Aelwyn Roberts, 79, used to be a vicar. he is retired now, but he still works as a ghostbuster. he helps people who have ghosts in their houses to get rid of them .
im a kind of social worker for ghosts,, he explains. some people die and they still have problems when they leave this world, so they come back again as ghosts to sort them out. i don't think ghosts might exist. i know they do exist'
he says he has met thousands of ghosts trapped between this world and the next. he helps them sort out their problems so they can move on to the next world
one example is typical. at exactly nine every night a three- year-old boy got out of bed and came downstairs. when his parents asked him to explain why. he said that he saw an old man in a funny hat sitting on the end of the bed and the man told him to get out of his bed and go downstairs.
for mr Roberts this was simple to sort out . he moved the boy's bed from one part of the room to another the ghost was the boy's great- grandfather and the bed was in his way' . he explains. the family were never troubled again
eighty per cent of the time the ghosts are members of the family. i tell people that if they want me to get rid of them , i mingt be throwing their grandmother out of the house , i worry that they might miss her.
mr Roberts calls ghosts yesterday's people
. his advice is simple . you just need to tell them , firmly, to go away and leave you alone