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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jul 27, 2020 20:49:19 GMT
An aunt and uncle of mine found a dead body floating in Peasholm Park boating lake, while on holiday in Scarborough. It ruined their honeymoon... What if it was the same dead man? What if there was an asbestos angle?
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 27, 2020 21:37:07 GMT
What if it was the same dead man? Now that would make a good short story! My sympathies to all the family members who found dead bodies I've written a few twisted tales along the way but even in my most psychotic moments I'd be hard pushed to make Peasholm Park boating lake (complete with pagoda and floating bandstand) look like a well. Here's the lake:- Totally coincidentally I spent a fair chunk of my life living in Scarborough (decades after my aunt & uncle honeymooned there) and the mock-Japanese gardens, wooded glen, grottoes and ornaments would make a good setting for a short story. Laid out by the Victorians, it's a place that's nicely weird, as many of the odd corners of decaying British seaside resorts tend to be. No asbestos, either.
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Post by Swampirella on Jul 27, 2020 21:53:53 GMT
Now that would make a good short story! My sympathies to all the family members who found dead bodies I've written a few twisted tales along the way but even in my most psychotic moments I'd be hard pushed to make Peasholm Park boating lake (complete with pagoda and floating bandstand) look like a well. Here's the lake:- Totally coincidentally I spent a fair chunk of my life living in Scarborough (decades after my aunt & uncle honeymooned there) and the mock-Japanese gardens, wooded glen, grottoes and ornaments would make a good setting for a short story. Laid out by the Victorians, it's a place that's nicely weird, as many of the odd corners of decaying British seaside resorts tend to be. No asbestos, either. Thanks for the photo; it looks just nice to me rather than "nicely weird"! I was envisioning a story about a dead body that moves from the well to the boating park (or vice versa) with human help or on it's own, depending on whether the story is mystery or horror. Why it would do this, I don't know, maybe in the same way a vampire needs to be in it's coffin of earth, this body needs to rest in water....
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Post by helrunar on Jul 27, 2020 23:35:32 GMT
Dr Shrink Proof, have any of your stories been published? I would love to have a look.
cheers, Helrunar
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Post by dem bones on Jul 28, 2020 7:58:58 GMT
What if it was the same dead man? What if there was an asbestos angle? Spookily, we've been sealed indoors until 4pm while guys in divers helmets and radiation suits remove asbestos from above the stairwell. #Tales of the Uncanny #"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." #It makes you think #Brrrr #The Cosmic joker etc.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 28, 2020 14:33:14 GMT
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Post by helrunar on Jul 28, 2020 14:49:20 GMT
Cool! Thank you, Doctor!
Are you related to Rosemary Timperley? A stellar writer and craftswoman. And a name to conjure with.
cheers, Helrunar
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Post by Swampirella on Jul 28, 2020 14:53:16 GMT
Thanks for the link; I had the feeling I've read it already but some things are worth savouring twice.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 28, 2020 16:01:55 GMT
Cool! Thank you, Doctor! Are you related to Rosemary Timperley? A stellar writer and craftswoman. And a name to conjure with. cheers, Helrunar As far as I know there's no direct connection between me and Rosemary Timperley, though it's hardly a common surname. I remember being pleasantly surprised to find that there were others when I came across a book of her short stories back in the 1970s - it was some of her non-horror writing as I recall. She was a prolific writer and produced some fine stuff. She also did some ghost story anthology editing too, IIRC.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 28, 2020 16:27:18 GMT
Thanks, Doctor. I should look around sometime for a paperback of Rosemary's tales--they are always extremely well written, with sharply observed bits of characterization. I had never heard of her until the happy day when I discovered the Vault.
I presume the Kev in your tale is no connection to our Esteemed Supervisor.
The old trains must be marvelous to work and play with. Seems to me I have heard that a signalman can see some odd happenings and persons in his day, too...
Saluting,
Helrunar
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 28, 2020 17:20:15 GMT
Thanks, Doctor. I should look around sometime for a paperback of Rosemary's tales--they are always extremely well written, with sharply observed bits of characterization. I had never heard of her until the happy day when I discovered the Vault. I presume the Kev in your tale is no connection to our Esteemed Supervisor. The old trains must be marvelous to work and play with. Seems to me I have heard that a signalman can see some odd happenings and persons in his day, too... Saluting, Helrunar No worries. If you're interested, Sundial Press have published some of Rosemary Timperley's ghost story greatest hits under the title "From Another World" - details right here. A second volume of her ghost stories is promised by them, titled "Unknown Territory". It was scheduled for later this year but I suspect has been held up by the pandemic. And yes, it's not the same Kev! And yes again, the old trains are fine things but it's beaten into you from Day One that you aren't dealing with something that gets packed up in a box at the end of the day - no "playing trains" here. Even travelling at the legal maximum speed for a light railway of 25 mph, 100 tons of loco and 500 tons of train can turn you into something like guacamole if it hits you...
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Post by Michael Connolly on Jul 29, 2020 7:44:03 GMT
What if it was the same dead man? Now that would make a good short story! My sympathies to all thie family members who found dead bodies For all I know, my father may have put that body in the well.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Aug 9, 2020 14:57:54 GMT
Last night I watched the new Network blu-ray release of the 1989 television adaptation of 'The Woman in Black'... twice. First the film itself, then with the commentary.
The restoration is fantastic. A really pin-sharp image instead of the slightly hazy, soft-round-the-edges version I'm used to from the single repeat broadcast I saw in 1994, and the briefly available American DVD release. I picked up on lots of lovely details that I'd missed on multiple prior viewings over the years. And the production is still very atmospheric. I think Nigel Kneale's adaptation enhances the more Jamesian aspects of Susan Hill's book, and Herbert Wise's direction keeps the tension mounting perfectly.
The commentary is excellent, touching on Quatermass, The Stone Tape, M.R. James, The Innocents, other adaptations of the book, and much more, and Kim Newman, Andy Nyman (whose first TV role was in this production) and Mark Gatiss are splendid company to watch the film with.
Tonight I'll watch it a third time, as there's a widescreen version included on the disc, and I'm interested to see if this more 'cinematic' version affects how I view the film.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 9, 2020 15:08:19 GMT
Tonight I'll watch it a third time, as there's a widescreen version included on the disc, and I'm interested to see if this more 'cinematic' version affects how I view the film. Was this not recorded on tape? I wonder how it could be made cinematic.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Aug 9, 2020 15:13:04 GMT
Tonight I'll watch it a third time, as there's a widescreen version included on the disc, and I'm interested to see if this more 'cinematic' version affects how I view the film. Was this not recorded on tape? I wonder how it could be made cinematic. No, shot on film. And Network have gone back to the original film elements for their restoration. The widescreen version is an extra on the disc.
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