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The Templenewsam ghost reminds me of another local ghost story, the scene of which is a small house at the Chapeltown end of Harehills Lane. The house stands alone. Its dark stonework and general dilapidation accentuate its foreboding appearance. Nobody has lived in it for years.

Long ago, so the tale goes, it was inhabited by a lone cobbler. His sudden and mysterious disappearance led to many wild rumours. Some said suicide, others murder. Official investigation proved to be in vain. 

One evening, months later, a couple were passing the neglected house when a sound of hammering smote their ears. No illumination being visible, the couple decided to investigate. Imagine their amazement on beholding through a window an aged cobbler working at his last, a pile of boots by his side!

This was no isolated incident. Others told of hearing strange hammering. The ghost of Chapeltown was born. I wonder whether there are any Chapeltown or Harehills readers of ” The Yorkshire Weekly Post” who could supply me with further details of the Cobbler’s Ghost?

J. P. O’SHAUGHNESSY. 36 Compton Row, Harehills, Leeds 9.