A West Cumberland Coalmine by Tony Walker 

Right-on we aren't powder puffs on Tony's channel.

Mk

He was.

Not me. I realise that there will smears be some people unhappy at some things

Aww. that's nice. Every time someone likes this it brings my grandfather back a little to me.

Nice to have you here marra

@@ClassicGhost I'm now hooked on your tales. Anything spooky re. Cockermouth?

@@chrispark1221 we have Bella Sheep Head at Broughton

Wow, thank you! You are always such a support to me

@@ClassicGhost I` m the one who says thanks, for all your hard work. How's the barge holiday? Found any submerged bodies (with accompanied ghost) ? :0)

@@christosvoskresye Oh, I didn’t know sirens attracted everyone. Good to know. Maybe I meant a succubus! I like the idea of an unknown or unknowable terror. But I have to admit the Balrog is one of my favorite monsters…What made it so scary it was how afraid Gandolf was of it.

Keeping in mind that this is all fantasy speculation, it was unlikely to be anything of above-ground legendary origins. No sirens, no oceanic creatures, not even a female relative of the Christianized Norse monster Grendel. I suspect if one wanted to assign some ancient being to this thing's origins, one would do well to look at Inanna's deep-earth sister Ereshkigal, who ruled over the ancient Sumerian underworld.

@@WWZenaDo cool-thanks for the info!

Thanks for your lovely thoughts and kindness

@@christosvoskresye I can't disagree with you. But I only realized this after I'd read a lot of books & stories after his. I think HPL's personal life was the real weird tale. Yet he coped with his demons. No pun intended.

Don't make me swell headed now. But I'm glad you like them

It’s great to get such a response to my story. Thank you .

It messed up really

Yes i didn't make that bit up. That was supposed to be true

@@ClassicGhost Oooohh... now that IS scary... Females in silk in dark,dank tunnels.....

Roxy Music fan, eh? Thank you :)

Open flames in coal mines very bad combination.

Aha, as intended.

Thank you, Christy!

Thank you very much

And it happened more than once.

Teddy Dog! Nice to see you here old chap, I guess the algorithm is doing its dark work gathering souls.. unless somebody referred you.. either way you're here :D

@@jackdare And nice to see you as well and in such an upscale location. It could very well have been the algorithms which I’ve fully surrendered my dark soul to mainly due to their infallibility. In this instance they deposited me at a channel called Classic Ghost Stories which are the holy grail for me. There have been too many stories where people bounce from dimension to dimension or some ancient and eldritch god nobody ever heard of springs from the earth for no particular reason at all beyond the writer just making stuff up as they go along. Or cramming five different genres together into an unholy mess that leaves me confused and slightly dyspeptic. A classic ghost story has rules. Don’t ask me what they are beyond clarity and an absence of irrelevant tangents and plot holes.In this instance the Holy Algorithm deposited me in a car with two women on a stormy night on a narrow country road. Naturally the car dies and the two women find themselves outside a gloomy and decrepit mansion at the end of a barely accessible path through the woods. Only a faint flickering light within gives a hint of habitation. The girls have no option but go to the door and knock. Now THAT is truly a classic ghost story or at least the setup for one. And this was the channel and I haven’t missed a story since. Seeing you here and the rapid increase in subscribers seems to show I wasn’t alone in looking for a well told straightforward ghost story. The talks at the end are always illuminating and the fact Tony seems to just wing them without tripping over his own tongue once is truly a wonder as is the range of his knowledge. He’s like the teacher I always wished I’d get at school. And his musical taste is impeccable as well but that’s a different story. Apologies for rambling but a relatively new channel this good calls for praise so effusive it’s hard to shut off. The short version is the All-wise and Knowing Algorithm dropped me right here which was exactly the channel I had been looking for.

I have a talent at rambling

I agree

Where was that? I obviously know that coast pretty well.

Thank you. That means a lot. I was very close to my grandfather

Ta, mate

I do ponder why my victims all get eaten

I am very grateful for that. I am trying to write another now.

Thank you! 👏

Well, Morgoth has got to be Tolkien's shadow creation. Tolkien hated heavy industry so maybe??

@@ClassicGhost germanic paganism is quite nature related. The Numemoreons were like Atlanteans an advanced civilization- probably destroying the environment at the same time. Rohan, the Anglo Saxon inspired men are wild and noble prizing their horses and independence. The Numemoreons prized power and it lead to their downfall.

That’s a good job because I do a lot

Noted

Ah yes...spiders. I'm with you there Morticia

but what would they eat down there?

@@ClassicGhost Majorly miners?

Who knows?

I’m reflection you are probably right

@@ClassicGhost The Victorian era is one of my favorites to study--the hypocrisy and double standards ranging from sex to the treatment of lower children vs. upper class children is fascinating. I teach a grad course in Victorian lit.

Yes there is a monument to it. I remember wandering round Moresby churchyard and there was grave after grave of the victims

That dog haunts me

Ah yes.. in the doobly doo. Lol

Who knows?

Well. I do drink tea. Probably more than coffee. I have about 2 cups of coffee a day

I’m old school .Canny aul Cummerlan caps em aw

Wow. I never thought of a mermaid, especially a desiccated one

I do come from a line of tough men. Me not so much

@@ClassicGhost Ha! Hey, we've all softened a bit with the times lol

That's the one that gets me.