Update on the ruined cottage at Barley

[Maggie.]

Welcome Patrish - now you know what 'Up North' is like 

Karen - sense of adventure?  Have you seen where I live 
Well no, you haven't but I'll tell you all about it sometime 

[Ruskie]

Maggie, I'm still a bit 'disturbed' that the ruins are to be demolished simply to avoid possible 'trouble'. Can you explain a bit more about what may happen if the ruins remain?

Is there any push to preserve the site?

I suppose if the cat hadn't been found in the walls, then none of this Pendle witches business would have surfaced and the ruins may have been saved?

Your photos are wonderful Maggie - if you have more I would love to see them.

Re the dilapidated farmhouse which is for sale: it appears to be in such a bad state that it would need to be completely rebuilt maybe just reusing some of the stones, and there's a danger that all it's integrity would be lost - it could just become a modern dwelling which reuses some old materials. I think that people sometimes overdo these kinds of renovations (does anyone remember castle in 'Grand Designs'? .... in fact many of the 'improvements' in Grand Designs ....)  ). If it were my dilapidated farmhouse I would preserve it as is - it makes a nice folly.

[Ruskie]

The trouble with the UK is that there are SO many lovely places. Last month I was entertaining living in Northumberland, las week I was just about to move to Scotland ... now seeing these photos I think I belong in Yorkshire.

Many moons ago, in a previous life, I almost found myself living there. 

[mosiefish]

Welcome Patrish - now you know what 'Up North' is like

Hey, don`t go giving our secrets away - they think we are all cloth caps and ferrets  up here   In reality we all know we have the most beautiful countryside.

[groom]

now seeing these photos I think I belong in Yorkshire.

You're asking for trouble Ruskie - it's in Lancashire. 

I think from what Maggie said in the first post it has to be demolished because of the reservoir and flooding.

[Maggie.]

now seeing these photos I think I belong in Yorkshire.

You're asking for trouble Ruskie - it's in Lancashire. 

I think from what Maggie said in the first post it has to be demolished because of the reservoir and flooding.

True - it is in the way.  And no-one wants it to become a shrine for the ghost hunters as has happened with other properties.  Do you remember that TV programme Most Haunted?  In one of their programmes they took over a couple of nearby farms for the night and shreiked and collapsed dramatically whilst they were supposedly attacked by Demdike?

[mosiefish]

[In one of their programmes they took over a couple of nearby farms for the night and shreiked and collapsed dramatically whilst they were supposedly attacked by Demdike?

Then they came back to do a further episode - they must have really loved the experience the first time  

Hope you had your ear defenders on Maggie as you would certainly have heard the screams there 

Mo

[Maggie.]

Lifted from Wikipedia

The area is now popular with ghost hunters after Living channel's show Most Haunted visited the hill for a live investigation on Halloween 2004.[2] The show's presenter, Yvette Fielding, said it was the scariest episode they had made to date, and it is still widely considered to have been the scariest of the entire series.

Actually they didn't visit the hill, they visited 2 farms.

The entire valley still talks about it, Mo    

[Janette]

This such a great thread Maggie,loving it all