Ghosts and paranormal activity in ED & PR

[Louisa]

Having recently been visited by a local psychic due to some unexplained activity in my home, I wondered of anyone else had seen or heard of any local ghostly activities? I found a few articles online regarding tales of spiritual activity, and this one in particular caught my eye regarding the old Kings Arms pub which was destroyed during the blitz.

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/greater-london/hauntings/the-kings-arms-peckham-rye.html

Louisa.

[Sue]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Having recently been visited by a local psychic

> due to some unexplained activity in my home,

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Hey come on, you can't leave it there!

What "unexplained activity" ?!

And what did the psychic say ?!

[Louisa]

Sue, I've been attending a spiritualist church in Eltham for a few years now on a Sunday, and until very recently had disregarded certain things at home happening. But progressively increasing in frequency I've had unexplained activity happening at home. Including cold spots, movement of objects and the smell of cigar smoke. A visiting spirit medium told me it was the ghost of a man who had lived in the property some 70 years ago and he was an active spirit. I am actually quite happy to have him here, though some people experience more sinister hauntings, I've been lucky.

Louisa.

[Guest]

I have heard this many times regarding the haunting of the Kings Arms PH and ghosts singing WW2 songs in the bar.

Only a little research is needed to find that no-one died in this pub during the second world war.

[voltore]

Not to dismiss the possibility; but surely attending a spiritualist church for a few years shows some kind of pre-disposition towards 'other worldly' activity which might explain the recent "unexplained activity"?

Sorry to pi55 on the bonfire.

[Louisa]

Voltore you make a great point, and this was my reckoning too. I've always had an open mind towards other worldly activities for years, and having never previously experienced much I guessed it was all load of old s*it. However, since attending this place I've been given guidance over what to look out for, and I always look for the rational before jumping to conclusions. I've had a trained spirit medium as well as other individuals experiencing things in the property and it all fits together.

Louisa.

[Jeremy]

We have cold spots by the windows and also the front door. Could this also be a spirit?

[????]

Iceland on LL must be plagued by weird cold spots

[Earl Aelfheah]

My booze cabinet is plagued with spirits

[Sue]

Kathleen Olander Wrote:

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> I have heard this many times regarding the

> haunting of the Kings Arms PH and ghosts singing

> WW2 songs in the bar.

>

> Only a little research is needed to find that

> no-one died in this pub during the second world

> war.

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Not sure you necessarily need to have had a death there for people to experience things like that?

[voltore]

Sue Wrote:

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> Kathleen Olander Wrote:

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> > I have heard this many times regarding the

> > haunting of the Kings Arms PH and ghosts

> singing

> > WW2 songs in the bar.

> >

> > Only a little research is needed to find that

> > no-one died in this pub during the second world

> > war.

>

> xxxxxxx

>

> Not sure you necessarily need to have had a death

> there for people to experience things like that?

Agreed, I think the alcohol supply is more important

[lilolil]

11 people died

http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2010/10/29/halloween-special-hauntings-and-things-to-do/

[KidKruger]

I started a thread a while back on paranormal stuff or something like that - there were some interesting stories.

To answer your question tho, nothing experienced in ED but the house I grew up in was occupied and there was loads of weird shit that went down. Thing is, unless you've seen it / were there, its awkward explaining it because people are quite rightly dubious and if you haven't got a stake in trying to convince anyone (who cares what people who weren't there think) it's just a whole load of effort for nowt.

[NewWave]

I used to go to the Spiritualist church in Notting Hill.

Does anyone know of any spiritualist churches in South London that are nearer than Eltham???

[lilolil]

Yes, Venner Road, Sydenham on a Wednesday evening

http://davidnason.org.uk/home.htm

[ED - NAGAIUTB]

Louisa Wrote:

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I've always had an open mind towards other worldly activities for years.

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Er...... So it's only this world that you're closed minded and bigoted to then?

And cigar smoke? How very middle class. You must be distraught.

[Louisa]

ED - NAGAIUTB Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

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> I've always had an open mind towards other worldly

> activities for years.

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> Er...... So it's only this world that you're

> closed minded and bigoted to then?

Yes.

> And cigar smoke? How very middle class. You must

> be distraught.

Cigar smoking middle class? If anything I'd have said upper class. Although having said that, I can remember the working men's club in Peckham back in the 70s and a lot of the old boys smoked cigars and pipes.

Louisa.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

It's very mysterious that MysteriousBritain has the wrong location for Kings on the Rye on their map.

Perhaps they are not too concerned with truth and accuracy.

[Guest]

Sue Wrote:

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> Kathleen Olander Wrote:

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> > I have heard this many times regarding the

> > haunting of the Kings Arms PH and ghosts

> singing

> > WW2 songs in the bar.

> >

> > Only a little research is needed to find that

> > no-one died in this pub during the second world

> > war.

>

> xxxxxxx

>

> Not sure you necessarily need to have had a death

> there for people to experience things like that?

I have no idea about paranormal stuff, but people keep quoting that 11 people died in the Kings Arms and that just isn't true, even if Dulwich on View says it is!

[Chick]

One stop beyond. East Ham.

[lilolil]

Actually, my family who lived just around the corner at the time, said that people were buried under the rubble and could not be reached. My uncle was one of the wardens who tried to rescue them.

[taper]

I am very happy to give the OP the assurance that there is no such thing as paranormal activity. I hope she did not pay the psychic, who is either deluded or a charlatan.

[Peckhampam]

Hear, hear

[Louisa]

I have just checked an official blitz mapping website which confirms a bomb did destroy the Kings Arms public house in 1941, however there is no further information on how many people were killed, if any at all. Like others on here, I've been told the stories through older relatives of people dying but I cannot find any factual information confirming this.

Taper, thank you for your reassurance, but as with all belief systems I think we are entitled to believe them whether others do or not. The psychic was not paid, she has been doing it for years and admits herself it isnt flawless, she can only describe what she feels and sees in her minds eye. Whether you choose to believe her or not is upto you.

Louisa.

[Earl Aelfheah]

I'm not sure the issue is whether or not people died on the site is the most obvious point of contention.