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The Attic

Up a small stairway and through a small hatch was the Attic which was probably not officially an attic as there were signs that it had maybe once been used as living quarters.

There were five small rooms up here, firstly, a room which contained a modern boiler, was pitch black and its floor covered in mattresses. Next to the room was a room that had been completely gutted. There was no wall paper or carpets and a small fireplace that had once been a part of the room and been completely stripped form the room.

The third room on this landing was no more than an extension to the landing - barely large enough swing a cat. Next to this was another room similar to the previous fireplace room that was identical in it's condition - complete with stripped away fireplace.

The final room on this level was another pitch black room where the plaster had fallen from the roof and walls although the floor was clear of anything that prevented you from entering.

All the rooms in the Attic were extremely dusty.

Walkaround With Pam

Pam felt an uneasy feeling up here. She sensed children running about. Pam again felt like she was been touched. She said people would experience this touching and breezes in this area and also downstairs in the lounge areas.

It was also felt that a lot of taps and noises would be heard within the attic from each of the separate rooms here particularly the real dark room that contained the mattress on the floor.

Group 1 Report : Jay Kris Ralph Christine

We went up to the attic after our break and we had procured some children's toys from one of the staff members down stairs to try and tempt the children to come forward.

We each stood in a circle in the really dark room and placed one of the toys on the floor in front of us. The toy, when touched and activated would flash lights and recite a little children's ditty. We tested the toy first to let the children know what it did.

We called out for the children to come forward and asked them to come and play with the toy. After a pause after about 20 seconds, the toy suddenly flashed and said in a childlike electronic voice : "Peek-a-boo .. I can seeeeeeeeee you!"

Naturally everybody jumped out of their skins! Again, we asked for the children to play with the toy and again, after a short while, the same thing happened!

Unfortunately, after a little experimentation, we found that the toy went through its own cycle of phrases over 2 minutes and there was no evidence any spirit was playing with it - but it got the old ticker going for a moment or two, trust me!

However, whilst in this room, Ralph sensed that a woman came forward who he claimed was known as 'Aunty' although he felt as though this woman took more of a role of nanny to the 2 children he could sense. In one moment, Ralph had to go quite defensive and throw up the barriers as he felt that this woman came towards him as though she was trying to enter his body. This is one thing that Ralph strictly forbids unless he feels something can be gained from it and he repelled her.

In another of the rooms, it was claimed by Jay, Christine and Kris that a face could be seen, however, upon further investigation, it appeared to be nothing more than a co-incidental arrangement of the shadows.

However, again in another room, while calling out we did get some evidence of activity. We were calling out for Peter - who Ralph felt was one of the children present - and Jay was tapping on the wall trying to get Peter to copy. On 4 occasions, when Jay knocked twice on the wall and asked for Peter to copy him, from within the attic (not necessarily the small room we were currently occupying) we got a response of 2 knocks.

Finally, as Ralph was calling out, he shouted out : "Peter?" - and from the hallway just outside the room we were in, we all heard a child's voice reply : "What?".

No body else was present in the hallway or close to the stairway leading up to the attic.

Group 2 Report : Sue Dell Andrea Danny Val

Our 1st Location was the attic. In the attic there were a few rooms but one room we could not get access to as there was a large rolled up mattress blocking the entrance. We all chose one of the rooms and stood quiet to let the Area settle.

Danny was using the night vision cam and Andrea was taking some Temperture and EMF readings. The EMF had a reading of 5mg next to Danny then it stopped all of a sudden.

Danny felt something touch his hand. Dell started to call out. Val sensed a child in the room and the child was standing right next to her. Val and sue both thought they could see a figure in the room over from where we were. They both thought it was male.

Val and Sue thought the temp was dropping very fast, the Room temp was now 10.0c it had dropped a lot since the baseline had been taken. Val said it was very warm behind her and in fact it was 16oc. Sue could also feel that it felt much warmer there.

Andrea felt something tug at her hair. And she thought someone was next to the fireplace. Val confirmed that she could see a figure there. We went into the other room where both Sue and Val thought they had seen a figure. We stood for a while and Dell called out. He stopped quick as he had felt a breathe on his face.

Danny jumped back and at the same time Val looked to her right and confirmed to Danny that there was someone standing in between them. It was a man. Sue called out. Sue felt her hair been tugged as well. Val felt she had been pushed or poked.

We then went into another room next to the 1st room we had gone in within the attic. While we stood calling out.

Dell felt very cold and so did Danny. Val thought she saw someone walk across in the hallway. Sue sensed it was a man.

What happened next Andrea found very strange as she is one of the sceptics within the team but the name Beth came to her and the little girl was about 6 years old and had a blue and white dress on which was very long and she had black shoes on with buckles. Val confirmed this as she as well could sense a girl.

Val then sensed a boy as well. We all reported of feeling very cold. Val felt something grab her hand and Danny confirmed at the time Val said this she thought he could see something on the night vision. She sensed one of the children had hold of her hand. We heard a few knocks and bangs but was unsure whether the noises where coming from down stairs to us.