RIPS 9

The Stocksbridge

Bypass Mystery 10

Featured Venue—

RAF Coleby

Grange

11

Keeping The Para-

normal Friendly 11

The UKBPA Com-

mittee 11

Roche abbey—Alive

With spirits 12

UKBPA Affiliated

Venues 13

I n s i d e T h i s

Mon th s I s s ue O f

T h e P ar anorma l

Wa tch :

The Editors’ Say...The Editors’ Say...The Editors’ Say...The Editors’ Say...

What A Month!What A Month!What A Month!What A Month!

V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1

Tam Kinnear-Swift,

Editor of the Paranor-

mal Watch

“The very

idea, I could

fill a maga-

zine with

just updates

from the UK-

BPA and ac-

tually keep

people inter-

ested, now

seems like a

bit of a joke”


Individual paranormal li-

cence £ 20

If you are a individual that are

looking to registrar to obtain the

discounts and offers with in the

BPA they this is the best suited

package for you and your

teams the Paranormal Li-

cence for your team or

club.

Break down of Cost

£10 per driving licence

size plastic ID card

Admission cost £5

Membership fee for the

year £7

Additional Yearly Renewal

fee of £3

Lost , stolen or damaged cards

will be charged £10 +P&P

The plastic card, which incorpo-

rates the association’s distinctive

‘haunted house’ logo, carries three

pieces of information plus the

member’s picture: the member’s

name; the club to which he or she

belongs; and the member’s unique

paranormal licence number.

The cards, are produced by Leeds-

based TandIM VestiGO, ‘the

Photo ID Card People’,

TandIM VestiGO have agreed to

significantly lower the cost of pro-

ducing these cards for the UKBPA

and its members so we can keep

costs to a minimum in order to

make our members lives easier

and cheaper to go about your

business.

The License/card is another step

towards achieving greater recogni-

tion and professionalism for the

UKBPA and its members.

Brian Lambert—BPA Foun-

Over the last few years, we have

managed to keep the BPA up and

running from my own funds, but

now as we are growing and moving

onwards we are desperately seeking

funds therefore it was decided by the

committee that we should introduce

a small registrations fees, we

have looked very hard at the

pricing so you as members

are getting the best value.

By us introducing a one off

fee then a yearly membership

fee at a lower price, we can

then look at ways to help im-

prove and offer more to you.

Last year it cost around

£1000 to keep the BPA up

and running this cover meeting, vis-

its, phone calls and stationary along

with the websites we host.

The Committee has looked into the

benefits by introducing the BPA

paranormal licence/membership ID

card, not only will this show that we

are here to make a stand by us all

working together, The licence also

show that you are credited profes-

sional.

There are many groups and venues

out there who act and have a reputa-

tion of being unprofessional.

Joining the BPA allows you not only

be a part of an association which will

support you, but will also work with

you or on your behalf to obtain dis-

counts, member's nights out as well

as information services.

The main thing is it shows that you,

your group and venues are dedicated

to bringing honesty and profession-

alism back to the paranormal.

Club or Group Paranormal Li-

cence £30

If you are a team or group that are

looking to register to obtain the

discounts and offers within the BPA

then this is the best suited package

for your team.

The ID Licence will show that your

team or group are credited and cer-

tified By the British Paranormal

Association, therefore by holding

this you are making a change in

how we are all seen and regarded,

the benefit of this speaks for itself.

Who can apply for this?

All we ask that only the Founder of

you team or Group applies for the

licence whereby this will then cover

their team.

Break down of Cost

£10 per driving licence size plastic

ID card “photo required” (one off

fee)

Admission cost £5

Membership fee for the year £15

Additional Yearly Renewal fee of

£10

The Paranormal License ID

Card

The UKBPA Open Membership



We are pleased to announce that we

are now taking on board Area Rep-

resentatives for the British Paranor-

mal Association, with your help and

others we can work on building and

altering the standards with in the

paranormal world and also with in

the British Paranormal Association.

WHAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE

AND DO WE NEED THEM:

Representatives are people that are

from other paranormal teams or

clubs or even individuals that have

offered to

come aboard

in helping

build on the

performance

not only for

the British

Paranormal

Association

but also to

highlight and

pushing the

awareness of

the paranor-

mal realms,

they are volun-

teers that offer

their free time

to help with

working on

things such as projects , standards,

support, Representing our key ele-

ments to help keep the British Para-

normal Association moving forward.

