Ghostly goings on at Llwynderw

Many a house with such a long history is reputed to be haunted and Llwynderw seems to be no exception. My dad, Gerry Richards lived in Birchfield Rd, West Cross and was a caretaker at Llwynderw House following its closure. Recently, he was reminiscing about the various unexplained events, which took place there.

There was an alcove near a landing between the stairs and no one would pass through it because it had a cold and eerie feeling about it. Another time my dad and his mate were in the kitchen in the daytime and they were alone in the house. All the doors and windows were locked so no one could get in, when they both heard footsteps coming along a corridor. The footsteps sounded like two women's. He got up to open the door and as he did so, the footsteps stopped and there was no one there!

One night his mate was on cover through the night and it was a stormy night— rain, wind — the whole shooting match!! At about two in the morning, there was a loud banging on the heavy front door and the voice of a young girl was screaming to be let in! When he opened the door, the screaming stopped and the girl was nowhere to be seen.

On another occasion during the night one of the toilets upstairs flushed but there was no one there.