- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: Leonie Press (Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1901253015
- ISBN-13: 978-1901253016
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,485,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sisters-in-law Jackie Hamlett and Christine Hamlett care passionately about Marbury and the former Hall near Northwich, Cheshire - a château modelled on Fontainebleau which was pulled down in the late 1960s and is famous locally for its ghosts. They spent three years meticulously researching the history of the houses on the site and tracing the lives of the aristocratic owners. Both gifted clairvoyants, they believe the spirits of some of the previous occupants have communicated with them. In addition, they have found voices and strange figures recorded on videotape which they have taken while visiting the estate. They have their own theories about the spectral Marbury Lady and the noted ghostly horse, the Marbury Dunne. But above all, they believe every home has a heart and a soul. Some will recall the Hall as a country club and still in a decent state. Others, like them, remember the mansion empty and spooky, but whether in richness or ruin they stress that it was a home once lived in by a family who loved it, who bore children in its rooms, cried, laughed and died there. The authors believe all these memories stay around like patches of fog on a misty winter morning - and they have tapped into them to get through to the essence of Marbury. "Contractors can pull these beautiful old houses down, they can strip away their dignity, sell the lead off the roof and the fireplaces from within each room," say Christine and Jackie. "They can murder the house, but its spirit will live on forever through every person who has a memory of the place. "Believe us when we tell you that there are plenty of people who have wonderful memories: each one spoke of the place with affection and great sadness that it had gone. So you see, Marbury is indeed a house with spirit!"
Sisters-in-law Jackie Hamlett and Christine Hamlett care passionately about Marbury and the former Hall near Northwich, Cheshire - a château modelled on Fontainebleau which was pulled down in the late 1960s and is famous locally for its ghosts. They spent three years meticulously researching the history of the houses on the site and tracing the lives of the aristocratic owners. Both gifted clairvoyants, they believe the spirits of some of the previous occupants have communicated with them. In addition, they have found voices and strange figures recorded on videotape which they have taken while visiting the estate. They have their own theories about the spectral Marbury Lady and the noted ghostly horse, the Marbury Dunne. But above all, they believe every home has a heart and a soul. Some will recall the Hall as a country club and still in a decent state. Others, like them, remember the mansion empty and spooky, but whether in richness or ruin they stress that it was a home once lived in by a family who loved it, who bore children in its rooms, cried, laughed and died there. The authors believe all these memories stay around like patches of fog on a misty winter morning - and they have tapped into them to get through to the essence of Marbury. "Contractors can pull these beautiful old houses down, they can strip away their dignity, sell the lead off the roof and the fireplaces from within each room," say Christine and Jackie. "They can murder the house, but its spirit will live on forever through every person who has a memory of the place. "Believe us when we tell you that there are plenty of people who have wonderful memories: each one spoke of the place with affection and great sadness that it had gone. So you see, Marbury is indeed a house with spirit!"
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