Area Reps will be required also to

actively promote the UKBPA within

their area, as well as get involved

with community, by running collec-

tive workshops with other area reps

so the community can get involved

and awareness of the paranormal

community can be promoted. Area

reps are also responsible for liaising

with member clubs in their area,

pointing potential members and

groups to the UKBPA for registra-

tion, liaising with venues under the

venue rep, and being first point of

contact for all member groups

within that area.

CAN ANYONE APPLY?:

Yes as long as they or them are

website members that have been

credited as certified members of

the British Paranormal Associa-

tion, there if a trial period of 2

months for all new Representa-

tive, this is so we get to know you

and you get to know us.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS

OF A REPRESENTATIVE?:

There are many benefits with in

the British Paranormal Associa-

tion, you are at the main front

line of helping us and others

move forward you will get to see

more of the daily workings that go

on behind the scenes, with email

from other admin or pointed rep-

resentative and from the Founder

of the British Paranormal Asso-

ciation, as representative you

have a big say in the what we are

doing and also advising us of

processes that you feel we need

to offer or to work on.

With in your roles you can offer

and appoint other members to

come and work with you whereby

building your very own team to

help spread the work around, but

they will full under your control

and you are responsibility for

them and their actions.

You will also be provided your

very own British Paranormal

Association email account to use

with in your role and also be pro-

vided with a BPA website ac-

count whereby under your per-

sonal account you will be re-

quired to display this:

“All views given by me are my

own, and may not reflect views of

the UKBPA”

When login in under your BPA

account you are acting on behalf

of the BPA and your role.

AREAS COVERED:

1. London

2. The South East

3. The South West

4. Wales

5. East Anglia

6. The Midlands

7. Yorkshire And The

Humber

8. The North West

9. Scotland and the Isles

10. Northern Ireland

If you are interested in becoming

a UKBPA Area Rep, or a mem-

ber of the UKBPA Team, Email

[email protected]

Be A UKBPA Area Rep!


Broken Down Map

Of The UK With Target

Areas Marked

“Within your

role, you can

offer and

appoint other

members to

come and work

with you

whereby

building your

very own

team”


Blackfriars Group Paranormal Insurance


The BPA is pleased to an-

nounce an new paranormal

insurance deal with Blackfriars

Group.

The policy is fully inclusive, and

costs from £105 pounds a year

for accredited BPA members,

for 1 million to 10 million

pound claims.

The saving of this insurance

policy alone will be double your

membership fees for the BPA,

and vastly cheaper than your

current policy, so there really is

no reason not to sign up

The BPA are encouraging all

members to renew

with Blackfriars

Group as is it both

beneficial to your-

selves the groups,

the BPA and the

paranormal com-

munity.

Note : this deal is not open to

non members of the UKBPA

and the Blackfriars Group will

contact us regarding EVERY

claim that is made to make sure

the groups applying are Accred-

ited BPA members.

On top of all of this, we need

to achieve registered charity

status, for which we need an

income of above 5k per year,

something we currently

aren't achieving.

Of course with all this comes

the ability to be able to

achieve more of our aims as

well, because it will give us

greater capability and also

expenses with which to run.

Also further to this the pro-

jects team are continuing

with the MySpace and face-

book campaigns, as this at

the moment is where most

of our members are coming

from. Social networking

sites are the ideal medium

to get news about the UK-

BPA across to a wide audi-

ence, due to their nature. So

it was decided that this

would be the way forward

with regards to spreading

our message.

so fingers crossed then, lets

hope we can manage to se-

cure some funding so we can

move forward and take an-

other positive step to getting

things in order!

Any enquiries, email me

directly at Project-

[email protected]

Tam Kinnear-Swift

Grant funding is an impor-

tant and crucial way of sup-

porting an organisation like

the UKBPA.

We have applied to HBOS

for a donation of up to 500k

as well as contacted Busi-

ness South East and LEGI

with regards to other grants.

Why do we need this you

ask? well, in the grand

scheme of things, the BPA is

moving forward, and we

need to be seen as a prop-

erly structured organisation

as opposed to existing only

in cyberspace. To this end,

we need an office, perma-

nent address where we can

base the UKBPA and run it

from.

Hopefully a grant will pro-

vide the necessary funds to

do this, so we can structure

ourselves properly.

