This week’s ESSEX TALE  concerned a flea infested man, Charlie Marshall, Bear Pub also known as “The Spider” on account of his trick of disappearing up a chimney in the tap bar of the Bear Public House in Stock and then reappear, covered in soot, from down the chimney in the bar parlour.

On one occasion, however he never returned so presumably his skeleton is still somewhere up in the bacon loft, but there is no record of it ever having been found. There have, however, been reports of some ghostly appearances! Listen again to this week’s tale by clicking on the link below: –

See you next week
Scott