Me and my sister were walking down towards the bottom of the graveyard she was in front of me it was a very hot day..all of a sudden a very strong wind came rushing down the path with it came a black sky and like it had suddenly started raining..I had a very bad feeling come over me and shouted to my sister to say lets go..but then couldnt see her anywhere...it blew me further down the path it was that strong...when I got my senses back it had stopped and it was warm and sunny again..I saw my sister and said what was that she said dont know but lets go...we have never been back apart from getting married in the church each...

The story about the figure in the graveyard reminds me of something my dad told me quite a few years ago now about a time he was walking down Rawmarsh Hill sometime in the late sixties possibly early seventies. He was returning home from Peashill Street to Terrace Road and his route took him past the church and chaple of rest which is now long gone. The time was around 2am he seems to feel. He was on the opposite side of the road to the church and recalls looking over to an old wrought iron gate at the top of the graveyard. There appeared to be a black figure on the graveyard side of the gate. My dad thought it odd given the time and did a bit of a double take and glanced over again. To his discomfort, the black shadowy figure was now a good four feet on the road side of the gate. My dad said the figure was a good four feet graveyard side of the gate when he first glanced over not two seconds earlier. Safe to say, he didn't stop sprinting until he was safely at home on Terrace road.
I personally have had one experience near the bottom of the graveyard while out walking with an old schoolfriend. Back in the 90's we used to spend a lot of time walking down the graveyard, Stubbin Pit and the old Stubbin Incline railway lines (or where they used to be). I remember leaving my mate behind an wandering off into the bottom of the old cemetary. There I found two other school mates and chatted to them for a while before they got up and left. I was sat on the old fallen down tree (some may remember). It was a brightish day, still earlier and nothing and nobody around me. All of a sudden I got a feeling of blind panic but couldn't understand why? I ran as fast as I could out of the graveyard back to where my mate was down on the old incline. No idea what spooked me but I was terrified.

I was born on Church Street and experienced my first paranormal vision at the top of the grave yard. A man in a long coat and a top hat. I was about 6 at the time. Scared me stupid, but It did set me off on my search. Keep searching in there guys! He can't have disapated completely in the past 36 years. Maybe changed its build up a little. But then again, I could have been seeing things? After all it was a long time ago. Whose to know. Have a great day and keep up the great work guys.