Newstead Spiritualist Church

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Newstead Spiritualist Church (Central News East)

Media Archive for Central England
Newstead
1986-07-22
Sound

A Nottinghamshire spiritualist church faces an uncertain future on this astral plane.

The Pinewoods spiritualist church was built shortly after the end of the Second World War, in the grounds of a bungalow owned by Isa Northage, at Newstead in Nottinghamshire. Some of Mrs Newstead's 'remarkable powers' are remembered here by church trustees. She had little trouble filling the church with artefacts, thanks to her useful ability to conjure up items described as gifts from people from 'the other side'.

There was also the added attraction of healing surgery, which was performed courtesy of a Dr Reynolds, a robed surgeon that Mrs Northage brought in from beyond the grave to act as her spiritual guide. However, Mrs Northage's death in 1985 caused the church to experience financial difficulties, a sudden end to the mystical happenings, and as Malcolm Brabant finds out, a family dispute over its future, which could probably only be sorted out by a timely reappearance of the mysterious Mrs Northage in this spiritual plane.

The Pinewoods spiritualist church in Nottinghamshire where it is claimed miracles have been performed.

Enter the Unknown Zone: Journeys into the Paranormal Midlands

Time to enter the world of the unexplained?

Television has long brought the real world into our living rooms, but occasionally it turns its eye to matters that aren't easily explained. As interest in the paranormal grows - look at the popularity of spooky podcasts and tv shows that claim to have captured all manner of ghostliness on camera - it's a good time to look back on how these phenomena were once reported on television. These genuine 'tales of the unexpected' contain many tropes familiar to fans of the genre. Malevolent spirits, white witches, alien beings - they're all here, ready to fascinate new generations. And of course there's the added bonus of hearing these stories directly from the people affected - their first-hand accounts making a compelling case for the supernatural. Why the Midlands though? Well, one of the UK's most popular places for UFO sightings is Stoke-on-Trent, so it appears the Midlands are very much on the minds of alien beings up there, somewhere...

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