Wolverhampton, Warstones, Leasowes farm

[Lynntony]

I remember the rumour that the house was haunted - I think that was why all us kids used to play around there. What we would have done if we'd seen anything I don't know! Probably run a mile!!

Tony

[Willow 4873]

My eldest half brother broke his finger playing around the house when a brick dropped on it lol

Willow x

[Lynntony]

Question is Willow - Who or what dropped the brick?!!!!

Tony

[richy B]

Thank you all for your replies

No I think the OAP home was built around the time of the flats - I think they have rebuilt them again sinceWillow x

I have spoken to the farmer's son tonight, he thinks the OAP home and the flats were built about the same time.

I know there was a rumour that the farmhouse was haunted by a farm servant that hung himself in the attics which is the reason I always wanted to see what the house looked like because an old friend of mine lived in the one block of flats and that was haunted because I saw it myself

Willow x

You can't just leave it there! we need more details please :-)

have you tried the Saffordshire Past Track site?

Cati - also in Penn...

Hi Cati, thank you for that link I will give it a try. I'm in Penn Hall area

Can I just check we are all talking about the same farm? mine is under the blocks of flats. The farm originally belonged to Benjamin John Shotton, his house still stands in Pinfold Grove. It then passed to his son John Shotton snr. His son John Shotton jnr.( the one I know) mentioned tonight there was another farm belonging to a Fred Siddaway, it was by some filter beds now under the Hamble Road area. As far as John jnr. can recall there was no mention in the family of servants or hangings, though he did say his father was very "funny" and would not talk of such things. I will let you draw your own conclussions on this.

Remember don't have nightmares.

Rich x

[Lynntony]

Rich, the flats and the OAP home were built around the same time. I think the flats have been refurbished at some time which is what I think Willow is referring to.
The OAP's home is/was named Leasowes House so I think we are talking about the same place. It used to face onto what is now Warstones Drive at the bottom of The Green and was surrounded on three sides by trees.

The filter beds, which used to be nearby, were at the back of what used to be the play area, usually referred to as "the park" or "the swings" by the local kids. The filter beds were the site of a tragic accident - the year escapes me - when a couple of young boys went missing and their bodies were later recovered from the filter beds.

Tony

[richy B]

Cheers Tony, thanks for that.
Re: the tragedy with the two boys, I was always led to believe this happened at the Trescott treatment works at the end of Jenny Walker's Lane. Just shows how you can not rely on word of mouth sometimes.

Thanks again

Rich

[Lynntony]

Re the two boys, it seems they'd managed to cross the brook that ran across  the back of the park, squeezed through the railings and, for some reason, tried to walk across the filter beds. I was living just up the road from the park, and remember the shock that came after the discovery of the poor mites' bodies. Absolutely tragic!

Tony

[truebritmega]

fascinating little thread, I know nothing really to help alas, tho i had hard, from somewhere the name warstones farm, but being just up the road in Bradmore it interests me too (my drs as a kid was the ones at pinfold lane, and my church is just behind the school(st michaels)

(Hiya willow btw, nice to see you again Cuz lol)

[Willow 4873]

Hiya all

Leasowes House faces onto Leasows Drive its Warstone House that faces the Green.

Warstones House used to be a home for people with learning difficulties and then went to an OAP centre

The two boys that died were twins aged about 5 or 6 that I used to play with so it would have been about 1967. One was called Christopher but for the life of me I cannot remember the other boys name I can remember my mum explaining to me that they had died I was about 4 at the time. It was the treatment plant behind the park between Warstones Gardens and what is now Hamble Road. There was a bridge across the brook about there they think that one of the boys fell in and the other one followed trying to help him out

I post the details of the ghost I saw when I have 5 mins lol

Willow x

(Hiya cuz *hugs* x)