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If you like the idea of exploring historic places around the world, the city of York
in northern England should definitely be on your list of places to visit. The
Romans founded this city in 71 AD and it’s full of fascinating history and culture.
It’s a lot of fun to go on a city tour of York and walk along the ancient city walls,
visit York Minster, one of the largest medieval cathedrals in Europe and wander
down the pretty cobbled streets. York is also famous for something else. It is one
of the most haunted cities in the world, with about 140 ghosts! In fact, York’s
many night-time ghost walks are very popular with tourists as they are an
entertaining and spooky way to learn about the city’s history. One York ghost
story, however, stands out above all the rest. It’s the story of the Treasurer’s
House, one of York’s many historic buildings …
One day in February 1953, a plumber, Harry Martindale, had been in the
cellar of the Treasurer’s House since morning. He had heard lots of stories
about the place being haunted. Just before midday, he was working when
he heard a strange noise like a trumpet. He looked back and saw the
helmet of a Roman soldier coming through the wall! Harry couldn’t believe
his eyes. Then, a whole soldier on a horse came through the wall and left
through the wall on the other side! Twenty more Roman soldiers followed
him. They were marching unhappily in pairs and they were carrying shields
and spears. What Harry hadn’t noticed was that the soldiers weren’t
walking on the floor of the cellar, because he couldn’t see their legs.
When he realised that, Harry ran out of the cellar, terrified. He found
out later that some Roman soldiers had gone missing in York many
centuries before.
Maybe the soldiers he saw were the missing soldiers and they were
walking on the old Roman road below the cellar!
Want to know more? Visit www.visityork.org for more information
about York and its ghostly attractions!
The Haunted City of York
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a) Look at the pictures. Which
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a plumber working in a cellar?
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a soldier on a horse coming
through the wall?
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Roman soldiers marching, carrying
shields and spears?
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a man running out of a cellar?
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Now listen to the sounds.
What do you think the text is
about? Tell the class.
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Listen, read and check.
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Read again and number the events in the order they
happened. Use the pictures to tell your partner a
summary of the story.
He saw the helmet of a Roman soldier coming through
the wall.
A horse with a Roman soldier on it walked through the
cellar.
Harry ran out of the cellar.
Harry Martindale, a plumber, went to work in the cellar.
He heard a strange noise like a trumpet coming from the
wall.
Twenty Roman soldiers marched through in pairs, carrying
shields and spears.
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