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306 Sunday 22nd February 2026 Salmesbury Hall

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 This  was  Simon's  choice. We  went to The  Fernhurst in Blackburn for lunch beforehand. I  had visited Salmesbury Hall in the late nineties when it seemed more like an antiques showroom than a museum so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Despite the signs for Reception, it wasn't clear where the main entrance was and there was certainly no one around to meet and greet. We  then came  across  a  dressed up tour guide and  her party and piggybacked on the tourfor a visit to a witchs room  which we probably weren't supposed to do.  We then found our  own way to the ghost room associated with the White Lady legend. We  completed our  look around the Hall on our  own.  I noted there is now an exhibit on the photographer and  conservationist Stanley Jeeves who  was  the  driving force behind  the  Hall's development as an attraction in the seventies which was good b...