Retired Harborne lollipop man Ted Wiseman tells how his deceased wife contacts him through a medium - and he is over the moon!
Hen-pecked Ted Wiseman got precious little peace from his wife in life – and he’s getting even less from her in death.
For the Halesowen pensioner is now being nagged from beyond the grave by fiery Yvonne.
And he’s over the moon that his wife is still finding time from the Other Side to give him an ear-bashing.
Yvonne may have worn the trousers, but the couple were inseparable.
The former lollipop man at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School, in Harborne, has even received the hair-dryer treatment via a medium. Yvonne issued a very blunt message to her hubby through the clairvoyant: “You’re wearing my slippers – take them off NOW.”
Yvonne, who died following a stroke last May at the age of 64, adopts a more hands-on approach when it comes to Ted’s annoying bedtime habits.
She recently woke him by bellowing: “Stop bloody sniffing!”
“I was absolutely gobsmacked,” said 79-year-old Ted. “That was her. That was exactly what she used to say.
“She also got very irritated when I flicked my fingers or sucked my teeth. When she went off on one, she went blood-red, but she never held a grudge. If we had a bit of a set-to, it would go on for five minutes and that was it.”
The pensioner admitted: “She was the gaffer. If you did something wrong, she’d let you know.
“I’ll give you an example. A young lad knocked on our door and said he needed help because someone was after him.
“Before I knew it, Yvonne was shouting ‘Get out!’ and pushing him down the drive.
“I gave in because I never won.”
Ted and Yvonne, a Ladywood care home worker, were married for 46 years and had two children and five grandchildren. Son David still lives in the three-bedroomed town house that has been the family home for 39 years.
Despite her short fuse, Ted adored his wife. “She was a workaholic,” he said. “She liked everything spick and span and I’ve kept things that way. She was witty and everything we did, we did together.”
Fiercely house-proud Yvonne, who liked everything to be in its place, first made her presence felt at an Indian restaurant.
David, 45, and former factory worker Ted watched nonplussed as a dish glided across the tablecloth to its rightful place.
Since then, Yvonne has been at pains to make sure everything’s in order on the home front.
True to form, she’s roaming the property they once shared, switching off lights and putting items back in their correct drawers.
Always busy round the house, it was sud’s law that Yvonne would regain control of the washing machine.
“I put the conditioner on the side,” said Ted. “When I turned round it had gone. It had mysteriously been placed inside the machine.”
When Ted recently committed the unforgivable sin of putting the soap dispenser on the gleaming kitchen work surface, ghostly Yvonne leapt into action.
She moved it.
Recently, granddaughter Chelsea, aged 20, broke into Yvonne’s favourite song, Gracie Fields’ classic, If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake.
Yvonne gave her verdict on the rendition by slamming shut the oven door. The constant visits have made Ted a firm believer in the hereafter.
“I was a sceptic, I’m not now,” he added. “Believe you me, I’m seeing it. It’s happening in front of me.”
Yvonne has one last little job for Ted – scattering her ashes at the two locations she identified in life.
“I better get that right,” he sighed, “or there really will be hell to pay.”
Article > The Birmingham Mail by Mike Lockley
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