![]() The long since closed pub in 49 High Street is Grade II listed and had a reputation of being haunted by the ghost of a monk that was blamed for smashing glasses. This ghost hobbles around with a crutch - extract from 'Phantoms Legends, Customs and Superstitions Of The Sea' (1972) Raymond Lamont Brown This refers to the ghost of a peg-legged sailor of Admiral Lord Nelson's time. In the log book at Chatham Naval Barracks this simple entry can be read: 'Ghost reported seen during middle watch'. It is while St Mary's Barracks was being used by the Royal Navy in 1946 that a ghost was seen, according to reports. As a result, people in Strood were condemned by a curse to grow tails. Spotted anybody with a tail? It is said that whilst Thomas Becket was riding through the town, he was caught up in an argument with residents who cut off his horse's tail.
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