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Southern Paranormal - Investigations

The College (Return) - Middlesex

26th May 2007


Attendees :Kerry Price (L&E), Mandy Bradley (L&E), Julie Harwood (D&H),Val Butler (L&E),Ken Taylor (L&E), Louise Williams (L&E), Lee Barrows (L&E),Rachel Bettany (D&H), Simon Steadman (D&H), Alan Hall (L&E), Selina Dean (L&E),Sandy Rutter (D&H), Mark Lines (L&E), Matt Hasler (L&E), Andy Thomson (D&H), Wayne Blyth (D&H) and Alison Blyth (D&H)

Guests : Sue (guest), Linday (guest), Julie (guest), Chris (guest), Shaun (guest), Rebecca (guest), Ibs Sunar & partner (guests), Sammy (guest), Simon (guide), Serge (guide), Steen (guide)

Introduction

Southern Paranormal investigated this site back in March and I for one was eager to get back. We picked up on an amazing array of activity with many investigators picking up on the same information.

More investigators were to attend on this visit with a wider range of investigators from both groups. The previous report did not go out on the site before our second visit so I knew for sure that any information given couldn’t have come from anywhere else except for the building.

On this visit we also had access to a few more vigil areas that the staff of the site thought that we might be interested in. Yet again this site proved to be very active which offered a varied range of information coming forward.

I couldn’t wait to get the team back in.

So on a much more clement night than the previous investigation and with a little apprehension from the members, who had previously investigated this site, myself included, we prepared ourselves for another fantastic investigation at this Middlesex College.

Ghosts

After the first investigation Val and Ken gave up a little information on activity that had been witnessed at the site.
One of the old head masters is said to walk the upper floor passages.
A girl is seen in the performance hall and also the piano which is at the far end of the hall in a curtained off area is said to play on its own.

Teams

Team 1
Kerry Price (team leader)
Julie Harwood
Mark Lines
Val Butler

Team 2
Alan Hall (team leader)
Selina Dean
Sandy Rutter

Team 3
Ken Taylor (team leader)
Louise Brown
Sammy (guest)

Team 4
Alison Blyth (team leader)
Lee Barrows
Matt Hasler
Andy Thomson

Team 5
Mandy Bradley (team leader)
Wayne Blyth
Simon Steadman
Rachel Bethany
Andy Thomson

Guests and guide to be assigned a team before vigils start

Vigil Area’s

1st Floor Corridor
Room 101
Canteen
Performance Hall
Rooms 206 & 207
Library
Art Passage

Itinerary

8.30pm Arrive at Location 
9.00pm Team will take a tour with guides to point out different vigil
            areas. Baseline tests to be carried out at this time (see above) 
9.30pm Pre vigil break 
10.00pm Vigil 1
            Team 1 – 1st Flr Corridor
            Team 2 – Room 101
            Team 3 – Canteen
            Team 4 – Performance Hall
            Team 5 – Rooms 206 & 207 
11.00pm Break 
11.15pm Vigil 2
            Team 1 – Room 101
            Team 2 – Canteen
            Team 3 – Performance Hall
            Team 4 – Rooms 206 & 207
            Team 5 – Library 
12.15am Break 
12.30am Vigil 3
            Team 1 – Canteen
            Team 2 – Performance Hall
            Team 3 – Rooms 206 & 207
            Team 4 – Library
            Team 5 – Art Passage 
1.30am Break 
1.45am Vigil 4
            Team 1 – Performance Hall
            Team 2 – Rooms 206 & 207
            Team 3 – Library
            Team 4 – Art Passage
            Team 5 – 1st Flr Corridor 
2.45am Break 
3.00am Vigil 5
            Team 1 – Rooms 206 & 207
            Team 2 – Library
            Team 3 – Art Passage
            Team 4 – 1st Flr Corridor
            Team 5 – Room 101 
4.00am Pack up 
4.30am Depart

