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The Old Ways

There are old ways of doing things here. You don't have to understand them. You just have to follow them.

Someone keeps putting a chair outside number 6. Maya is told to leave it where it is.

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  1. 001Wenlow Village Facebook PostMaya asks the village who keeps putting a chair outside number 6. Janet Green tells her to leave it where it is.
  2. 002Text Messages - Maya and Sam, 13 OctoberSam explains the old village custom: a chair is left out if someone has died in the house that year.
  3. 003Text Message - Unknown NumberMaya receives instructions about the chair from a number she doesn't recognise.
  4. 004Voice Message - Maya to SamA voice message Maya leaves Sam in the middle of the night, as the knocking at her door continues.
  5. 005Text Messages - Maya and Sam, 19 OctoberThe morning after the voice message, Maya admits she moved the chair.
  6. 006Wenlow Local History Society - Parish Notebook, 1896An 1896 parish notebook entry about the chair set outside No. 6 after the death of Eliza Marr.
  7. 007999 Call Transcript - Number 6Maya calls 999 after waking up outside her locked house, with someone in her bedroom.
  8. 008Police Attendance Note - Number 6Officers attend Number 6 after the emergency call and search the property.