Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
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Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
Has anyone read the Book - Ghost in the Water, Author - Edward Chitham, I have got a copy of the Book (which I have yet to read), which I bought on eBay.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GHOST-WATER-Ed ... +THE+WATER" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I downloaded the 1982 TV version of Ghost in the Water, from YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUlr1mIC40" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Has anyone read any of Edward Chitham's other Books.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GHOST-WATER-Ed ... +THE+WATER" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I downloaded the 1982 TV version of Ghost in the Water, from YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUlr1mIC40" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Has anyone read any of Edward Chitham's other Books.
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Re: Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
Ah yes - I've got that exact edition of Ghost in the Water. I read it when I was 12 or 13 but haven't read it again since. I also remember the TV programme. Thanks for the YouTube link, Billy - I may well watch it again sometime (and re-read the book). I loved chilling tales like that when I was a child but I don't know whether Edward Chitham wrote anything else along the same lines.
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Re: Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
What's the basic story/blurb - without giving too much away, I mean?
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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All I remember is a girl and boy finding out about the past and getting caught up in tragic events. There's something about a young girl, a sampler, a graveyard and a river or canal.
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Certainly sounds interesting! Thanks Anita!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
This book is set in and around my home town (Rowley Regis) and the author was a teacher at my school (though a few years before my time). He hasn't written any more fiction, but he's written a few local history books.
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Interesting to know that, Liz.
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Re: Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
I looked up Edward Chitham, on Amazon, and discovered that, he has written Books about the Bronte sisters.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_no ... rd+chitham" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I will read Ghost in the Water, sometime.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_no ... rd+chitham" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I will read Ghost in the Water, sometime.
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Re: Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
I had no idea this was a book! I just assumed it was written for television. I'd have only been about nine, but I remember it was absolutely terrifying!
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I started reading Ghost in the Water, this afternoon, I enjoyed reading the first two chapters of the Book, thanks to the 1982 BBC TV version of Ghost in the Water, I have got images of Teresa and David, in my mind, and also an image of the Churchyard, already the Book, has got a good sense of atmosphere, and I am sure I will enjoy reading the rest of the Book.
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Very interesting, Billy!
Reminds me a little of the canal tunnel just along the canal from my house - which inspired some of my Famous Five story! (quiet plug, lol!)
Reminds me a little of the canal tunnel just along the canal from my house - which inspired some of my Famous Five story! (quiet plug, lol!)
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Edward Chitham - Ghost in the Water
An interesting article, Billy. Thanks for putting it up.
Nice photo, Rob!
Nice photo, Rob!
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- Billy Farmer
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Very nice photo, Rob, I have always liked Canals.Rob Houghton wrote:Very interesting, Billy!
Reminds me a little of the canal tunnel just along the canal from my house - which inspired some of my Famous Five story! (quiet plug, lol!)
I enjoyed reading chapters 3 and 4 of Ghost in the Water, this afternoon, I like the way, that you see the story, through Teresa's eyes.
Some images of Coseley Canal Tunnel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4_00klA40" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; which featured in the 1982 BBC TV version of Ghost in the Water.
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