MARGATE
2 THANET ROAD
In the late 1970's/early 1980's a family who lived there would find their Christmas Decorations pulled down on Christmas Eve every year. The family's dog would desperately try to get out of the kitchen where various strange things happened.
76 VICTORIA ROAD
A young mother lived in a maisonette here and her toddler would cry at night saying he was 'afraid of the man in the rocking chair', the cot mobile would go off and a chest of drawers would shake. On speaking to a previous tenant outside the building he asked how she was getting on with the ghost as it had forced him to sleep downstairs when he lived there!
DANE VALLEY
In the early part of this century a Sunday Express writer was walking through the area (known then as the Dane) with his sister. With nothing to block the view, two boys, aged about 9 but grey from head to toe ran past them up a path before disappearing.
DANE VALLEY, WILLIAM AVE.
In one of the flats here, in 1982, a large jar full of coins was seen and heard to move around six inches along a shelf. Other, lighter objects, also on the shelf remained stationary.
DENT-DE-LION ESTATE, GARLINGE
A knight riding a white horse, believed to be Jack Dent-de-Lion, a Norman night who was said to have been 'snatched into hell by the dead amid demonical laughter' has been seen riding through the estate.
DERELICT BED & BREAKFAST, GROSVENOR PLACE
TopCat supplied the information for this one. Her mum used to run the B&B and during the summer one room was always so cold that and extra heater had to be put in there. One set of visitors refused to sleep in there again after waking to find the room had changed and the mum would regularly sleepwalk and wake to find herself in that room.
DREAMLAND
There have been many tales of this park over the years, with the most recent coming during the building of a new ride by the seafront entrance in 1997, when one if the park's 4 ghosts made its presence known. SEE MORE ON THIS TALE
EDITH COURT, VICTORIA ROAD
This building used to be a hospital (with working mortuary) which was visited by Queen Victoria (hence the road name, I guess), then was a library, and is now flats.
One time in 1996 a mother, daughter and a friend were sitting in the lounge chatting when a nurse materialized by the window and immediately ran out of the room. They all witnessed it and obviously looked out of the lounge soon after but the figure, of course, had disappeared.
Also, one day in 1997, the daughter saw something that she couldn't explain, like a grey mass on the landing outside of her front door, the spot being about 3 metres from the entrance to her lounge and about 1 metre from the wall separating the landing from the lounge if that makes any odds.
THE FLAG AND WHISTLE
A mischievous poltergeist has been known to play around in this pub, including turning the beer pumps off.
FLINT ROW, TRINITY SQUARE
I do not know if the 11 cottages in question are still in existence but in the 1800's apparitions and sounds were witnessed there. Neighbouring Gloucester Lodge was used for human dissection purposes by a Dr Price and visits from a local 'resurrection man' were reported giving the place some paranormal potential.
THE FIRST AND LAST
A ghost known as 'Henry' has played tricks on landlords for years by switching power on and off, moving things around and unlocking doors overnight.
On one occasion staff arrived to find all the food taken out of a chest freezer and stack neatly on the floor while the person I was talking to revealed that a subsequent owner asked him to check the gas in the cellar. He found it had been turned off and corrected it. A while later it turned itself off again.
THE GEORGE HOTEL
The ghost of one of two WAAF's killed in the pub during a second World War bombing reportedly still wanders the corridors, giving off shadows, footsteps and cold spots, as well as switching the TV on and off.
THE NORTHERN BELLE
I believe that this pub, near Margate harbour, is now shut. However, in it's time, tales have suggested that it is supposedly haunted by a deathly looking female wearing a white shroud.
Wendy from Isle of the dead researched this story and states:-
"This is just a little I found out about the Northern Belle pub. In the Thanet Tales listings, it mentions the deathly looking female in a shroud.
It is apparently the oldest standing pub in Margate, and there was access from its cellars to old tunnels used by smugglers in this part of the town. It is in the cellars and the bar that this ghost has been seen.
Names connected to the pub are Robert Edward Brockman and his wife Emma. He was the licensee around 1869, although the pub may have been named 'Bankside' at that time. Some of the children of the marriage died in the building.
The Northern Belle came by its name after a storm in which a number of lifeboat crew lost their lives rescuing the crew of the ship 'Northern Belle' off the Margate Coast. The survivors were taken to the pub, and it was then renamed."
PILLOW TALK
In 2002, staff at the sex shop overlooking Margate harbour would arrive at work to find stock had been moved around overnight.
It was believed that the playful antics were the work of a girl who had worked as a prostitute in a former brothel on the site.
THE ROSE IN JUNE
As well as a presence being felt in one corner of the saloon bar, this part of the pub is also home to smashing glasses, miniature bottles being thrown to the floor and beer mats moving by themselves.
THE SHELL GROTTO
A smell of incense and a 'blue lady' are believed to belong to and eastern woman who haunts the underground temple in this 2,000+ year old attraction.
THANET TIMES OFFICES
In 1992, the Thanet Times reported that it's premises, in Union Row, was haunted by a grey apparition, phantom footsteps, cold spots and doors with wills of their own.
THE THEATRE ROYAL
Built in 1787, the Theatre Royal has been a furniture store, cinema and bingo hall, as well as the home to several ghostly sightings. As well has balls of light, backstage whispers and a frequent spooky visitor who's presence caused one of the box's to be bricked up, various sightings of the Theatre's most successful manager, Sarah Thorne, have been seen. SEE MORE ON THE THEATRE ROYAL
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