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...A BRIEF HISTORY : THE STORY GOES THAT A LOCAL LADY OF THE NIGHT BACK IN THE 1840S DECIDED TO GIVE UP HER CHOSEN PROFESSION AND MOVE ON...THIS WAS NOT TAKIN KINDLY BY THE LOCAL MEN WHO DECIDED INSTEAD TO CALL HER A WITCH AND HAVE HER BURNED AT THE STAKE...SHE WAS BURNED ALIVE SOMEWHERE IN ARMOUR FOREST AND IS SAID TO HAVE CURSED THE AREA FOREVER AS SHE BURNED...THE LIFTLOCKS WERE BUILT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL , BETWEEN 1896 AND 1904 AND ARE REPORTED TO BE HAUNTED ALSO , WITH A FIGURE WHO MOVES THINGS INSIDE THE BUILDING...THE LOCKS HAVE SEEN THIER SHARE OF TRAGIDY INCLUDING A NUMBER OF SUICIDES , IN 1922 AGNUS CHERET JUMPED FROM THE LOCKS , 5 DAYS LATER HER SON ALSO JUMPED...IN 1924 , SAM TAYLOR AND JANE SHARP JUMPED TO THEIR DEATHS IN A LOVERS PACK...... |
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