This week, with SIMON ENTWISTLE, Clitheroe ghost walks expert
MEMORY: Going to the cinema in Clitheroe. I used to go on a regular basis every Friday and I remember going to see a film called The Longest Day with Robert Mitchum. It had a really big effect on me -- so much so that I later joined the Army.
HOLIDAY: This would be to Aberystwyth when I was about eight or nine years old. We used to go every year. We had friends down there and used to swap houses with them. It's a lovely part of the world and still brings back happy memories.
HOME: I used to live with my mum and dad in Whalley but my wife and I have lived in Littlemoor Road, Clitheroe, since 1993. It was always my wife's dream to live there and we absolutely love the house. PET: A little Cairn terrier called Icarus. He was a childhood pet and I remember him with great affection.
CAR: A Renault 5 which was constantly breaking down. I bought it for £500 in about 1992 so I can't really complain. JOB: I worked in a garden centre in Clitheroe. I have always enjoyed being outside and I thoroughly enjoy gardening. I picked up a lot of gardening tips there.
RECORD: I love music and the first record I bought was Jesamine by the Casuals in 1968. Nothing has ever replaced Radio Caroline.
DRINK: It would be McEwan's Export. I still drink it, it's especially nice in the garden on a summer's day.
GHOST WALK: In my last year in the Army I was based in York, where they have ghost walks. I got to know a few of the guides and went on the walks with a few of them and they asked me if I wanted to have a go.
GHOSTLY EXPERIENCE: On one of my tours in Whalley, just outside the abbey, an American lady suddenly screamed and her head was wrenched back. Her necklace snapped and fell to the floor. I felt a whack in the chest and the party felt a rush of wind. That night we may have come across something supernatural. I think there is a logical reason -- I have never been scared, but I am certainly interested in the subject.
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