Mick,
Bren, Mike and Janette arrived at 7pm. We received a warm welcome
from Lynda and Gerry who sat us down in front of the log fire.
We were given a quick tour of this amazing house ( which is
a lot bigger than it looks from the outside) but no information
on the ghosts. Richard, Cheryl and Richards sister arrived about
8.30pm and there were two paying guests present,. After an excellent
meal cooked and served by Lynda, Mick gave a talk on the equipment
and how we use it.
Lynda
took everyone except Brenda and Mike for a tour of the house
with a history of the ghosts. Whilst in the dining room everyone
got a bit of a fright when Mike walked past the window on his
way back from getting something from the car.
When
they finished their tour Mike presented an hour long workshop
on the Runes.
After
a break for coffee we started the walk around the house with
the mediums (Brenda and Mike) to see what they would pick up
on. We started off in the dining room where Brenda picked upon
the sound of bells and a lady with a heart or chest condition.
Avery upright lady, but, not tall. She had her hair tied in
a bun, a high collared dress, liked to wear black at lot. Both
Brenda and Mike said that she was a very dominant character
who liked to prod people. Mid Victorian, a church goer (Brenda
pointed towards where the church is although she didn't know
it whereabouts). The lady is sometimes seen with 4 or 5 children
hanging on her skirts, she does not give the impression of being
the maternal type. They are not her children. She is stern but
with a soft spot, she has a school marm appearance. She looks
through the books in the games room but doesn't approve of Gerry's
'new age' books. Brenda said that books have moved about in
the games room ( this was confirmed by Lynda). Brenda saw her
cutting through a small footpath to the church.
Mike
talked about someone walking into the far end of the room. Brenda
picked up on a man who walks with a bit of a limp, tall and
slim. Was in the first world war, middle aged, a handsome man.
Brenda picked up that there had been loads of parties in this
room and that there had also been several sightings of spirit.Both
mike and Brenda picked up on a priest or vicar with a 'dog collar'
and a cassock that fitted into the waist.
Brenda
also picked upon a name beginning with M -Maurice.and the name
of Agatha.
We
then went through into the lounge area where a few of us had
a strong smell of lavender. Brenda and Mike both saw someone
crouched in front of the fireplace but felt that it would have
been a cooking range rather than a fireplace at the time.
Laundry-.
Brenda felt someone with problems around the head area. She
felt that the room had gone straight through, a walkway (confirmed
by Lynda). Mike and Brenda both picked up on a young man.Mike
felt 'injustice' mike said that he was beaten and both Brenda
and Mike felt that he passed as a result of his injuries. As
the others started to move towards the kitchen area Brenda and
mike went back to the laundry as they felt that someone had
been murdered there. Mike said he saw a body on the floor.
Games
Room - Brenda and Mike looked at the books to see if they could
find the ones that had been found on the floor. They both picked
up a distinct feeling of disgust. The lamp went off on its own,
came on and then went off again.Lynda looked for the books she
had found on the floor, saying one was dark red and one was
dark blue, she found them on the shelf by the lamp that had
gone off. It was as though someone was trying to show us where
they were. Mick switched the lamp back on at the socket. The
books were 'The secret lore of magic' and a 'new age' book.
Lynda found a model cat in the corner but did not recognise
it as belonging to them.
Attic-
Mike and Richard sensed a female on the bed. They were joined
by Brenda and all three of them smelt sick and also felt sick.
There was a very high EMF reading around the bed area.Brenda
and Mike both had the feeling of 'not being able to keep anything
down'. Brenda went into light trance. Richard thought he saw
something outside the door. (There is a brief sound of chanting
on the tape at this point).
Brenda
said her stomach felt full and Mike said something similar.
A young woman wanted to come through, she had an awful taste
in her mouth (like she had been poisoned). She had shoulder
length brown hair and had laid in bed for a while.Mike said
he could see Brenda's face changing, she looked very drawn as
though she was losing weight. The room temperature seemed to
drop. Mike said that Brenda felt very frail and that he could
feel a baby moving in her stomach. A this point there was a
strong smell of sick that almost everybody experienced. It was
thought that she had been given something to affect the baby
and make her lose it.
Japanese
room- Brenda felt like she wanted to walk through the wall (there
used to be a door there). Sensation of a tall, slim man in his
50's.
Crystal
room- both Brenda and Mike picked up an elderly woman but she
was not the same as the one downstairs, she was much smaller.
Gothic
room- Brenda could see an elaborate ceiling rose and felt like
the room had been completely different.
We
then went back downstairs and Brenda did a little bit of Psychometry.
We
then sat in vigil in the dining room. Mike asked for spirit
to come through and to give a sign that they were there, something
tapped. Brenda went into trance with Mike asking for the spirit
to come through. Nothing happened for a long while then the
camera switched itself off. Mick switched the camera back on.
The name of Emily was given and a girl came through saying that
someone was keeping her here and they had taken her baby and
she was looking for it.
This
information was confirmed by Lynda. The story goes that the
girl got pregnant by the groom who did wrong by her. The groom
was killed and the girl hidden away in the attic. She then seemed
to be either drugged or poisoned (or both) and her baby died
and was taken from her. Soon after she, herself, died. The body
of the baby is supposedly buried in the tunnel under the house
(along with the groom?).
The
Manor House was built in 1800, although parts of it are believed
to be a lot older.At one time it was home to the Wordsworth
family. There is tunnel somewhere under the house that leads
to the Bodkin pub across the road.
A
6ft tall, dark haired and dashing man has been sited in the
dining room. This same man also walks through into the sitting
room, he is usually sited at 10.45pm and 6am.
Lynda
said that she felt something nasty in the Laundry room and saw
a man who she thought was a burglar. Lynda has interviewed several
people about the house and was told by one that whilst bending
down in the laundry room she saw a pair of men's legs sticking
out . She said these legs had breeches and buckled shoes.
There
is an old woman who sits on the bed in the attic at night. this
a has been witnessed by more than one person.In Lynda's daughters
suite people have seen a window in the wall where there is no
window. A mother and daughter have been seen in this window.
The old building plans show that there was actually a window
there at one time. There have been several other sightings over
the years and sounds of furniture moving, etc.
