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The Lounge

The Lounge consisted of two rooms roughly sited in the middle of the inn itself.

The first room - the lounge itself - was roughly the same size as the front bar with a similar number of tables and chairs - the bar ran fully along one of the walls.

The second room was adjoining the lounge and contained half a dozen large round dining tables surrounded by six chairs.

Medium Walkaround With Chris

Due to the Lounge still being open to the customers and patrons of The Old Well Inn - Chris never got the opportunity to do his usual walkaround.

He did later speak of a spirit name Shamus - an Irish man by the sounds of it - who was present within the lounge and who was a bitter and twisted man. Chris also sensed that the man suffered from chest pains and he eventually died from a severe heart attack.

Group 1 Report : Rachel Sean Maureen Dianne Dale

Our entire time within The Lounge was spent conducting a Glass Seance where everybody sits around a table with their fingers on a glass in the center. A series of questions with yes-no answers are then asked to any spirits that may be present, with a Yes answer indicated by movement of the glass.

After a number of questions, the movement of the glass and a process of elimination, the follwing information was gleened :

A Male spirit who died in 1937 called Henry Rogers was present. He had no children but worked in the pub as a manager. He was in his 60's when he died and was born and bred in Barnard Castle.

He had liked to have a drink and was himself a witness to a fight in the Front Bar (see Front Bar vigil for our group) where a man had died. He claimed the fight had been over money and that the man who had died, had been the man with the genuine complaint.

Group 2 Report : Nikki Pam Helen Kay

Kay picked up on a man who was wearing a collar and tie who had a Jack Russell associated with him.

A little girl aged 6 ot 7, called Amy, was also picked up upon and Nicola reported that she was finding it hard to breath as though her windpipe was being pushed upon.

Halfway through our vigil, both Pam and Kay thought they heard a breathing noise within the room. It sounded only the once and no cause could be found to explaiin it.

Another little girl was sensed by Nicola and Pam came up with the name of Laura McHinley.

Just before we exited the Lounge both Pam and Nicola reported a coldness that had settled over them.

Group 3 Report : Jay Sue Darrin James Maxine

We sat in silence within the Lounge for a few minutes allowing the room to settle before proceeding with a Glass Seance.

There was no significant movement of the glass but everybody reported feeling a vibration within the glass and at times a juddering movement.

Whilst performing the seance, there was a loud clash of glasses from behind the bar. Jay investigated and could find no obvious source of the noise (it was later discovered that Sean in Group 1 had tripped over a crate whilst in the Front Bar).