Book on Biggin Hill ghost sightings comes out

11:05am Monday 29th October 2001

AN AUTHOR has written a haunting account of the spooks and spectres of Biggin Hill.

Ghosts of Biggin Hill by aviation expert Bob Ogley is released today (Wednesday), 10 years after the release of Biggin on The Bump.

Mr Ogley had been meaning to write the book after learning, from locals, about the many sightings of ghosts around Biggin Hill. But due to the success of Biggin on the Bump, which has never been taken out of print, it took 10 years to do so. It has been written with help of News Shopper readers following a feature, Ghost Riders in the Sky, published in July.

Mr Ogley said: “I have always been sceptical about ghosts but, after speaking to people, you start to believe it. There are so many accounts which are often similar.”

He felt a sense of urgency as the people who could give first-hand accounts were becoming scarce.

“I wanted to get the facts before the secrets were taken to the grave with the people who knew most.”

The book weaves the history of the airfield during the Second World War with eyewitness accounts from more than 20 people.

Mr Ogley will sign copies of his book tomorrow (Thursday) in Waterstones, Maidstone.

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