I thought you may be interested in an incident related to me this week by my grandmother. I live in the town of Ipswich, approx. 30 miles from Borley. In about 1993 I was fourteen and very interested in the paranormal and, particularly, in the 'nearby' Borley Rectory. After a shopping trip to Sudbury with my grandparents and twelve year old sister I persuaded them to to visit nearby Borley in the hope, I admi,t of seeing a ghost. We parked in a verge by a field just outside of Borley and my grandmother, sister and I walked around the church. My grandfather (now deceased) was annoyed and extremely sceptical about the whole thing so he stayed in the parked car. After walking around the church we walked around a field that ran behind the houses of Borley. We then returned to the car, having seen nothing and returned home. I did not realise my grandfather had experienced anything paranormal until this week when my grandmother and I got onto the subject of ghosts. She said that on returning home my grandmother had commented that she thought we had gone to the wrong place. My grandfather replied that no, we definitely hadn't. He then related that as we walked around the field he had heard the sound of horses approaching very quickly. He had looked around but seen nothing. The noise had got closer and closer until the unseen horses had thundered past the car window. My grandfather, a world war two veteran, was terrified by the experience but had not mentioned it to us for fear of scaring my easily frightened sister. I realise that the sound of coach and horses is one of the phenomena associated with Borley. My granfather, who did not have any interest in the paranormal and did not even want to be there knew nothing of the Borley hauntings. I hope you find this story interesting and I would be interested to know if anyone else in recent years has either heard or seen the phantom coach of horses.
Yours Faithfully,
Rebecca Markwell