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Peggy Cannell Posts: 5300 Joined: 14th Aug 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 19:31 on 15th February 2010 Has anyone seen or been to this castle? apparently it is/was a beautiful castle. In the Sun paper today there is a picture of it, when the photographer, down loaded it onto his computer there was an image of a girl at the window (which has no glass) I read the comments but hardly anyone believes it they mostly think it is a fake |
James Prescott Posts: 25953 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 19:36 on 15th February 2010 peggy im not sure but it could be the castle which was owned by randolph turpin the boxer in the early 60s i think its on the left hand side as you go into wales. |
| Peggy Cannell Posts: 5300 Joined: 14th Aug 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 19:41 on 15th February 2010 I will check it again James thanks |
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA | quotePosted at 19:58 on 15th February 2010 Gwrych Castle, at least the one standing today, is a Regency-era pile--an example of the so-called Gothic Revival-- built to replace the earlier castle destroyed by Parliamentary troops during the Civil Wars. It has been derelict for quite a while. If the "ghost girl" does indeed exist, it is likely that she is a relatively modern spirit. The Sun photo is interesting, but I think in the electronic photo world it would be quite easy to fake. Then on the other hand . . .  Picture by Mike Coates Here is the "Castles of Wales" webpage for the castle: http://www.castlewales.com/gwrych.html I haven't been there personally, but it does look like a very interesting ruin. Apparently, there is movement afoot to possibly restore all or part of the castle.
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| Peggy Cannell Posts: 5300 Joined: 14th Aug 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 20:01 on 15th February 2010 Thanks Rob very interesting |
| Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:02 on 15th February 2010 Happy to oblige! |
Ron Brind Posts: 19044 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:02 on 15th February 2010 Thanks Papa! Lol |
| Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:05 on 15th February 2010 Here is the direct web address for this particular Sun article. Hopefully it will open for those who are curious--just copy and paste: Enjoy! Ron--"Papa" and proud of it! Lol Now you can just click the link, and yes spot on Papa! Edited by: Ron Brind at:15th February 2010 20:25 |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19044 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:26 on 15th February 2010 I just had a look, thats weird! |
| Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:31 on 15th February 2010 Here's an interesting bit of ghostly speculation from the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust website: http://www.gwrychtrust.co.uk/html/ghostly_gwrych.html Spooky stuff! This site also allows the user to click on several "buttons" for a variety of information regarding the castle. It appears to be a very sad place with a not very happy history--almost as if it were cursed. |
