Ordsall Hall - The Tudor Mansion Haunted by the White Lady

Not scared by the thought that we can meet the White Lady, we decided to visit this 820 years old mansion - Ordsall Hall. As, apparently, there are such a mysterious and unknown places in Salford we haven't visited before, it was a good idea for a Sunday afternoon.

Cycling occurred to be the best way to travel round Salford Quays. From a view of a Polish person, living in Rzeszow, I can certainly see the difference between the way cycling exists in my home city and here in Manchester. I appreciate plenty of cycling paths, as well as the easiness you and prices you can buy you bike with (mine was ca. 20 quid).

In front of the Ordsall Hall

Mario in the back yard

Entrance

Coming back to the Ordsall Hall, it is truly one of those places, were you can feel the spirit of old, XV-century, English Manor. You are being welcomed here with traditional black-and-white decorations called trefoils, which indicates "three leaves", this symbolises.

Trefoils

Next, you enter a wide room fulled with decorations and authentic objects from Tudor's times. This gives you a bit of an understanding of the way people lived those times. But what really is great about that place is the way we can interact with it.

Where a dinner used to take place

Mario inside Ordsall Hall

Royal Bed

Here and there you can find a little art craft section, where both kids, parents and really everyone, can enjoy trying to do some art based on XV-century decorations.

Mario and a bit of his craft

DIY: one orange + some cloves + some creativity = good fun!

one of the rooms is a harbor for a old ship
Here: Mario as a captain

living on a ship - like the idea!

welcome to XV-century kitchen

But beware! Ordsall Hall is also a home of a mysterious White Lady, known to be a ghost attacking those come here at night. And once again, a similarity between Poland and England are being highlighted here.

We may have different language, customs and traditions, but both countries have their own "ghosts" - fears and bad lucks we tend to believe... We have our "White Lady" too!
She lives inside us and comes out sometimes, when is dark outside....

cycling far away
Here: Manchester United Stadium

Mario and the Lowry Bridge