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The Front Bar

The Front Bar was a small room at the front of the inn overlooking the busy main street through Barnard Castle.

The room consisted of 6 small tables surrounded by soft, comfortable chairs, a fireplace and a bar. In the corner of the room stood a life size statue of a Railway Conductor - before becoming the Old Well Inn, the inn was known as the Railway Hotel.

There was an open doorway behind the bar that led to the bar area within the lounge for the staff to use. It was possible for sound to travel between the Front Bar and The Lounge.

Medium Walkaround With Chris

Chris picked up on two spirits in the front room. Firstly, there was a gentleman sitting in the corner of the room near the 'stable door' who was wearing a tweed jacket and smoking a pipe and named John. He seemed to be associated with The Old Well Inn through a 'gentleman's club' or a society that met in the club. Although he couldn't pinpoint an exact period, Chris claimed the man was from the back end of the 1800's.

There was a second man in the room went by the name of Arthur. Although Chris could only feel the presence of Arthur and not actually see him - he felt that he was a man in his 70's who was tall and thin with white hair. Again, Chris felt the man was from the 19th century and felt that perhaps at some point during that time that there had a been a shop operating from the premises and it was this shop that Arthur was associated.

Other than the two spirits, Chis could sense nothing else in the room although he did report that he could hear a clanking of metal.

Group 1 Report : Rachel Sean Maureen Dianne Dale

Upon entering the front bar, Maureen picked up on a couple of things. Firstly, she sensed a fight that had taken place in the front bar and somebody had been carried out of the bar unconscious and later died from their injuries. She also picked up on a barman with scraggy/fuzzy ginger hair who suffered from high blood pressure.

Dianne picked up on a similar spirit - possibly a manager who was fat and a very domineering person. Dianne also sensed that the room may have had a different layout previously and that the front door to the Inn may have been in a different location than where it currently was.

At 1:32am , Sean tripped over some glasses behind the bar which created a loud noise that may have been heard by other groups and may have been mistaken for some activity

Group 2 Report: Nikki Pam Helen Kay

We found the Front Bar to be extremely quiet and devoid of any activity.

The only piece of information that Pam picked up upon was that this area used to be a materials shop, selling various cottons and wools etc. and there was a lot of French names associated with the shop.

Pam also claimed to sense a body that was buried underneath the floor in front of the fireplace although she could give no further information.

Group 3 Report : Jay Sue Darrin James Maxine

The Front Bar was our groups first location of the night and after a short time unscrewing the light bulbs in the lights as there was no-way to turn them off - we settled down and began our investigation.

Sue sensed the image of a man with highly polished shoes. She also got the sense that he was perhaps a Policeman. The statue in the corner of the Railway Conductor was pointed out to her and she maybe thought she was picking up these images because of him.

Jay picked up on a strange noise that he could not explain or locate straight away, but after a couple of minutes investigation he determined was the ticking clock from the property next door (he's got good ears!!). He also experienced a couple of occasions where he got a strong waft of cigar smoke.