Duck Brook

Mums told their kids to stay away from Duck Brook. Most listened.

The Brook wasn’t far from the estate, but it was isolated. The reeds grew tall and you could easily get lost.

At night strange, piercing screams came from there. Foxes, some said. Others weren’t so sure.

When three kids went to play and never returned, police scoured the area. The locals watched, but even now they wouldn’t enter the Brook.

One night, long afterwards, a family was walking near Duck Brook.

Fran said: ‘Mummy, there’s three kids over there waving and asking us to come play with them.’