top of lizard lane

[bamboo]

i,ve been doing quite a bit work in a house at the top of lizard lane.its the house directly to your right
on the crest of the hill.the owners told me-in their cellar there is a blocked up tunnel
that used to lead down to the bay which was used by smugglers back in the day.
anyone else heard such tales or were they spinning me a yarn ?

just thought i,d add.it,s the best house i,ve had the pleasure of working in
and i,ve been in my fair share

[anna]

is it the house that lay emtie for years ??

[bamboo]

not too sure anna.next time you drive up the hill when you get to the top look to your right ,the house you see is the one i,m talking about.

[anna]

it sounds like the one im talking about , it use to be lovley in its day , but something went wrong ,and it was neglected, but somebody did it all up again , and it looks lush ...if yours is the one im talking about ...
it is suposed to be haunted ..

[bamboo]

it does have that classic haunted house look about it .

[anna]

yeah , you can guess what went on in them dungeons

[Jarrow Pete]

Sounds like Marsden Hall to me. It was owned by the NCB for many years and was used as offices until the late 60s. During the war a detachment of US soldiers were billeted there, they used to man the searchlights and decoy lights on the golf course and Cleadon Hills to confuse the German bombers to drop their bombs there instead of South Shields. Have never heard of a smugglers tunnel there, the only rumoured smugglers tunnel I can remember talk of was at Salmons Hall on the velvet beds. Just before you go up the hill to Marsden Hall under the road is a sealed tunnel that was used for the railway line into old Marsden quarry, that was bricked up in the 50s and the railway cutting filled in.

[Jarrow Pete]

Anna are you not getting mixed up with the old post office on the Coast Road opposite Souter Lighthouse, that stood empty for years before it was converted into a house.

[anna]

Anna are you not getting mixed up with the old post office on the Coast Road opposite Souter Lighthouse, that stood empty for years before it was converted into a house.

you might be right Pete ... im confused .

[Pilot]

I remember the railway tunnel under the road and the railway line, Marsden Hall is quite high and quite a distance from the cliffs so it would have to be some tunnel

[bamboo]

I remember the railway tunnel under the road and the railway line, Marsden Hall is quite high and quite a distance from the cliffs so it would have to be some tunnel

that what i thought.but its a canny tale anyway

[Jarrow Pete]

http://www.skylighters.org/marsden/index.html

Couple of pictures of Marsden Hall on here.

[anna]

lov the christmas photo Pete..
I loved living at Marsden ,, hopefully , i will end up back there .. one day .

[Jarrow Pete]

lov the christmas photo Pete..
I loved living at Marsden ,, hopefully , i will end up back there .. one day .

It was the best place in the world to grow up in, we had the beach and the hills on our doorstep, mind I think I would have ended up a nervous wreck worrying that my lads would do what we used to do as kids.

[anna]

i agree, i loved the fact i could see the marsden rock and the sea from my window ..loved the summer times..
and the winter times could be creepy , you could see the fog creeping in , and the fog horns ... happy days .

[bamboo]

http://www.skylighters.org/marsden/index.html

Couple of pictures of Marsden Hall on here.

yep that looks like the house .

[anna]

well thats the house that was supposed to be haunted , we use to hang around there,there use to be a stone bunker near there ,im sure . We use to have sly tabs in there , but it stunk of pee .
But we always got told to stay away from that house coz it was haunted, and an old lady lived there on here own ?

[sless]

Anna are you not getting mixed up with the old post office on the Coast Road opposite Souter Lighthouse, that stood empty for years before it was converted into a house.

you might be right Pete ... im confused .

it doesnt take much

[Axeman]

lov the christmas photo Pete..
I loved living at Marsden ,, hopefully , i will end up back there .. one day .

I'm the same Anna....loved living there for the first 24 years of my life.

And I wouldn't mind getting back there one day myself.
.

[anna]

lov the christmas photo Pete..
I loved living at Marsden ,, hopefully , i will end up back there .. one day .

I'm the same Anna....loved living there for the first 24 years of my life.

And I wouldn't mind getting back there one day myself.
.

you never know Axeman ...