“Near the Hare and Billet Inn” – a section from a painting by Thomas Luny (1759-1837) held in the British Library. Click here to see the full image. And a mysterious comment spotted on a message board about a ghost in the Hare and Billet pub:
The Hare and Billet Ghost – a woman in Victorian dress with a bonnet and no face supposedly haunts the bit right outside the pub on Blackheath, just standing there, looking like she’s waiting for a bus. She was supposed to run away with her lover, but hung herself from the elm trees near the pond after realising she’d been jilted. Two of my friends claim to have seen her last November while out jogging, without knowing of her existence. They Googled her and found out the last reported sighting was also in November back in the 70s.
Well, no amount of googling will reveal the Hare and Billet ghost to me! I’ll just have to head over there, and wait for her to appear. A few pints should do the trick…
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The Blackheath Bugle 