Headless Mine Ghost March 24, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
This ghost story comes from a Derbyshire hill town, New Mills. It is deep in boggart country and it is very likely that the miners referred to the ghost as a boggart. Note Ollersett in the top right of the map. We are in 1914, the beginning of the year that would change the world. […]
Clearing Minefields with Human Beings November 13, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary
So a hundred infantry have to get across a field to their objective and safety, only they know that the field has been planted with mines. How do you clear the field? The simplest (and most horrible) thing to do would be to send your troops forward down a plotted route with gaps of ten […]