Baseline Tests

Performance Hall- No EMF , Temp 20c
Library- No EMF, Temp 25c front and 24 back
1st Floor Passage- No EMF, Temp 23c left and 22c right
Room 206- No EMF, Temp 22c
Room 207- No EMF, Temp 20c by inside door and 22c rest of room
Canteen- No EMF, Temp 24.5C
Room 101- EMF 1.5mg<10mg in centre near table. Temp 22.5c left of room>24c right of room

Vigil Notes

Team 1

Vigil 1:1st Floor Passage

The camcorder has been locked off on the floor at the top of the steps pointing towards the far end to take in the 
length of the passageway.
21:45pm-  No Emf, Temp 21.5c all over.
21:55pm-  Mark has a headache
      -   Kerry sees a man leaning up against one of the lockers staring at her, he
	is aged about mid 20s to early 30’s. Has light brown hair and is wearing
	beige trousers and a jumper that is either grey or blue. He is 
	exceptionally tall about 6.5ft
      -   Val calls out
      -   When Val says ‘show yourself as a light’ an orb in captured on the camcorder coming form the middle of the 
	corridor towards the team.
9:50pm-     Another orb in camcorder, same direction.
      -   Another orb moving towards camcorder.
      -   3 consecutive orbs on camcorder all heading towards the team.
      -   Julie goes to use the walkie- talkie and it makes a loud static noise even though no buttons have yet been pressed.
      -   Orb left to right of the camcorder screen.
9:51pm-     Another orb on camcorder in direction of camcorder.
      -   Val and Kerry’s hearts are racing.
      -   Orb on camcorder
      -   Another orb on camcorder.
9:52pm-     Mark feels that there is a male spirit just beyond lockers.
      -   Val and Kerry do not like turning their backs to the passageway.
9:53pm-     Mark walks down the passage & stops where he feels the presence to be which is opposite the lockers.
      -    TEMP 1c lower around Mark to the rest of the space.
      -   walkie-talkie goes off .
      -   Julies and Val’s pulses are racing.
      -    Julie sees a flash of light at bottom right of steps.
      -   Kerry calls out
      -   Noise like a pebble dropping is heard by Julie but we cannot find the cause.
      -   Kerry continues to call out.
      -   Another tap heard in same area.
9:54pm-    ‘Could you make a noise somewhere else?’
      -    Orb on camcorder heading towards camcorder.
      -   All hear a loud scraping noise which is very close to the group which sounds like a chair scraping back.
9:55pm-     Mark calls out.
      -   Val’s Dictaphone switches itself on with an audible click and starts playing what has so far been recording.
      -   Dragging noise heard from bottom of steps in corridor.
      -   Julie calls out to see if another team had entered our vigil area, no response.
      -   Val feels shivery.
      -   Kerry, Val and Julie go to investigate what the noise could have been.
	We scrape the chair back but it does not sound the same. Then Julie notices that the cone which was in front 
	of the chair is now near the main stairs. If it had been in this position originally then it would have blocking 
	our entrance and so would have moved it. Julie moves the cone back which scrapes on the floor. 
	This is the noise that we heard.
9:56pm-    Kerry hears a squeak.
      -   Val calls out.
9:57pm-     Orb towards camcorder.
      -   Mark has the feeling like he is in trouble and is waiting for the head master.
      -   Val calls out.
9:59pm-     Q: Are you a master?
      -    Kerry’s left foot hurts.
      -   All hear a scraping noise.
      -   Val is cold down her left leg.
      -   All feel a breeze although no windows are open, Temp 21.5c all over but 24c where breeze was felt.
10:03pm-   Orb towards camcorder.
      -   Kerry and Julie feel sick
      -   Val has a headache.
      -   Mark still senses someone near lockers.
      -   Val calls out
      -   Val can smell wood shavings as though someone has just sharpened a pencil.
      -   Mark and Kerry feel someone by the lockers.
10:06pm-    Val feels someone touch her left arm.
      -    Julie calls out.
      -   Val has a bad headache.
      -   Orb on camcorder.
      -   Val can feel a breeze.
      -   TEMP 22c all over.
      -   Kerry feels very apprehensive.