News From the Projects Team

Tam and Bex,

The UKBPA’s

Projects

Team

“A grant will

provide the

necessary

funds, so we

can structure

ourselves

properly”

“The saving of

this insurance

policy alone will

be double your

membership fees

for the BPA, and

vastly cheaper

than your current

policy”


“There was a

huge EMF surge

centering

around Bex,

this then

curiously

stopped dead

and all of a

sudden

centered

around Tam”

St Mary’s Abbey Ru-

ins, Bungay, Suffolk

Featured Investigation — Phenomena Beyond

Belief At St. Mary’s Abbey, Suffolk

Infamous

for stories

of black

shuck,

monks and

other sight-

ings St.

Mary’s Ab-

bey in Bun-

gay, has to

be one of

the most unusual places

I have ever investigated.

We started as usual, by

tuning in to the environ-

ment, and doing a EMF

baseline check, as

churches are notorious

for giving off strange

EMF reading, only to

find out that it’s the elec-

trics to the church caus-

ing them!

We started filming and

calling out in the far end

of the old abbey ruins,

which butts up to the

wall of the present day

church,. The

first thing

we noticed,

was that

running all

the way

around the

old abbey

ruins, about

6 to 7 feet

above the

ground was

a high EMF

reading. This continued

even through the spaces

where the windows

were. With this in mind

we started calling out

and recorded the ses-

sion, both with a NV

camera and a sound re-

corder. At the same

point, I noticed when-

ever a picture was taken,

the flash was reflecting

off the dampness in the

air, which served to be a

problem, as it instantly

discounts any pictures

we may capture with

what appears to be orbs

in them.

Bex, the resident sensi-

tive, was feeling uneasy

and noted there was a

mans presence nearby,

noting that he also did-

n't like the fact there

were women in the ab-

bey ruins.

We moved round to the

far side, where the new

church looks onto the

abbey ruins form the

side, where there was a

huge EMF surge center-

ing around Bex, this

then curiously stopped

dead and all of a sudden

centered around Tam,

our guest for the night

from RIPS. At this

point, Bex felt really un-

easy and said that she

had just been sworn at

by the man who was

around her earlier… he

was becoming increas-

ingly abusive towards

the ladies it appeared

and was calling them

unrepeatable things. At

this point, Steve and

Tam then both picked

up the curios EMF read-

ing that was again 6 to 7

foot from the floor, the

strange thing this time

was that we were not

within 10 feet of any sort

of building, Tam fol-

lowed the EMF reading,

walking along the length

of the reading until it

stopped on the other

side of the graveyard. It

was running at 90 de-

grees now to the one

that was picked up run-

ning along the walls of

the old abbey… with this

in mind, Steve then fol-

lowed exactly the same

course, confirming it

was not Tam’s Gauss

meter doing odd things.

At this point Bex had

started questioning the

man that was becoming

increasingly abusive and

had come up with the

name “Jediah “ or

“Jebediah Wallace” she

had the feeling he had

murdered someone

(possibly a woman) in

the graveyard and gotten

away with it, as she said

he was extremely abu-

sive, cocky and didn't

much like women. A

quick search of the

gravestones revealed no

grave with that name on,

and it was at this point

Bex came up with the

year 1753.

The exact relevance to

this name and date we

couldn't ascertain, all we

found out on a later

search of the archives

was that a Jediah Wal-

lace was a shipbuilder

and started his appren-

ticeship in 1735 and had

been a ship builder..

Continued Overleaf

Sue, Wendy, Bex,

Steve and the Editor

at St. Mary’s abbey,

Bungay.



PBB At St. Mary’s Abbey — Continued


Continued from over-

leaf

20 years at the time of the

survey we were reading.

However, further to this

there was no link to tie him

to Bungay, and as far as i am

aware, Bungay is not best

known for its shipbuilding.

We then split up into teams,

consisting of Bex and Tam,

Steve and Wendy, Ali and

sue, who all went off and

photographed various dif-

ferent things, recorded and

called out , Bex and Tam,

walked over to the other

side of the graveyard, whilst

following the very strange

EMF reading.

It was here that they were

confronted by Jediah Wal-

lace, who was stood about 4

feet to the left of Tam

threatening to “stab” him

and “tear his guts out if he

gets closer” Tam being Tam,

took 2 paces forward to-

wards the direction of where

Bex said Jediah was stand-

ing, but nothing physical

happened.

