A group of tourists lost in their search for the road to Hessay had found themselves on an unidentified road between the A59 and B1224. Comment among the friends was made regarding a number of tramps stumbling silently along the ditch. The driver of the car slowed down to take a closer look and he and his passengers were puzzled by the clothing of the `five or six men` that they could see, for they appeared to be dressed in a seventeenth century style. Having passed the staggering troupe the tourists turned round to watch their progress only to be astonished to realise that the road was empty. This incident occurred in 1968 but a similar experience was reported by two other travellers on the same road five years later. The site of the famous Battle of Marston Moor is a short walk away from where the ghosts were witnessed.

� Andrew Green