      -   Val calls out.
      -   Mark walks down corridor as Kerry sees someone down there.
      -   Val moves to where Mark is.
      -   Orb on camcorder.
      -   Mark can hear whispering.
      -   Orbs towards camcorder.
      -   Val  calls out.
      -   Val can hear a door closing.
      -   Julie and Kerry hear a groan and Kerry feels as though someone has sat down next to her.
10:16pm-    All hear a metallic tap.
      -   Orb towards camcorder.
      -   Val doesn’t like the atmosphere at the end of the corridor.
      -    Julie calls out.
      -   Val calls out as both she and Mark can see a grey mist.
      -   Val feels very cold.
      -   Orbs across camcorder screen, left to right.
      -   Val calls out for a sound and a chink noise is heard coming from the chair.
      -   Mark and Val have goose bumps.
      -   Val calls out if someone from the war is here?
      -   Kerry’s right leg feels like it is on fire, Temp 29c, right leg 26c. When she feels the space that she has 
	been rubbing frantically that area of her jeans is wet (picture taken).
22:21pm-  Orb middle to right of camcorder screen.
      -    Orb left to right of screen about 5ft away.
      -    Mark still has the feeling that he is in trouble.
      -    Val calls out to a Mr. Atkinson.
      -    Orb bottom right to upper middle of camcorder screen.
      -    All can hear footsteps between Mark and lockers.
      -    Kerry picks up locked off camcorder and resumes filming.
22:22pm-  Val says that she has an image of Julie sliding down the stairs.
      -   Julie says that she feels like she is in a dream and is not here.
      -   Val says that Julie’s eyes look odd as though she has eye make up all around them like she had been crying.
      -   Julie says that her eyes are ‘all over the place’.
22:25pm-   Julie says that she feels as though she wants to lay on the floor.
      -   Orb on camcorder from floor towards Julie’s head.
      -   Kerry has the impression of a blonde girl with pig tails sitting outside on the grass waiting for someone and is making daisy chains.
22:31pm-   Julie feels like she is drifting off.
      -   Val calls out.
      -   Kerry and Mark hear a tap down the corridor.
      -   Val continues to call out.
22:32pm-   Mark starts to feel uncomfortable again.
      -   Julie is staring at the wall opposite and appears to have drifted off.
22:33pm-  Kerry calls out.
22:34pm-  Val calls out for the spirit to move the chair.
      -   Julie is given the words ‘it’s not my job’.
22:35pm-  Orb on camcorder between Mark and Kerry.
      -   Val feels very uncomfortable on the steps.
      -   Mark picks up that everyone was scared of this man.
22:36pm-  Kerry calls out.
22:38pm-  Julie and Val feel as though someone is going to walk across the bottom of the steps.
22:39pm-  Kerry feels frightened and feels someone touch her hair.
      -   Val feels someone wants to look at her scarf.
      -   All hear voices, could be the another team.
22:40pm-  Val calls out to see if another team have crosses our vigil area but no-one responds.
      -   Julie puts a call out on the walkie-talkie to find out who the noise was.
      -   No reply.
22:41pm-  Val calls out.
      -   Julie, Val and Kerry discuss how the voices were very isolated and we didn’t hear them approach or retreat.
      -   All hear a door shutting close by.
22:43pm-  Kerry calls out.
      -   Julie picks up on a man in a tweed coat coming up the steps and Mark
	relays that the man he has been picking up on has a tweed coat on.
	Mark continues that he is wagging his finger in Marks face saying ‘now
	young man’. Julie says that the man is wearing a tie and a fawn coloured
	tweed jacket.
22:44pm-  Mark says that the gentleman is foreign with tanned skin and black
	bryl creamed back hair and has a very stern face.
22:45pm-  All hear a door open.
      -   Julie calls out assuming once again that another team had crossed our vigil area.
      -   There is no reply.
      -   Immediately after the team hear footsteps coming up the main staircase
	and assume that it is another team that have just not heard us. The
	footsteps stop and the team go to investigate. No-one is there. 
Vigil Ends.

