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May 2021

Last Updated: 01/05/2021
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Do you believe in ghosts? There's a job for you in Ripon...

by Tamsin O'Brien

| 01 May, 2021
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The Ripon Ghost Walking Team needs new volunteers as tours are set to resume later this month. If you can tell a good tale and have a lively sense of humour then this could be the role for you...

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Do you believe in ghosts? Have a lively sense of humour? Can be a bit spooky?  If the answer is yes to these questions then the Ripon Ghost Walking Team want to hear from you.

The group is looking for new volunteers to take the unafraid on evening tours of the city.

The tours cost £3 per person, are held on the last Thursday of the month and all proceeds are donated to Ripon Museums.

Having stopped due to covid, the tours are to resume this month but a few members have retired so the team is looking for new recruits.




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Richard Pratt from the Ripon Ghost Walk Team said:

"We're looking for someone who is out-going, can talk to people and judge their audience well. The ability to be spooky would be a bonus and you need a good sense of humour."


The tour starts in the Market Square and takes visitors to the cathedral grounds to hear the story of a keen fisherman who drowned and is seen wandering around the area he is buried. It also encompasses the Workhouse Museum, which Mr Pratt said "was one of the most haunted places in England"  given its grim history.

The thoroughly spooked group ends back at Market Square in time to hear the Hornblower at 9pm.

The next tour starts on May 20 at 7.15pm. For more information on the Ripon Ghost Walks and how to apply to be a volunteer visit the Ripon Museums website.

The faint hearted need not apply.

 

Did you know? 


The Stray Ferret and the Harrogate Business Improvement District (BID) have worked with historian Malcolm Neesam to produce two fantastic audio tours of Harrogate.  Both last about an hour and are easy to do. The first will take you back to the golden age of Harrogate's Victorian Spa days, the second will take you through the heart of the shopping district, stopping to learn about historic buildings as you go. To take a look click here.