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The Caldmore Hand of Glory is the mummified arm of a child discovered at the White Hart, Caldmore in Walsall. Both the Hand and the Inn have a long an ominous association with Death, Mystery and Ghosts.

This video discusses the history of the White Hart as well as the evolution of the Ghost Story surrounding the Hand. The story involves a Medical Report from the Birmingham Medical School, the 1870 death of Mrs. Elizabeth Sadler, and the rather unsavoury history of the 'Diggum Uppers'.

Viewer discretion is advised.

Chapters:
00:00 - Scary Tales
04:24 - Background on the Hand
05:28 - What is a Hand of Glory
06:42 - A Medical Perspective
08:16 - History of a Hart
09:18 - The Legend Through Time
18:22 - Joseph and Elizabeth Sadler
23:25 - The Magic of Hidden Shoes
24:53 - 'The Diggum Uppers'
30:16 - The Secret Tunnel
31:00 - The Future of Hart and Hand
35:15 - ** Pictures **
35:50 - Conclusion

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Acknowledgements:
The pictures of the Mort Safes were taken by the Sandwell Museum Service for their own article and are used here by kind permission of Jack Whitehead.

The photos of the Hand of Glory are reproduced here under the Creative Commons Attribution License as specified on the Black Country History website:
https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/c...

Copyright Walsall Museums, www.blackcountryhistory.org

Special Thanks:
Walsall Archives
Jack Whitehead
The Hitchmoughs of 'Longpull'
Birmingham University
David Mills

References:
The Hand of Glory, Specimen. Held by the Walsall Leather Museum.
Ref: WASMG : 1976.1763

'The Folklore of Staffordshire' by Jon Raven.
Published in 1978 by B.T. Batsford Ltd.
ISBN: 0 7134 0994 0

'The Folklore and Songs of the Black Country and the West Midlands Vol.3' by Jon & Michael Raven.
Published in 1967 by the Wolverhampton Folk Song Club.
No ISBN.

'HBCP Walsall 3rd Edition'
Published 3/9/2017 by Tony and Janet Hitchmough
https://longpull.co.uk/downloads.html

Research notes of Eileen Edwards
'The White Hart, Caldmore Green, Walsall' (1988) by Eileen Edwards. Ref: P647.94
Held by the Walsall Archives.

Photo of Doctor Clarke M.O.H from 1925. Ref: 646/Z
Held by the Walsall Archives.

'A brief history of No. 30 Caldmore Green otherwise known as the White Hart Inn'
Held by the Walsall Archives.

'Proposed Restoration of the White Hart Caldmore Green, Walsall by the Caldmore Area Housing Association Limited'
Held by the Walsall Archives.

'Feasibility Study for the dismantling and reconstruction of The White Hart, Caldmore Green, Walsall'
Held by the Walsall Archives.

The Whitby Museum 'Hand of Glory'
https://whitbymuseum.org.uk/hand-of-g...

Creation of a 'Hand of Glory'
Simpson, Jacqueline; Roud, Stephen (2000). A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 455–456.
ISBN 9780192100191

Tom Langley story of Diggum Uppers recorded by Roy Palmer on 1970-04-17
Held by the British Library, Shelfmark: 1CDR0007269 (copy of C1023/41)
https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-tradit...

Sandwell Musings - 'The Digger Uppers'
https://sandwellmuseummusings.home.bl...

Concealed Shoes
https://www.northamptonmuseums.com/in...

Newspaper Articles:
'Melancholy Suicide at Caldmore'
Walsall Observer, Saturday September 5th, 1874, p.2

'Suicide at Walsall'
Sheffield and Rotherham Independant, Tuesday, September 8th, 1874, p.8

'Caldmore'
Walsall Observer, Saturday, January 23rd, 1915, p.2

The Hand at the Walsall Education Week
Walsall Observer, Saturday October 5th, 1924, p.5

'"Clomp" goes the ghost at the White Hart Inn'
Birmingham Gazette, Thursday 26th May, 1949, p.5

'Licensee Jim has the Laugh...'
Walsall Observer, Friday March 15th, 1957

'The Observatory' (South Staff Ghost Hunters)
Walsall Observer, Friday, February 9th, 1962, p.10

'Legendary relic is a grisly gift to the town'
Walsall Observer, Friday May 21st, 1964, p.14

'Landmark in row over petition'
Evening Mail, Monday April 26th, 1986, p.19

'Council in bid to save 'Ghost' pub'
Evening Mail, Wednesday June 24th, 1987

'In Search of a Spirit'
Evening Mail, Friday June 2nd, 1989

Sources of Footage used:
'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' - Directed by Chris Columbus, Released 2002
'Aladdin' produced by Disney - Released 1992
'The Family of Blood' E9, S3 of Doctor Who - Broadcast 2 June 2007

Music used:
'Grizzly Tales' owned by Carlton
   • Grizzly Tales  

'Dawn in Staffordshire' Original composition by ‪@scolefeld‬

Websites mentioned:
Hitchmough's Longpull:
https://longpull.co.uk/

Sandwell Musings:
https://sandwellmuseummusings.home.blog/

Walsall Leather Museum:
https://go.walsall.gov.uk/museums_lib...

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