Vigil 2:Room 101 

      -   No EMF, Temp 22c by windows and 24c rest of room.
      -   Mark gets a headache on entering the room
      -   Mark and Val feel very cold around their hands, Temp of hands; Val 27c, Kerry 29c, Julie 29c and Mark 30c.
      -   Kerry has picked up on a spirit and asks Julie where (if there was one) where she would see spirit. Julie points to area opposite Kerry and is the same area. Kerry picks up on a male spirit but does not disclose ot to the rest of the group.
11:25pm-     Julie opens glass divination all take part except Kerry who takes notes.
      -  Camcorder is locked off on table pointing towards glass divination opposite Kerry (who is nearest the door).
      -   Val has floating/moving sensation.
      -   Val calls out
      -   Q: Is there Male spirit present?
      -   A: Slight movement
11:26pm-     Val sees a shadow move from camcorder to Mark.
      -  Orb on camcorder middle right of the screen towards centre.
11:28pm-     Kerry turns off a computer monitor as it may interfere with the light in the room.
      -  Val calls out.
      -  Q: Is there a male spirit here?
      -  A: No response.
      -   Q: Are you female?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Q: Are you a pupil?
      -   A; No response.
      -   Q: Are you a teacher?
      -   A: No response.
11:29pm-     All hear creaking but could be the monitor which has just been switched off.
11:30pm-     Mark and Julie both feel ok.
      -  Val calls out.
      -   Glass moves towards Val
      -   Q:Are you male?
      -   A:Glass twists and moves to Val and then Julie
      -   Q: Are you female?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Q: Would you like to talk to one of us?
      -   A: Glass moves to Val.
11:32pm-     Q: If you are still here, can you move the glass?
      -  A: Glass moves towards Val.
      -  All can feel the glass pulling under their fingers.
	Kerry asks spirit to stop moving the glass which it does and glass is moved back to the centre of the table.
      -  As Kerry starts to call out the glass moves instantly between Julie and Val.
11:33pm-     Q: Are you a gentleman?
      -  A: Glass twists and moves to Val.
	As Julie starts to talk the glass changes direction and moves towards her.
      -  Q: Do you recognise anyone around the table?
      -  A: No response.
11:34pm-     Q: Are you male?
      -  A: Glass moves towards the centre of the table.
      -   Q:Were you a teacher?
      -   A:Glass twists.
11:35pm-     Q: Were you a headmaster here?
      -  A: No response.
      -  Q: Were you here during WWII?
      -  A: Glass moves towards the centre of the table and only Julie’s finger is
                      on it.
      -   Q: Did you die in the war?
      -   A:Strong movement towards Mark
      -   Q:Did you die in WWII?
      -   A:Slight movement of glass
      -   Q: Did you die in this country?
      -   A: No movement
      -   Q: Did you die on foreign soil? 
            A: Glass twists and moves towards Mark.
      -   Q: Did you die in France?
      -   A: Slight movement of glass.
23:37pm-      Mark picks up feeling of RAF (earlier while in the dark I asked Val to
	wear a scarf which I had brought as a trigger object but was turned
	with motif turned to the inside so no-one except Julie or I knew what it was).
      -  Kerry relates what the scarf is.
      -  Val gets shivery as she touches the scarf.
      -   Q: Were you in the RAF?
      -   A: Glass moves quickly to corner of the table between Val and Julie.
      -   Q: Did you die in the war?
      -   A: Glass moves quickly between Val and Julie.
      -   Q: Is your name on the war memorial in Ashford?
      -   A: Glass moves quickly towards Julie.
      -   Q: Do you recognise anyone here?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Kerry.
      -   Q: Do you recognise anyone else?
      -   A: Glass moves to Val.
      -   Q: Do you have a connection With Val other than the scarf?
      -   A: No response.
23:42pm-     Val relates how she has RAF connections in her family, as she is relating this the glass moves towards her.
      -    Q: Is there more than 1 spirit in the room?
