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Part One - Issue 956, April 11th 1970:
ONE evening, men working on the construction of a new motorway hold a protest meeting.
There is talk of a strike... and for a very strange reason. They claim
that 'ghosts' are haunting the site!
Written by unknown, drawn by John Canning.
The workers on a motorway construction site are threatening strike
action because they claim that ‘ghosts’ are haunting the site ever
since they unearthed some Roman ruins. The boss says that he won’t believe
in ghosts until he sees them. His chance comes very quickly as the site of a
Roman chariot passing across the hillside chills his bones. The workers run
for their lives.
The next day at a local spa town Steed and Tara are looking at the old Roman Baths and waiting for a meeting with Mother. He tells the pair that he is sending them to a haunted site.
Part Two - Issue 957, April 18th 1970:
PANIC breaks out amongst men constructing a new motorway when a the ghost
of an ancient roman appears, and all work on the road ceases. Mother - who is
taking the waters at a nearby spa town for his health - orders Steed and Tara
King to investigate.
Written by unknown, drawn by John Canning.
Part Three - Issue 958, April 25th 1970: Full details are not available for this issue.
Written by unknown, drawn by unknown.
Part Four - Issue 959, May 2nd 1970:
MEN constructing a new motorway refuse to work after seeing the ghost of an
ancient Roman. Steed and Tara investigate and the trail leads them to a remote
hamlet called Grubber's End. They have just arrived when the ghost appears again...
Written by unknown, drawn by John Canning.
Part Five - Issue 960, May 9th 1970:
MEN constructing a new motorway refuse to continue work after seeing
the ghost of an ancient Roman riding across a hill in a fiery chariot. Steed
and Tara investigate and the trail leads them to Grubber's End, a remote hamlet
owned by Squire Fabian Witherspoon. There, they see the ghost again and pursue
it into an incredible museum.
Written by unknown, drawn by John Canning.
Part Six - Issue 961, May 16th 1970:
MEN constructing a new motorway refuse to continue work after seeing the ghost of an
ancient Roman. Steed and Tara investigate and discover that the ghost has been faked
by Squire Witherspoon, who captures them while they are looking around the incredible
museum of British history.
Written by unknown, drawn by John Canning.
Squire Witherspoon has Steed and Tara held captive in a set of stocks.
He tells them that the tunnel leads to a secret exit at the Druids’ temple.
Steed realises that the old underground river was the way Witherspoon managed
his ghostly appearance there. The Squire tells Steed that his deductions are
for naught he has packed a large quantity of gunpowder in the tunnel which will
blow a large hole in the motorway. When Steed points out that the museum will
also be destroyed, the Squire tells Steed that he would rather destroy his life’s
work than see it engulfed by a modern concrete monstrosity. As he has been speaking
he has been changing into a Guy Fawkes outfit and tells the pair that he will
be remembered as the second Guy Fawkes in history. He exits. Steed and Ms. King
edge their stocks towards the life-sized model of an executioner complete with
sharp axe. Steed knocks the model and it begins to fall towards him, blade first…
Part Seven - Issue 962, May 23rd 1970:
SQUIRE WITHERSPOON has plotted to prevent a new motorway being built. Steed
and Tara are on his track when he captures them and imprisons them in old wooden
stocks. The squire intends to explode gunpowder in a secret tunnel and blow
up the motorway.
Written by unknown, drawn by John Canning.
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