Work at village pub disturbs the ghosts!

Is ‘former landlady’ sending glasses flying and falling?

RENOVATIONS at a village pub are reportedly upsetting the ghost of the former landlady.

Building work started at the Red Lion, in Kegworth, last week to make the space better for social distancing.

A customer in the 18th century pub reported watching his pint fly across the table, spraying beer all over the pub.

There have also been other strange incidents with glasses falling off shelves.

Landlady Vanessa Gage said local legend has it the building is haunted by the spirit of Mrs Daniels – who ran the pub for 40 years about 100 years ago and who died on the day she handed the pub over to a new landlord.

Vanessa said: “The pub is an 18th century coaching inn with a series of small rooms.

“To make it more Covid-friendly, we decided to open up two of the rooms to make more space for customer seating.

“That seems to have sparked this strange activity.

“Glasses have been mysteriously falling off shelves and I have definitely felt an unusual presence in certain rooms of the building.”

The flying pint belonged to a pub regular called John, who said he did not mind admitting that he had been spooked by the ghostly-goings on. He said: “I was sitting chatting in the bar when my pint just shot off the table.” One witness to the incident was a barmaid.

She said: “It was a fairly quiet night in the pub.

“I was clearing glasses and talking with the customers when there was a loud bang and John’s pint flew off the table, sending beer all over the floor and the seats.”

Pub owner Adrian Cowley said:

“Having lived in the village for many years, we were aware of the ghost stories surrounding the pub when we took it over last year.

“However, we’ve never seen or heard anything unusual until now.

“To comply with Covid restrictions we have had to carry out some structural alterations, and that’s when all this strange activity started.

“It’s almost as though we’ve disturbed something in the fabric of the building.”

Vanessa said: “Whatever, or whoever it is, their spirit seems to be mischievous rather than malicious and, after all, every pub needs a good ghost story.”

I have definitely felt an unusual presence in certain rooms of the building

Landlady Vanessa Gage