      -    A: Glass moves between Julie and Val.
      -    Julie looks up and feels that there a people everywhere leaning in  watching what we are doing?
      -  Val has visions of the room set up with maps and plotting tables.
      -    Q: Were you based in Scotland?
      -    A: Slight movement of glass.
23:43pm-    Q: Kerry starts to call out. If there is a spirit in this room…..
      -    A: Glass moves quickly between Julie and Val without question being finished?
      -    Q: Have we met you here before?
      -    A: Glass twists and moves quickly between Julie and Kerry.
      -   Q: Are you one of 7 spirits?
      -   A: Glass moves quickly between Val and Julie.
      -   Mark cannot see out of his right  eye.
      -   Q: Did you have an injury to your eyes?
      -   A: Glass moves quickly between Julie and Val and they have to stop it falling off the table.
      -   Q: Are you English?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Q: Are you Russian?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Q: Do you have any Jewish connections?
      -   A: Glass twists.
      -   Julie given the names of Frankie and Albert which she writes down on the vigil sheet. So Kerry calls out some names including these to try and get confirmation. Julie takes her finger off the glass. The names are not disclosed to Val and Mark.
      -   Q: Is your name Thomas?
      -   A: No
      -   Q: Is your name William?
      -   A: Slight movement
      -   Q: Is your name Frankie?
      -   A: Glass moves fast and clear between Val and Julie.
      -   Mark is given the name Malcolm who is saying ‘don’t forget to talk to me?
      -   Mark calls out
      -    Q: Is there a Malcolm here?
      -   A: Glass moves quickly towards Julie.
      -   Q: Is there a William/Billy here?
      -   A; Glass moves between Val and Julie.
      -   Q: Are there more spirits here?
      -   A: Glass moves between Val and Julie.
      -   Q: Were the other spirits your friends?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Q; Are the other spirits here the same age as you?
      -   A: Glass twists slowly.
      -   Q: Did you all attend this school?
      -   A: Glass twists slowly
      -   Q: Did you all train nearby?
      -   A: Glass twists anti-clockwise and moves towards Val.
      -   Q: Did you live in Ashford?
      -   A: No movement
23:49pm-     Camcorder goes out of focus as though the humidity has changed (misty) for 10 seconds.
      -   Q: Are the spirits in this room from WW1 as well as WWII?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Mark.
      -   A: Creaking comes from behind Julie
23:50pm-     Q : Did you all  work here?
      -   A: No response
      -   Q: Did any of you attend this school?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Val.
      -   Q: Are we talking to Frankie?
      -   A: No response. 
      -   Q: Is Malcolm still here?
      -   A: Glass moves between Julie and Val.
      -   Q: Were you in WWI?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Q : Did you die as a result of WWI?
      -   A: Glass moves between Julie and Val.
      -   Mark asks Q: Did you smoke a pipe?
      -   A: Glass moves quickly towards Val and Julie. 
      -   Q: Have you been seen here before?
      -   A: Glass moves very quickly towards Kerry
      -   Kerry asks Q: Did I see you?
      -   A: Glass twists quickly and moves to the centre of the table.
      -   Q: Did we see you in the library?
      -   A: Glass twists and moves between Julie and Kerry.
      -   Q: Has anyone else seen you that hasn’t been here with us?
      -   A: Glass moves to the centre of the table.
      -   Q: Is there another spirit here who you were friends with?
      -   A: Glass twists and moves to the right.
23:53pm-     Julie’s legs are hurting.
      -    Q: Do you have a friend with you now?
      -    A: Glass moves towards Julie.
      -    Camcorder goes out of focus for 7 seconds (same mist as before).
      -    Q: Did you fight in the same regiment?
      -    A: Glass moves towards Julie.
      -    Q: Did you die in 1914?
      -    A: No response.
