The following is an account of the experiences felt by Glow Worm and Black Swan who were working together on this evening.

To start with, the owner showed us round the house, gardens and outbuildings to give us a feel of her experiences with the spirit inhabitants. It soon became apparent that the property was “buzzing” with paranormal activity. Everyone was picking-up different energies, feelings, areas of coolness, spirit animals in the sheds, children in the gardens, monks and graves of young children.

Back indoors, over a cup of tea in the kitchen, Glow Worm could smell cloves, but also a very sickly, rank smell. Firefox said that this would probably have been rotten meat, which would have been studded with cloves to disguise the bad taste.

Glow Worm also saw a large lady in a white apron looking out of the kitchen window.

Still on the ground floor, in a small room off the lounge we all felt a sense of sadness. We wondered if this had been a ‘punishment room’. There used to be a doorway in here into the rest of the Workhouse.

Upstairs in one of the bedrooms, a little spirit boy plays with the owner’s daughter’s hair – but there was a nice/protective feeling in this room.

In a bedroom at the other end of the landing we felt there had been lots of noise in this room (perhaps spirit children talking through the wall to children in the adjacent bedroom). We wondered if this was another ‘punishment room’ as it felt like a cell. The owner said that her son (who by coincidence is deaf) is the only member of the family who is able to sleep in this room.

On leaving this room, ‘Firefox’ discovered a vortex/portal beside the landing window. When we stood on this spot the backs of our knees felt as though they were being pushed forward and we felt as though we couldn’t stand up straight.
A few minutes later, with assistance from ‘Firefox’ a young spirit girl came though to Black Swan. Her name was Mary. She’d died of consumption and wore callipers on her legs. She had blond hair. Firefox asked Mary to stay with Black Swan while we were all in the house.

Further down the landing, only a matter of minutes later White Buffalo felt a lot of energy in a small alcove. Firefox saw a man’s face and almost immediately ‘Glow Worm’ felt a sharp pain on the side of her head. It transpired that a spirit called Bert was trying to communicate. He had stolen a piglet as he was so hungry and as punishment a big man (the one in the alcove?) had hit him on the head and nearly killed him. His wife was dead and he was looking for his 12 children, 5 of whom he believed had been resident at this workhouse. ‘Firefox’ asked lots of questions……’ no he was not from the area; he had no shoes and his clothes were ragged’. She also asked if Mary was one of his children. Bert said ‘ Yes, but he didn’t recognise her as she was so small and frail’. When asked if she had a nickname, he said ‘Yes, he used to call her Cuddles’ . Mary remembered this, so the connection was made - Bert was Mary’s father! Firefox asked Bert to leave Glow Worm and move into her, which he did.

Downstairs in the office, Whote Buffalo picked-up on a grave – bodies used to be brought in down the drive on a cart. Glow Worm then picked up on ‘Doll’ a young lady of the night, killed by a jealous lover, a much younger, happy smiling lady who “peed” with skirt up over her knees in the gutter, laughing! Doll plays with the owner’s computers during the night; she loves the coloured lights and loves Orb Queens beautiful shoes! My Documents:/RIPS Report 130506
Glow Worm offered ‘Doll’ a deal - if she would stop switching the computers on and off, she would leave a pair of SC shoes under the desk for her tonight - but ‘Doll’ wasn't sure!

‘Doll’ loved Orb Queen shoes, she loved the noise of clip-clop in the tiles!
Later in the evening during a communication session, Doll’s murderer came through. He was a young lad who’d loved her but wanted her for himself. He was very sorry and hadn’t meant to kill her.
Not surprisingly Bert also came through again. The controller asked if he wanted to be taken to the light with his 5 children (7 of his children had left the workhouse to go into service). The answer was yes, so we all went outside, formed a circle and sent them to the light. Prior to this, as we were walking out to the garden, Black Swan took a couple of photos and sure enough, following close behind ‘Firefox’ there were several orbs …. these must have been Bert and his five children who’d lived at this property – we hope so!