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Room 17

Room 17 was a standard hotel room consisting of 2 beds - a large double bed and s single. There was a dressing table within the room and a large wardrobe

There was an adjoining bathroom with the room which contained what you would expect and next to this a small preparation area which contained a waist high shelf.

Walkaround With Guest Medium - Fay Wright

The first things that Fay picked up on concerned the dimensions of the room - she felt the wall containing the door into the room had been added later and that the room itself should have been bigger.

Fay also felt that this area of the hotel had once been used as a residential area - possibly for staff members and perhaps in the 1940's time frame.

Eventually she began to pick up on the energy of spirits. She could pick up on a man name George. Although his spirit was not present she felt him quite strongly here. His surname was possibly Harvey. George Harvey.

Fay did then detect a spirit who bore the name Amy Peterson, who possibly worked in the hotel in life. She was a very polite woman who lived off-site - possibly in Curley Street? [EDITOR : There is a Curley Lane in the nearby village of Hipsburn). Amy could be seen by Fay wearing possibly Victorian era maids clothing and that she was possibly in her 60's when she passed.

Amy was telling her that things would 'come through' the back door of the hotel at a time when the hotel possibly bore a different name.

Group 1 Report : Dave Sue Pam Jay Joan Linda

Pam immediately reported a presence in the room upon our entering and she could also feel a coldness across her hands where she was sat, it seemed to affect her a little and she suddenly became upset and she began to cry. She then began to complain about her eyes that they were stinging unnaturally.

We tried to call out to any spirits that may have been present, but other than the occasional and expected background noise we got no immediate response.

Jay reported that his torch light kept dimming and brightening and Linda said her camera began to malfunction - any pictures she was taking came out spoilt with thick lines across the photograph.

Pam now reported being able to see a large black mass in the room that moved slowly from where she was sat towards the bathroom. When Jay stood in the area of its location he reported feeling strange with shivers running up his back and neck.

We set the torch in the area where Pam reported the presence of the mass and called out asking for the torch to be dimmed and although it did dim over time, its possible the batteries were draining.

Group 2 Report : Paul Bruce Mike Rachel Dale Dianne

We entered this room and all sat quiet for 15 minutes. We saw a few strange lights but after investigating we realised it was coming from the landing and other people taking photographs.

We all found the room to be very calm and relaxing and nobody reported anything out of the ordinary.

Group 3 Report : Sharon Karl Kris Andrea

We entered Room 17 and took our places on the beds. Sharon was seated on the chair near the bed, near the door. Andie went into the bathroom by herself. It was very dark and scary. She stood in there for 5 minutes. She felt something go past her but she thought this was just her mind playing tricks as it was cold in there and very dark.

Kris and Carl shouted through to Andie and asked if she had banged the door, as they heard a bang, Andie had heard it too but she thought it was on of them banging the door. So that was very weird.

Andie came out of the bathroom and Carl went in. When Kris shouted to see if he was ok in there, Carl answered but he sounded very different like he was depressed or upset, Carl could not explain why he felt like that.

Kris tried to go in the bathroom but he thought he saw a figure in the bathroom and he also got the feelings of been depressed. We heard lots of clicks and raps coming from the room and at first we thought it was the heating but there was no pattern and it was random and also the noise seemed to be coming from all around the room not just near the radiator.
There was a big tap behind Andie as well and it sounded like it the noise was right behind her.

Group 4 Report : Danny Shiela Denise Michael Georgina Claire

This room tended to be too loud for our group because some of the hotel residents next door were making quite a bit of noise.

We didn't pick any thing up in this room also but as we were taking photos there were a number a light anomalies caught on camera.