      -    Q: 1915?
      -    A: No response.
      -    Q: 1916?
      -    A: Glass moves towards Julie.
      -    Q: Did you die in France?
      -    A: Glass moves to centre.
      -    Q: Did you die in the trenches?
      -    A: No response.
	Mark becomes very emotional and says that Malcolm never got to say goodbye.
	-     Glass moves towards Julie.
      -    Q: Was it your wife that you never got the chance to say goodbye to?
      -    A: Glass moves towards Mark.
23:55pm-     Julie’s legs are hurting very much and Val is very cold down her left side next to Mark.
      -    Q: Did you die with injuries to your legs?
      -  A: Glass moves towards Julie.
	Kerry asks for the feeling to be taken away from Julie and for Julie to remove her finger from the glass.
	Julie says that she can’t move her legs and her left foot feels very floppy.
      -    Q: Did you die through shell fire?
      -    A: No response.
      -    Q: Did you die in an explosion?
      -    A: No response.
      -    Q: Did you die in the air?
      -    A: Glass twists clockwise.
      -    Q: Were you a navigator?
      -    A: No response.
      -    Q: Were you a pilot?
      -    A: No response.
      -    Q: Were you a bomber?
      -    A: No response.
23:57pm-     Mark feels that Malcolm has left and feels very calm.
      -    Q: Is there anyone else her with us?
      -    A: Glass twists slightly anti-clockwise.
      -    Feeling has gone from Julie.
      -    Q: Is Malcolm still here?
      -    A: No response.
      -   Noise heard on the table as though all the paperwork was slipping.
      -   Val sees a man in the corner with his arms folded and one foot crossed over the other.
      -   Q: Will you show yourself to anyone else here tonight?
      -   A: Glass moves to left.
      -   Q: Are you interested in some way with Julie?
      -   A: Glass twists clockwise towards Julie.
      -   Julie says ‘ Malcolm, I don’t mind you putting your feelings on me but could you take them off when asked please?’
      -   A: Glass moves towards Julie and then back to the centre.
      -   Val. Q: Is someone standing by the window behind Mark?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Val.
      -   Mark. Q :Did you die in a POW camp?
      -   A: Glass twists.
      -   Mark .Q: Did you have the number 698 on your uniform?
      -   A: Glass jitters
      -   Mark. Q: Did you make it back?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Mark.
      -   Mark. Q: Were you at Duxford?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Mark.
      -   Mark. Q: Mark asks if anyone around the table has connections with Dunmow?
      -   A: Kerry’s father comes from there.
      -   Mark. Q: Does the spirit come from Southampton?
      -   A: Glass moves towards centre of table.
      -   Mark .Q: Do you know someone called Bunty?
      -   A: Slight movement
      -   Val .Q: Do you know Dave?
      -   A: No response. 
      -   Val Q: Do you know Robert?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Val Q: Were you with the dambusters?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Kerry Q: Were you a civil engineer?
      -   A: Glass twists.
      -   Kerry Q: Did you build bridges?
      -   A: Glass moves towards centre of table.
      -   Mark. Q: Did you build Pegasus Bridge?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Val.
      -   Glass continues to move around the table in a circular motion.
      -   Mark Q: Did you fly gliders?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Mark.
      -   Q: Did you come down in enemy territory?
      -   A: Glass moves to centre of table.
      -   Q: Did you die in 1916?
      -   A: Small movement
      -   Q: Are we speaking to someone else?
      -   A: Glass moves towards Val.
      -   Q: Did you die in  WWII?
      -   A:  No response.
      -   Val can see a flickering light on Julie’s hands and Val’s face
      -   Julie’s forehead is burning
      -   Julie Q: Is someone here trying to form themselves?
      -   A: No response.
      -   Kerry sees a hand to her left.
      -   Val can see lights across Kerry’s face.
Vigil Ends.

