More strange happenings have been occurring at my local Man and Scythe pub. More strange flickering ghostly apparitions.
Ye Olde Man and Scythe is Britain fourth-oldest pub, dating back to 1251 with parts of its rebuilt in 1636, and probably its most haunted.
Tony Dooley, who runs the pub, feared his premises were haunted earlier this year when CCTV appeared to show a flickering ghostly figure standing at his bar during the early hours of Valentine's Day.
He now says he's been left in no doubt that there are ghosts in the pub after another video, apparently shot by a tourist, emerged showing a second apparition.
The latest video is believed to have been filmed by a Portuguese visitor to the area who was talking about the original incident, which happened at the 763-year-old pub earlier this year.
As he describes the pub's haunted history, and its "crazy cider that gets you wasted" (Thatchers), a strange light appears at an upstairs window. The strange light flickers, similar to the way the ghostly figure standing at the bar during the early hours of Valentine's Day flickered.
Manager Mr Dooley, 36, says the footage has left him certain that he is living among ghosts.
In 1651, the Cavalier, James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (the ancestor of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, who invented hockey on ice's Stanley Cup), was beheaded outside the pub for his part in the Bolton Massacre, the only massacre of the English Civil War, which the Cavaliers perpetrated on the Parliamentarian-supporting town in 1644.
Stanley had his last meal inside the pub, and the very chair he sat on, and the very axe used to chop off his head, are displayed inside a glass cabinet inside the pub. His ghost is said to be one of the many spooks which wander the ancient hostelry.
Is this Britain's oldest and most haunted pub? New footage reveals flickering 'ghost' at window of 763-year-old Ye Olde Man and Scythe
Centuries-old tavern in Bolton is said be haunted by famous royalist
Manager spooked earlier this year by CCTV showing figure at the bar
Another video, shot by a tourist, now shows second incident at pub
Upstairs window appears to flicker shortly after ghosts are talked about
Comes after manager mysteriously woke up with wet feet during night
By Richard Spillett
14 July 2014
Daily Mail
A bar in Bolton has renewed its claim to be 'Britain's most haunted pub' after new footage emerged of a 'ghost' appearing at an upstairs window.
Tony Dooley, who runs Ye Olde Man and Scythe in Bolton, Greater Manchester, feared his premises were haunted earlier this year when CCTV appeared to show a ghostly figure standing at his bar during the night.
He now says he's been left in no doubt that there are ghosts in the pub after another video, apparently shot by a tourist, emerged showing a second apparition.
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The latest video is believed to have been filmed by a Portuguese visitor to the area who was talking about the original incident, which happened at the 763-year-old pub earlier this year.
As he describes the pub's 'haunted' history, a strange flickering light appears at an upstairs window.
Manager Mr Dooley, 36, says the footage has left him certain that he is living among ghosts.
He said: 'I'm not too happy about it. That's my flat behind the window. My attitude before I became the manager nine months ago was not to believe in ghosts. I'm convinced now.'
He also claims that, a few weeks ago, he was woken by what he thought was his partner's pet dog, Kallie, licking his feet, but he looked over to discover the animal was asleep.
He added: 'My feet were clammy and wet, like sweaty palms only worse. I went straight to the bathroom and took a shower with the dog in the room making sure nothing else happened.'
He said: 'It was creepy, but my attitude is as long the ghost doesn't harm me then that's fine.'
In February, Mr Dooley investigated smashing glass in the bar area overnight and saw a 'figure' appear on CCTV footage.
It is claimed the pub, the fourth-oldest in Britain, is haunted by the ghost of James Stanley, the seventh Earl of Derby and royalist.
It is believed he spent the last hours of his life at the inn before he was beheaded in 1651 in the final months of the English Civil War.
Hundreds of soldiers and civilians were also killed outside the pub, which dates from 1251, during the Bolton Massacre in 1644.
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