Conclusion—With regards

to the photo’s its hard to

conclude anything because

it was obviously damp and

misty, which Tam noticed

the flash was reflecting off,

because of this, sadly, we

have to discount anything

we see on the photo’s.

The EMF reading, 6 to 7 feet

from the ground were very

strange indeed, no reading

was measured on ground

level at the exact same

point, just 6 to 7 feet off the

ground. The pattern of the

readings, followed perpen-

dicular lines, intersecting

where the abbey walls lined

up with the old door. I have

to say, i, nor anyone else has

ever seen anything like this

before or since.

To have your investigations

featured here, email

paranormal-

[email protected]

With Spirits’, ‘Haunted Work-

places’ and a guide to

‘Haunted Places to Stay’ as

well as other fascinating arti-

cles written by leading figures

from the paranormal world.

Soulseekers, the group of one

of our UKBPA reps Dave

Eaves, will be featured in the

next issue of the new Ghost

Voices Magazine. The article

will feature in-depth ques-

tions and answers of our

team, concerns currently fac-

ing paranormal groups and

encouraging peo-

ple to join the UK-

BPA. The issue

should be out

sometime in late

March.

Ghost Voices

Magazine will be

on sale bi-monthly

in WH Smith and

other good news-

agents across the

country from

Thursday 29th of

January 2009.

Ghost Voices Magazine aims

to be the country’s leading

historical hauntings maga-

zine. Brought to you by the

creators of the world lead-

ing Skirmish Magazine, a

team of dedicated history

enthusiasts. Launching in

January 2009, with a view

to being a no-nonsense pub-

lication, investigating the

history behind ghostly phe-

nomena.

With regular features

planned, such as ‘Drinking

Ghost Voices Magazine

Looking through St Mary’s Abbey ruins

to the modern day church. Note the

light anomalies, orbs or the flash re-

flecting of the damp air? What do YOU

think?


“We know

that some

places can be

quite pricey,

and discounts

would give

more groups

better access

to venues”

Clint Symonds,

the UKBPA’s Lo-

cation and Tech-

nical Rep and Vice

Chairman

Featured Technical Kit —

The Gauss Meter

Locations And Tech News

At the moment I am

working on getting all

accredited UKBPA

members, a discount off

certain sites that sell

investigation tools etc,

also other sites that sell

items for our mediums

such as tarot, pendu-

lums and crystals etc.

I have already obtained

a 10% discount from one

site but once member-

ship is up and running

properly I shall release

more info on this.

I have also been contact-

ing venues, to see if they

would give accredited

members discounts on

entry to their venues, as

we know that some

places can be quite

pricey, and discounts

would give more groups

better access to venues.

We have had a few ven-

ues come in offering dis-

counts, but I am still

waiting to hear form

most of them and will

keep you updated as I do

via the forum.

More details about the

sites which are available

at discount prices for

our members can be ob-

tained on the UKBPA

website.

Can I also add that peo-

ple are still joining up

with group initials but

are not adding their

website address to their

profile, also some

groups are adding to

their own websites that

they are members of the

UKBPA when they are

still only website mem-

bers, these need to be

changed.

Clint Symonds

Any queries, please feel

free to contact me on

[email protected]

of battery used to power

it.

Looking at it from the

front, you immediately

notice the meter dial.

This measures from 1 to

10 mG or if you press the

button in at the side, will

measure a smaller quan-

tity from 0.1 mG to 1 mG

by utilizing a meter with

a moving pointer to indi-

cate the EMF reading.

Ideal for investigation

and detecting Electro

Magnetic Flux’s, which

can be the indicator of

paranormal presences or

occurrences, it is priced

between £25 and £35

The Gauss meter is a bit

of kit no paranormal

investigator should be

without.

Simple, easy to use, and

cheap, it is an essential

piece of hard wear for

any team.

The model featured, is

powered

by one 9V

battery,

which

should

have a life-

time of up

to 100

hours use,

depending

on the type

and is available in two

models, a plain model,

and one with a backlit

display dial.

Lightweight and small

its easily packed away,

and can be stored in a

pocket, or housed in a

hard case without taking

up much space or caus-

ing any storage prob-

lems.

