Buckden - a Huntingdonshire Village

BRIDGE HOUSE, CHURCH STREET: A SHORT HISTORY 136 this opportunity to tell anyone listening of the building work to be done. Talking out loud I discussed the alterations and re-iterated that anyone there with me was very welcome to stay once the new kitchen was completed. At this point I suggested that they could give me a sign that I wasn’t alone and talking to myself. Nothing happened, so I contented myself that I had been foolish and got up to go to bed. As I left the kitchen there was a clear click noise, very noticeable as I live alone. I felt it was strange but didn’t attribute it to anything. At this point I noticed another sound, it was water bubbling, beginning to boil in the electric kettle. The kettle, which stood on top of the fridge, had switched itself on and was now boiling. This was completely unexplainable. I switched it off and quickly rushed upstairs. The following morning I tried to repeat the kettle switching on, maybe it hadn’t been switched off properly, but I was unable to switch it on without a definite firm click. The kettle never switched on in this manner again. I have now purchased a new kettle. Upon returning home one afternoon I walked upstairs to the new bedroom and en suite bathroom above the kitchen. As I entered the bedroom I noticed a large puddle of water coming from under the bathroom door, which was closed. Thinking there was either a tap left on or a leak, I opened the door. The sink was empty, but water was dripping from all around the underside of the sink. I mopped and dried up all the water expecting to discover the source of the problem. Once dry, there was no leak at all; it was only as if the sink had been allowed to overflow and then someone had switched the taps off. The house was empty and I was the only person with a key. But this incident was due to a dodgy tap............ All I can say is that I get a fantastic feeling that this is a very happy house and if there is anyone here with me, then I think they approve of the care and love I am investing in restoring Bridge House to its former glory. Bridge House 2009. The exterior is almost complete. Two windows remain to be replaced.