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Can anyone elaborate please, on the so called bloodstain on the roof near the spike? When I was young and living in Horden (late 1960s) I was told it had something to do with a young boy who climbed onto the roof to retrieve his lost budgie. Did anyone else hear this tale? And is there any truth in the rumour?
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RE: RE: St Marys
I was also born in Horden. We lived in Second Street. I had six brothers and two sisters. I remember going to the picture house, and we had to pass St Mary's Church. We were told that it was blood coming out of the cross. Then as I got a little older and wiser, we got told it was rust that was coming from the cross. Looking back then we had some real good times, when we were kids.we would play for hours outside, we were never afraid of anything. My mam used to go to the pictures seven days a week, all of the picture halls had a special seat for her. My dad worked at Easington Colliery until he retired when he was 65. Nearly all of my brothers were called TuT. My older sister was Jessie, my younger sister was Valerie. I and my best friend Bel Bryce went into the forces together, we have been friends for more than sixty years. When I came out of the forces I met my husband Joe Bell from Easington, we have been married for 46 year sthis year. We have 2 children Alison and Joe, and 5 grandchildren. We often sit and talk about the old times in Horden.
Comment from Carol Bell on Monday, 6th February 2012.
RE: RE: St Marys
I was born in Little Thorpe and grew up in Cotsford Park Estate, Horden. I also heard the story about the boy and the budgie when I went to the infants school near St Mary's. It made me sad and, even though my dad told me it was only rust, I had my suspicions that he told me this to make me feel better. Similarly, I used to get the bus to Peterlee at the stop next to King's Farm. By the bus stop there was a bricked up archway where, I had been told, someone had hung himself (that's why it was bricked up) and that he haunted the place trying to break free from the bricks. When it was dark, I would not wait at the stop for the bus, preferring to wait on the corner of the street until I could see it coming - when walking past the arch in the dark, I would whistle as loudly as possible to 'scare away' the ghost!
Comment from John Kitchen on Monday, 14th May 2012.