Although experienced

investigators will proba-

bly opt for a Tri-field

meter, it is ideal for be-

ginners.

Rating : 7/10

Tam Kinnear-Swift

The Gauss

Meter.

Light-

weight,

easy to use

and good

value for

money.




This month we are covering

a paranormal team known

as Rotherham Investigative

Paranormal society.

Can you tell us about your selves?

We were formed in late 2008, it started off we were just going out an investigat-ing just for fun, then I got a few bits of kit, and someone said, ‘why not do it prop-erly?’ and I was like, ‘why not?!’ and that was how RIPS came about.

So are you new to the paranormal reams?

Well apart form the investi-gations we have done, we are all fairly new to the paranormal realms. That being said, we have a couple of very experienced sensi-tive's and I’m fairly experi-enced and knowledgeable about most things to do with kit and investigations through my work with the UKBPA. In an environment like that, where your con-stantly surrounded by other individuals and groups, and people who have tremen-dous experience of that thing, its very hard not to soak up the information like a sponge, so at any given moment on an investigation, if someone gets a wee bit stuck, there’s usually some-thing someone has said or done pops into my head to help with that.

Can you tell us about the tools you use when out?

Our kit is fairly standardized throughout the industry really, I don't think we use anything specifically that anyone else doesn't…. We generally take out a Gauss meter, a digital and laser thermometer, a Kodak z7590 camera and a few

other digi cams too, a sound recorder for EVP’s, the worlds supply of batteries and peripherals, trigger ob-jects, which usually depend on the environment and location as to what they are, for example, if we were in somewhere like a monastery or abbey, we would take a cross, if we were somewhere where children had been seen, we would take marbles or a Childs toy.

So are you open minded or believers

Personally, I’m about a psy-chic as a cheese sandwich. I tend not to experience or notice those kind of things, as I’m usually too focused on being scientific. I’m a skeptic, my mission is that I’m trying to prove that ghosts, spirits etc DON’T exist, but I always tend to err on the scientific side of things, always looking for a rational explanation etc, but our two sensitive’s are be-lievers, and the rest of the team are open minded skep-tics, so there is a good bal-ance there.

So what Sort of things have you been up to?

In January, we investigated a couple of locations with a group called Paranormal Beyond Belief, from Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, which was a good experience. I find its always a good thing to work with other groups, as they may use methods that perhaps you don't, and vice-a-versa, its always a good learning experience, as well as forging a good rela-tionship with another group, because lets face it, were all here to do the same job and learn from each other.

Have you have any ex-periences?

Well, I can honestly say I have never seen or experi-

enced anything on an investiga-tion that scared me or I could positively identify as being para-normal, however, my skepticism has been tested on more than one occasion when reviewing the evi-dence… a good indicator for me is when the hairs on my arm stand up and my eyes start watering, which has happened to me on more than one occasion when re-viewing EVP’s I can tell you! Oth-ers in the group have had some funny old experiences though, at one investigation, we were doing some calling out, and one of the sensitive’s asked me to come stand with her and take some pictures as she felt slightly uneasy, when the very first picture was reviewed, there was a hoofing great orb right by her, and on the EVP that was being recorded at the time was a voice saying ‘Help me, help me, HELP… HELP ME PLEASE’ which I have to say, still makes my eyes water now listening to it!

What’s next for the team?

Well, at the mo-ment, we don't have any investiga-tions planned, as a few of our mem-bers are quite ill and as I don't drive, we have transport issues! Were looking at tak-ing on other mem-bers from the South Yorkshire area as we are looking to expand our team, anyone with an interest in the paranormal is welcome to contact us if they want to be a part of RIPS.

Any last words?

Yes, never clean your windows with soft boiled eggs…!

to contact RIPS, visit www.ripsonline.com or email [email protected]

Interview By Brian Lambert

RIPS, Investigating

Hoober Stand, on a cold

December night

“I

find its always

a good thing to

work with

other groups,

as they may

use methods

that perhaps

you don't, and

vice-a-versa,

its always a

good learning

experience, as

well as forging

a good rela-

tionship with

another group,

because lets

face it, were all

here to do the

same job and

learn from

each other”



The Stocksbridge bypass ,

just outside of Sheffield, was

built in the early 80's .

Since building commenced,

various reports were made

that a spirit had been dis-

turbed and was frequently

seen in the evenings by secu-

rity guards and even 2 police-

men who investigated it.

