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On October 31st we celebrate Halloween, thought to be the one night of the year when ghosts, witches, and fairies are especially active. There are no records anywhere to show why we actually celebrate Halloween but since it takes place on the eve of the major Catholic and Christian Festivals of ‘All Saints Day’ (Sometimes called All Souls Day) and the Pagan Celtic festival known as ‘Samhain’ it can only be presumed that it is a precursor to those important religious days. The Celts believed that evil spirits came with the long hours of winter darkness and on that night the barriers between our world and the spirit world were at their weakest, so allowing spirits to be seen on earth. ‘All Souls Day,’ in fact, was the customary date on which people prayed for the souls of the dead, and because of these spiritual connotations the stories told of evil and ghostly events on that particular date take on a believable quality that makes Halloween the exciting festival it has become. Following is our favourite ‘spooky’ tale that an old lady friend of my mother swears happened to her in the Yorkshire dales! Enjoy!

“After a few years of marriage my family and I moved into a nice house, big with a large garden, but right next door to a small family cemetery. It’s a very sad place. Most that are buried there are infants, some stillborn and others that passed away shortly after birth, mostly in the late 1880s. The move went well and my children settled into their new surroundings wonderfully, but one day I was downstairs with my youngest daughter when I noticed a movement on the stairs. At first I thought it was my youngest son, but when it dawned on me that he was at school I turned to see a little boy with brown hair and big brown eyes sitting on the stairs smiling at me. A little puzzled I called out the name of my youngest son Paul and the little boy seemed shocked and ran upstairs. I raced after him and. after checking all the rooms, even the usual hiding spots, found no sign of the little boy. I just shrugged it off as a mirage and carried on as usual.

A couple of nights later, when everyone was in bed asleep, I went downstairs to get some water and noticed that the toy cars my boys had been playing with earlier were lined up on the fireplace hearth. I thought maybe one of them hadn’t put them away so I put them in the toy box and went into the kitchen. When I returned a couple of minutes later the cars were back on the hearth. Something told me to say in a very soft voice ‘Paul, it’s time for bed now. No more playing. Just go to sleep.” Then I went

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Next day my husband had gone to work, the children to school and my youngest was asleep in her cot when the little boy suddenly reappeared at the foot of the couch. He looked so sad. At first I thought, “I’m sleep deprived. I’m seeing things.” So I closed my eyes and opened them and he was still there. So I asked him, “Are you okay?” He said no. I asked him if he needed something, and he said no. I asked him if he wanted something, and he said yes. I felt a little uneasy when he answered in that way. I took a deep breath and asked him, “What do you want?” He looked at me and said, “I’m sleepy—can I lay down with you, Mummy?”

Now that did freak me out a little, because the ghosts I grew up with never really talked to me much so this made me a little nervous. I took a deep breath and said the unthinkable—“You can come and lay down with me, but when you go to sleep I’m going to have to put you to bed like I do with the baby.” He said, “That’s okay, Mummy, I just can’t sleep without my cuddle time.” At that point my maternal instinct kicked in and I lay down on the couch and said, “Come, it’s time to sleep.” I closed my eyes and he came closer, and then I could feel him - quite cold - beside me. I looked down and he was lying there looking at me with a smile on his face. Then he closed his eyes and suddenly he was gone.

I told my husband about it later and he said that I was just seeing things. Determined to discover the truth I to the cemetery to see if I could find out what the little boy’s name was. I wasn’t shocked to see that the only grave with a similar age to the little boy belonged to someone called Paul. There was also a carving of his face and, sure enough, it was definitely that of the little boy I had seen. It was, however, a kind of relief because since that afternoon I have never seen him again. I think that, after all, he only needed someone to cuddle him just one last time.”

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Please re-read to me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the reverse side of your charge card.' Not thinking anything you might give this person your information, since the call seems to come from the front desk. But actually, it is a scam of someone calling from outside the hotel/front desk. They ask for a random room number. Then, ask you for credit card information and address information. Sounds so professional that you do think you are talking to the front desk. If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller that you will be down at the front desk

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Official - Having Babies Makes You Healthier!According to recent research British parents are discovering that one of the best ways to improve your health is by having children. A study of 2000 new mums and dads revealed that 63 per cent of them had adopted a more healthy lifestyle following the birth of their child. Despite the popular misconception that new babies can cause you to lose sleep, making you feel irritable and unhealthy, just over half the people interviewed felt that the added responsibility of their baby after the birth had been the catalyst for them to pay more attention to their well-being by taking more physical exercise and paying more attention to the type of food they ate.

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DARYL DENHAM'S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO) Daryl Denham: In which country would you spend shekels? Contestant: Holland ? Daryl Denham: Try the next letter of the alphabet. Contestant: Iceland ? Ireland ? Daryl Denham: (helpfully) It's a bad line. Did you say Israel ? Contestant: No. THE VAULT Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time? Contestant: Nostalgia. STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (BBC RADIO 2) Wright: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play? Contestant: Jesus

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The North East’s Finest Independent Specialist for Mercedes Benz, BMW, VW, Audi, Porsche, Smart,

Chrysler, Jeep & Dodge

14-15 Newcomen Road, Skippers Lane Ind Est Middlesbrough, TS6 6PS

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