Page 44 - It's a Rum Life Book One "In the Beginning 1947 to 1960"

Grandmother, Annie Munford at 129 London Road.

During this time of constant strife I shared my bedroom with
various lodgers, but only one at a time! The more we could
squeeze in, the healthier the family finances!
I occupied the top front bedroom with a dormer window
facing over the main A16 road. I would never sleep in the top
back bedroom as it had for me a positive evil aura. Even being in
the front bedroom was no protection, nor was the lodger who
slept in the first bed just inside my bedroom door. I still shiver
violently at the memory of those evil black shadows that used to
come and stand over my bed.
It is probably a good time to mention that I am always
“aware” of nasty feelings in any house, as soon as I enter the
door. My wife Ruth is much more sceptical, but when staying
together at a farmhouse b and b near York many years later we
both awoke during the night at the same time, to be aware of a
Roman legionnaire standing over our bed. After a terrified night

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