This photo taken from across the street from the Town Hall, clearly shows what looks like a small girl standing on a balcony or in a doorway. No one reported seeing a small girl on the premises during the fire.
This girl/ghost had actually been seen in the area since 1677, when a little girl named Jane Churm burnt down many houses in the area killing herself and several others.
An expert who viewed the negative:
“The negative is a straightforward piece of black-and-white work and shows no sign of having been tampered with.”
This photo was taken in 1919 and was published in 1975 by Sir Victor Goddard. The photo is a group portrait of Goddard’s squadron, which had served in World War I aboard the HMS Daedalus. An extra ghostly face appears in the photo. In back of the airman positioned on the top row, fourth from the left, can be seen the face of another man.
It is said to be the face of Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been accidentally killed by an airplane propeller two days earlier. His funeral had taken place on the day this photograph was snapped. Members of the squadron easily recognized the face as Jackson’s. It has been suggested that Jackson, unaware of his death, decided to show up for the group photo.
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12.21.1993 // Gould’sHill_Dorset_England
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