Folk Healing & Hypnotism: Arthur Spray, ‘The Mysterious Cobbler’ of Bexhill

Photo showing Jim Cornford & Arthur Spray in the doorway of their cobblers' shop, Cornford & Spray, 16 Station Road, Bexhill © Bexhill Museum Arthur Spray Archive

Arthur Spray, known as ‘The Mysterious Cobbler of Bexhill’, wrote an autobiography in 1935 which detailed his famed powers in healing and hypnotism.

Michaelmas: The Day the Devil Spits on the Blackberries?

The Devil's Blackberries

On Michaelmas Day the Devil takes possession of the blackberries and to eat one after that day would risk… well, something on the spectrum between a bad taste and instant death.

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