In the early 80’s, when the

bypass was being built and

after several reports by secu-

rity guards to the local police

of disturbances at night, two

officers went to investigate

early one morning.

At first nothing happened,

then a figured appeared on

the bridge, which at this time

was still under construction

and closed to the public, get-

ting out to check, one of the

officers noticed it vanish into

thin air.

Within minutes of climbing

back into the car, the driver

was startled to see someone

appear “as if out of thin air”

by the drivers side of the car,

the passenger also saw this

and noticed when

the figure disap-

peared, he appeared

suddenly at the pas-

senger side, before

disappearing again.

Then, banging

started on the back

of the car, but by

now, both officers

were reluctant to get out to

investigate.

The sightings have com-

menced to this day, with the

spirit being blamed for many

accidents along the bypass

A ghost of a monk is said to

walk along the bridge, as well

as actually sit IN cars driving

along the bypass. a musty

smell has often been associ-

ated with this monk, more so

in the cases of the monk ac-

companying passengers in

their cars.

it is THIS which has been

blamed for the many acci-

dents which have frequently

occurred on the bypass.

A recent video on you-

tube.com has an image of a

brown cloaked figure stand-

ing on the Pearoyd bridge

whilst the car from which it

was shot passes by, much to

the onlookers shock.

A boy is said also to walk

along the bridge, although his

sighting are less frequent, as

his appearances are said to be

a premonition/forewarning

of an accident on the road.

A man in Victorian clothes

has also been reported

around the bridge area, al-

though the specific location

to his appearances cannot

be determined.

The pylon is said so be

haunted by children singing

"ring a ring a roses" around

it. it has often been re-

ported, and upon investiga-

tion, the children vanish and

no evidence of footprints etc

been found. they have also

been heard without being

seen, and seen without be-

ing heard.

The history of this sighting

appears to date back to the

time when children, and

indeed entire families were

used in the mines, and this

specific occurrence relating

to an incident of a mine, not

to far from the Pearoyd py-

lon collaps-

ing and

sadly killing

all who were

below at the

time. The

children are

said to be

the spirits of

the pit chil-

dren who

died in the

mine accident so

many years ago.

Various local Para-

normal groups have

investigated it to this day,

but results remain inconclu-

sive due to the place being

notoriously windy, and in-

ability to use many of the

gadgets that investigators

use as standard because of

the EMF emitted by the py-

lons nearby.

Tam Kinnear-Swift

The Pearoyd Bridge with

the haunted pylon in the

foreground on the right

“Within

minutes of

climbing

back into the

car, the

driver was

startled to

see someone

appear ‘as if

out of thin

air’ by the

drivers side

of the car”

The Stockbridge Bypass Mystery

The Pearoyd Pylon on

the left with the Pearoyd

Bridge in the back-

ground where the monk

has often been spotted


Featured Venue — RAF Coleby Grange


Coleby Grange, is an aban-

doned airfield, that is now

mostly being used for the

Boothby heath Farm, just

outside Metherington, Lin-

colnshire. It first opened in

1939 and closed for the final

time in 1963.

The ghost of an airmen in

WW2 flying kit has been

seen in and around the con-

trol tower, stones have been

thrown, a feeling of pres-

ence and not being alone

has also been noted and a

shadowy figure moves on

both levels of the control

tower.

The staircase is also report-

edly haunted, a young air-

man fell down them and

died of a fractured skull, and

since, many people have

reported painful headaches

whist on it. At other times,

the drone of long gone

bombers can be heard, and

footsteps heard on the top

corridor.

RAF Coleby Grange is just

outside of Metherington,

Lincolnshire and can be

found just off the B1202.

Manager

Tam Kinnear-Swift—

Secretary/Project Develop-

ment Manager/Yorkshire

and Humber Area Rep

Cara Coles—Treasurer

Lisa Lincoln—Treasurer/

Best Practice Manager

The UKBPA have restruc-

tured in order to be as effec-

tive as possible in serving

the paranormal community.

The structure is as follows:

Brian Lambert—Chairman/

South East Area Rep

Clint Symonds—Vice chair-

man/Technical /Location

Other Reps:

Dave Eaves—

Website Admin/

Midlands Area Rep

Becci Smith—

Projects Team/East

Anglia Area Rep

Nick Thurston—

Media Rep

ders of Shadow Seekers UK,

a group currently based in

Tameside, Greater Man-

chester.

