'Witches fly into a spell of trouble', Daily Express, 18 March 1964

Daily Express, 18 March 1964, page 13. A party of witches flying from London to the Isle of Man make an emergency landing at Liverpool Airport after their Viscount circles the island with "a technical fault". Eleanor Bone, high priestess of a London coven: "What a pity we did not have our broomsticks." Jack Bracelin, high priest of St Albans: "It would have been cheaper." They are going to the island to establish their claim to magic-making instruments, including a ritual sword, which they say were loaned to Dr Gerald Gardner before he died the previous month, and to re-loan them to the Witches' Mill museum. How to cite: 'Witches fly into a spell of trouble', Daily Express, 18 March 1964, p. 13. Alexandrian Witchcraft Timeline & Archive.

Witches fly into a spell of trouble Express Staff Reporter Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. - Macbeth. A PARTY of witches flying from London to the Isle of Man made an emergency landing at Liverpool Airport last night. Mrs. Eleanor Bone, high priestess of a London coven, said: “What a pity we did not have our broomsticks.” Mr. Jack Bracelin, high priest of St. Albans, added: “It would have been cheaper.” Their Viscount airliner had circled the island’s airport while the crew tried to rectify “a technical fault.” The pilot flew to Liverpool. Crash crews lined the runway at Speke. But the plane, carrying 41 passengers, made a smooth landing. After a delay of nearly an hour the witches and other passengers were transferred to another plane. RITUAL SWORD The witches have gone to the Isle of Man to establish their claim to magic-making instruments, including a ritual sword, which they claim was loaned to Dr. Gerald Gardner, the white witch of Castletown, before he died last month. Witches from other parts of Britain are also flying to the island to establish their claim to certain property. Mrs. Bone, who runs a home for old folks at Streatham, said: “Once we establish our claim we will re-loan the items to the museum of witchcraft in the island. We do not intend to take it away.”