I HAVE READ HARRY PRICE'S BOOK ON
NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS WHICH PROMPTED MY VISIT TO BORLEY IN 1992.
I HIRED A CAR IN BRIGHTON AND COMMUTED THERE AND UPON MY ARRIVAL I
NOTICED HOW STILL THE PLACE WAS. NOT ONLY DID I NOT SEE ANY LOCALS BUT
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY STILL, ALMOST OVER-POWERING.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE RECTORY AFTER THE FIRE AND
ALMOST DIDN'T BELIEVE I WAS LOOKING AT THE RIGHT PLACE. UPON
RECOGNISING THE ADJACENT CHURCH AND FAMILIAR LINE OF TREES, I REALISED I
WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
I ROAMED AROUNG THE GRAVEYARD TAKING NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING
THOSE OF THE BULLS ETC.
I WAS EAGER TO GO INSIDE THE OLD BUILDING WHICH WAS ONCE THE RECTORY BUT
DIDN'T WANT TO INTRUDE. INSTEAD I WALKED THRU WHAT WAS ONCE THE GARDENS
AND CAT CEMETARY AND AGAIN PHOTOGRAPHED THE GATE WHERE THE NUN WAS OFTEN
SEEN.
UPON ARRIVING HOME (PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA) I HAD THE PHOTOGRAPHS
DEVELOPED AND TO MY SURPRISE (BUT HOPING I WOULD), DISCOVERED THAT I HAD
CAPTURED ON FILM, A DARK CLOAKED FIGURE WITH HOOD AND HANDS CLASPED,
WALKING ALONG THE HEDGE LINE OF THE CHURCH.
I HAD THIS PHOTO EXAMINED BY A FORENSIC TEAM WHO WERE UNABLE TO OFFER
ANY EXPLANATION.
Note: Since the rectory was razed in 1944, the building referred to here must have been Borley Cottage. V.O.