Haunted Home in Bristol
My wife who is now a full time Nurse used to work nights in an Old People’s home in Clifton, Bristol. The building was a typical early Victorian 4 storey town house and properly spooky. Anyways, for weeks the wife had been telling me about an old dear who had refused to sleep in her own bed and who my wife had to keep moving from the TV lounge in the early hours, thus buggering up her back. The old dear (let’s call her Betty) kept telling the Wife (lets call her Mary) that she could not sleep in her bedroom and therefore was much more comfortable sleeping in the easy chair in front of the television.

One night Mary had to work a double shift which meant that she started in the afternoon and worked right through to 7am. At about 3am Mary did her usual rounds and checked that everyone was where they should be, sure enough Betty was in her usual position asleep in front of the TV. Mary decided not to move Betty and headed back to the staff room.

In the staff room another carer said to Mary that she looked shattered and that she should try and get an hours kip whilst it was quiet and that she should use Betty’s room as she never slept in the bed. Mary having already worked 12 hours did not argue and headed for bed. Mary fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow…… Twenty minutes later Mary was woken by a tapping at the window (this is on the fourth floor of a Victorian house)…… Mary obviously thought that this was a little odd but having seen most things in her time as a carer in an old people’s home decided to investigate and open the curtains….. There on the ledge was small boy, tapping on the window. Mary at that point turned from sensible nurse to screaming, hysterical banshee and ran for her life back to the staff room, where she slowly calmed down and called the police, who arrived and searched the building. Nothing was found but the Police interviewed Betty in the morning who confirmed that the reason she could not sleep was that she was being kept awake by a small boy who wanted to get into her room.

This all happened about 6 years ago and since then the Home has closed and been turned into Luxury flats. If you are ever in Bristol and see a cheap flat on the fourth floor a Victorian Building on Pembroke Road, please think seriously about putting in an offer.

Apologies about length etc….
(notquitewithit, Wed 26 Apr 2006, 14:33, Reply)