mass migration of rats!

jimmyjim · 07-03-2007, 13:13

Having had a conversation with one of our towns older members we touched on the above subject. can anyone rember? has anyone heard of this event??

garinda · 07-03-2007, 13:23

Are you sure they weren't getting Hamlyn mixed up with Hambledon?

WillowTheWhisp · 07-03-2007, 19:06

Migration to where from where?

cherokee · 08-03-2007, 01:28

didnt less take one in as a companion???? lol!!!

JohnW · 08-03-2007, 17:15

I've heard of this happening but have never actually witnessed the event myself. I used to work in Skelmersdale in the 1960's and some old guy in a pub there told me he'd seen it happen twice. The way he described it was the rats came up out of the sewers in their thousands and a sea of them poured down the street. He said that on one occasion he was in the street as they ran towards him and he just stayed perfectly still and the stream parted and they just ran around him leaving him unharmed. Don't ask me how they came out of the sewers because I don't know the answer. Neither do I know how reliable a witness the old guy was, he could have been pulling my leg but he appeared serious and sincere.

jimmyjim · 08-03-2007, 18:31

the story in question happened during the 1950's.. it was witnessed by the gent i had the chat with and has now got my curiosity.... I will find out more details this weekend, but with the lack of imput, it is obviously a little known happening

moonshiner · 08-03-2007, 20:01

Over the years there as been a few storys about this, once in clayton, once on the old church tip, after the kids set it on fire the rats infested the allotments and the last time was when the old copy clough sewage works was demolished How true the storys are i couldunt say

panther · 09-03-2007, 00:05

rats are everywhere now, they say there is a rat for every person not more than six feet away, probably meaning the sewers because i have never seen a live rat!, squashed ones but never live ones!

garinda · 09-03-2007, 00:07

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Originally Posted by panther

rats are everywhere now, they say there is a rat for every person not more than six feet away, probably meaning the sewers because i have never seen a live rat!, squashed ones but never live ones!

Start humming the music from Michael Jackson's 'Ben', and then listen very quietly for the scratching.

panther · 09-03-2007, 00:25

LOL....not in my house i got pest repellents

cashman · 09-03-2007, 23:27

remember reading about a similar event over in yorkshire, had completely forgot about it till i read this, think twas in the late 50s or early 60s.