Historian (and corgi) take you on a ghost tour of Rugby, Warwickshire

[@BungalowBill-c8f]

Really enjoyed this video - well presented. Used to live in rugby

[@classicaljg]

@@BungalowBill-c8f thank you! :) it’s a nice town, I would be happy to move back if I ever needed to!

[@WickedFelina]

Freya once again, shows herself to be the brightest, beloved & happiest STAR of the show!❤🎉. The humans are MUCH appreciated for their dear supporting roles too!🎉❤

[@classicaljg]

Awwww thank you! Freyapup is a star, and very patient too! ❤️

[@jessicabillingham8924]

Loved this! Really interesting content, and it's great to have the spatterings of personal context with you and Sam 😊 I never really thought about how complicated our education system is but you explained it in a way that actually makes sense (and I finally understand the whole public-not-really-public-situation! Haha) xx

[@classicaljg]

Thank you!!! I spent ages trying to get that explanation down to the bare minimum - you really notice how weird our education system is when you try to explain it to someone else! 😆

[@cawstongreenway]

Nice presentation style 👍

[@TheDevilock666]

Hi Freya pup! 👋 Corgi butts for the win! Haha. Here in the states all the theater's are haunted as well but for different reasons. Where i live they discovered natural gas in early 1900s. Said it was limitless so small towns tripled in size in a few years and got things like bars and "opera houses" to entertain the workforce. Well it wasnt limitless and when the wells dried up so did the towns. (Things were awesome, things were mismanaged, things sucked. A story of almost every American town haha). The opera houses closed and were neglected, falling to dilapidated buildings. So old creepy building that was once lavish = haunted. Just the way it is i guess haha. We also have poor farms/county farms here. I have done a lot of research on this cause 3 years ago i wanted to start a local history and hiking Channel on youtube but life happened 🤷‍♂️. But here when the poor died they were buried in potters fields with no markers. Some closed down or moved and records with them. A few of these have been found and a memorial marker put up but some were lost or the land sold to farmers and the potters fields were plowed over and turned into farmland. If that doesnt spell haunting idk what does haha. What did you poor houses do with the bodies? Might be a video in that? Fun video with history and interesting info about you haha. Thanks for the content.

[@classicaljg]

Thank you! :) I need to do some research on burials of the poor. Most would be buried in the churchyards as long as there wasn’t a plague, and then you get plague pits when plague breaks out. If I remember right, after a certain amount of time (a century or two) they would be dug up and someone else reburied there as the churchyards were full - I’ll have to go look up the details!

[@StuartLinden-v1i]

Checkout Northampton Royal Derngate Theatre very haunted and the Wig And Pen Pub There Northampton is very haunted, interesting place.

[@classicaljg]

@@StuartLinden-v1i Thank you! I definitely need to do a ghost tour around Northampton at some point.

[@brionyryles]

To be fair, we were all frocked up for Sam's wedding. I didn't think I'd need ID...

[@classicaljg]

I remember our protests that we were at our friend's wedding and therefore, most likely, over 18, and mine that I used to work there!

[@brionyryles]

@@classicaljg At least The Black Swan was more accommodating. And more ghostly, obv!

[@classicaljg]

@@brionyryles I'd totally forgotten it was the Black Swan we went to! All of the places we went that day were close to some ghosts...!