Bridge
The ghost of a woman was believed to haunt the bridge (known locally as The Lady's Stairs) that exists over the nearby railway line at the end of the garden. It was said that the woman's husband was a frequent swimmer, and when he did not return one night, she went to the bridge to await his return. The tale then claims her husband had died while swimming, and she stayed at the bridge to await his return until she died. A more "horror-like" version of the tale claims that if one is to go the end of the bridge at midnight on Halloween, her ghost appears and throws you to the ocean, leading to one's death. The bridge was damaged by a truck strike in 2006 and was eventually renovated and reopened in 2007.
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“Home! Yes! she would see Trafalgar Square, again; and Nelson on his plinth; and Chelsea Bridge as it dissolved into the Thames at twilight ... and St. Paul’s, the single Amazon breast of her beloved native city.”
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“What need the bridge much broader than the flood?”
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“A circle swoop, and a quick parabola under the bridge arches
Where light pushes through;
A sudden turning upon itself of a thing in the air.
A dip to the water.”
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