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Whitworth Room

This was a large, rectangular room which at the time of our visit had many chairs laid out facing the bottom end of the room. It was in here were civil receptions could held by those who wanted to be married at the hall for intstance.

Group 1 Report : Jay Cath Carol

We found a table appropriately placed in the room and attempted a few experiments involving a glass. We placed our fingers on the glass and attempted to contact any spirits who were present to move the glass around the table. Other than an occassional vibration in the glass, there was no significant movement.

Next we tried a table-tipping experiment but again, other than a little vibration in the table and the odd knocking on the underside of the table, nothing really came of the experiment.

What we did find, however, was during one part of the table-tipping exercise, Jay left the table as the rest of the group sat around it, and began to walk around the room calling out to any spirits.

As he did, a breeze formed around the table and could be felt on the opposite side of where Jay was currently walking. It was though somebody or something was following him around as he walked, albeit, a good few steps behind him.

We experimented a little with Jay walking quickly past people to check if a similar breeze could be detected but nothing similar could be produced.

Following this, as though in response to our queries concerning the source of the breeze, numerous group members began to hear what sounded like footsteps in the room which could be heard separately to whatever sound Jay was making as he walked. There were five distinct instances where footsteps and the resultant creaky floorboard were identified within the room.

Group 2 Report : Andrea Sue Dean Beth Angela

Angela and Beth had now left so there was only Dean, Andrea and Sue left. We went into our final location and sat around a table with a glass and thought we would try some Glass Divination. After trying for a few moments we got nothing.

We sat and spoke to Dean about Whitworth Hall. After some more time we called it a night and went to regroup.

Group 3 Report : Kris Dave

Conditions in this room were not ideal, as the emergency lighting was in operation. Kris called out. No noticeable responses were made. One of the guests was visualizing a door made up of four panels. The visualized door was slightly open and light was flooding in through the gap. She then sensed that there was something over her left shoulder and asked the group for reassurance. The rest of the group could not see anything.

One of the guests witnessed a mystery person walk past one of the windows. Upon inspection nobody could be seen.

In conclusion the group found this location to be very quiet and didn't feel that anything paranormal was witnessed.