Drowned Parents

Location: Hull - Brazil Nut Company, east bank of the river Hull (now Thompson's Plastics?)

1960s and 1970s

For many years, the banks of the River Hull have been associated with the story of a drowned couple. Some thought at first, that they were lovers who took part in a suicide pact. It is only when you hear the ghost story  of the Brazil Nut Company that some light is shed on the identity of the couple.

The story first came to light in the early 1970's when a female member of staff, who worked as a nut picker was on her way to the toilet.  To get to it she needed to walk down a passage that connected the yard and the toilet. As she did so, she looked up at what appeared to be a grey haired woman wearing a shawl come through  the outside wall. The woman appeared to e dripping wet. The female worker froze as the wet lady came near to where she stood and then turned, retraced her steps and went back through the wall she had come through. This was strange as there had never been a doorway there and on the other side of the wall is a bay where barges came along to unload the nuts needed at the mill.