Tho Leicestershire neighborhood of tiosworth Field, where the last battle of the War of the Roses was fought ,is agog with excitement over the reporter! appearance of the ghost of King Dick. Richard tho Third, it will bo recalled, met his death on Bosworth Field. The exact spot, tradition has it, is now occupied by a clump of trees within a stone’s throw of Shenton village. Towards midnight on Mow Tear's day two men are reported to have soon a ghost emerge from the trees and more some distance by the side of tho canal. The spectre is stated to have been wearing a luminous green cloak and a golden crown. Since Mew Year’s Day the ghost is reported to have been seen by other people " walking ” about the lanes in the neighborhood.
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Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 3
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133Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 3
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