They started this site ini-

tially because they were

tired of the “Paranormal

Politics” that exists between

some groups, so decided to

set up the website to keep

the paranormal a friendly,

amiable place, where groups

could get to know each other

and work towards a com-

mon aim.

The UKBPA fully supports

the Keeping The Paranor-

mal Friendly network and

encourages all of our mem-

ber to do so by joining.

Join the community on

www.keepingtheparano

rmalfriendly.com

Keeping the paranormal

friendly is a community

based website that supports

the UKBPA.

Its members can discuss

topics in its forums, adver-

tise their group and forge

good relations with other

members of the site by util-

izing its content and pages.

The founders, Steve and Sue

Taggart are also the foun-

UKBPA Committee members and Reps

“Keeping

the

paranormal

friendly is a

community

based

website that

supports

the UKBPA”

The control Tower is

all that remains of the

former RAF station

“The stair-

case is also

reportedly

haunted, a

young air-

man fell

down them

and died of

a fractured

skull”



Roche Abbey is a now-ruined

abbey located just outside

Rotherham, near Maltby,

South Yorkshire.

It is situated in a valley

alongside Maltby Beck and

King's Wood.

There is a small parking area

just off the main road and

from here it is a short trek

down a roughly cobbled,

winding lane that eventually

leads to the valley floor.

The abbey was founded in

1147 when the stone build-

ings were raised on the north

side of the beck. From the

start, the Abbey of Roche,

built for the so-called White

Monks, as the Cistercians

were known, had an almost

otherworldly air.

It was, after all, built at the

northern end of an area once

covered by Sherwood Forest,

and it was said that Robin

Hood went to Mass here, and

a medievally clothed figure

has been spotted in the trees

kneeling as if in prayer on

many an occasions, could

this be the spirit of one of

England’s greatest heroes?

Although not much remains,

the ruins are dominated by

the church which dates from

around 1180, the other build-

ings are visible only by their

foundation walls. Maltby

Beck runs through the abbey

grounds and is crossed in

several places by the build-

ings of the cloister.

sightings mostly pertain to

monks moving throughout

the grounds, and in 2008,

when local group Project re-

veal looked about the place

prior to an investigation, the

photo’s they took turned up

more than they bargained

for.

In one of the photos, taken

up by the gate house, a figure

of a monk appeared.

“this wasn’t an investigation”

said Project Reveal “we had

just gone down to look at the

place PRIOR to investigating

it later that week”

Other local teams have also

had photographs of monks,

as recently as December

2008, when Rotherham In-

vestigative Paranormal soci-

ety captured what appears to

be a half formed apparition of

a praying monk.

“It was captured in front of

the ruined church, where

there appears to be a hooded

figure crouching as if in

prayer.”

however there have also been

many sightings of other

ghost, including the spectre

of a grey lady standing at one

of the windows, staring out

onto the grounds.

Nobody is sure who the mys-

terious grey lady is, or why

she haunts what is now the

National Trust building at

the abbey, but it is thought

that she was at one time the

governess for the Wickersley

family, who had taken pos-

session of the land after the

dissolution of the monaster-

ies by Henry IIIV.

The sound of a wailing child

is said to be heard coming

from one of the upper

rooms, although on investi-

gation the crying stops and

the room is empty.

Certain guests are also said

to have seen the ghost of a

maid disappearing up a

flight of stairs. Legend has it

that in the 18th century, a

maidservant to the Wicker-

sley family, had found her-

self pregnant to a local sol-

dier who was then killed in

battle, and shortly after her

child was born, she killed

the baby before hanging

herself in the attic.

There are no records as to

who, if this story

is true she was, or

why she decided

to hang herself

and murder her

child.

The feel of Roche

abbey often

changes, and

sometimes

changes quite rap-

idly, going from calm and

pleasant to overbearing and

oppressive in a matter of

second, and usually, without

explanation.

Tam Kinnear-Swift

Roche abbey — Alive With Spirits

The remains

of the Church,

at Roche

abbey, South

Yorkshire

“The sound

of a wailing

child is said

to be heard

coming from

one of the

upper

rooms, al-

though on

investiga-

tion the cry-

ing stops

and the

room is

empty”

Roche Abbey, seen from

the air.



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