After vigil 2 it was decided that teams 1 and 3 would combine. During team 3’s previous vigil in rooms 206 & 207 Louise had picked up on a male that had felt very threatening. She had also been given that 2 girls were abused by this male and their names were Harry and Sammy. Sammy and Louise did not feel safe and so we combined teams for the remaining vigils.

Vigil 3:Canteen

      - No EMF, Temp 23c all over
      - Ouija starts.
      - Q: Is anyone there? If so please approach the table
      - A: Slight movement
      - Men take turns in calling out.
      - Q: Is there a male spirit here?
      - Julie sees a black shadow behind Mark and Ken
      - Kerry’s heart is racing and she has a headache.
      - Mark and Kerry still feel an RAF connection.
      - Mark feels that Malcolm is here but is standing back.
      - Marks neck is very hot, planchette twists slowly
      - Val is given the name Flo/Florence but does not share with rest of group (writes it down).
      - Marks right leg feels as though it has been crushed.
      - Julie and Val feel someone touch their hair at the same time.
      - Val feels someone pat her head.
      - Kerry feels someone at the back of canteen by the door.
      - Women take turns in calling out.
      - Q: Were you a teacher?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Please spell your name
      - A: FON
      - Temp on board 24c
      - Q: Did you die during the war?
      - A: No 
      - Q: Were you part of special op’s?
      - A: No
      - Q: Were you under 30 years old when you died?
      - A: No
      - Q: Did you die of natural causes?
      - A: Yes
      - Q :Had you retired when you died?
      - A: No
      - Q :Is your surname Ford?
      - A: No
      - Q: Are you FLO?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Are you connected to anyone here?
      - A: Planchette points to Val
      - Q: Are you related to Val?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did you teach here?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Is your name Florence?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Please spell your surname
      - A: FDIY
      - Mark feels tap on head
      - Q: Did you teach domestic science?
      - A: No 
      - Q: Were you a language teacher?
      - A: No
      - Q: Did you teach maths? 
            A: Yes
      - Q: Are there any other spirits with you?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: How many?
      - A: Planchette moves off board
      - Q: Please move slower
      - A: 4
      - Q: Are all of the spirits teachers?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Are they male?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did you know the teacher in room 206?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Is he male?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Is he with us?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Is he angry?
      - A: Yes
      - Q :Is he angry because we are trying to communicate?
      - A: No
      - Ken sees a man in far corner of room
      - Q: Did you know the man?
      - A: Yes
      - Kerry sees shadow go past drinks machine near staircase
      - Q: Did he do anything untoward to the students?
      - A: No
      - Q: Was he your friend?
      - A: No movement
      - Q: Is he near you now?
      - A: No
      - Q: Are you behind Kerry?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did the male teacher abuse any girls?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did other people know?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Was he sacked?
      - A: No movement
      - Q: Did he continue to work here?
      - A: No movement
      - Q: Did he tell you that he abused children?
      - A: Yes
      - Ken sees the lights flash on in centre of room
      - Q: Did you tell people what he did?
      - A: No
      - Q: Did he abuse you?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did he physically abuse you?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did he mentally abuse you?
      - A: No
      - Q: Did he leave of his own accord?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did he die here?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Was he older than 30?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did he have dark features?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Did Lou see him in the library?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Does he look like anyone here?
      - A: Yes and planchette points to Serge
      - Q: Does Serge remind you of this man?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Is Mr Adams here?
      - A: No response
      - Q: Is Mr Atkins here?
      - A: No response
      - Q: Are Samantha and Harriett here?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Can they come and talk to us?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Were any of the spirits in this room abused by him?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Are you safe here?
      - A: No
      - Kerry sees a shadow go across drinks machine by staircase
      - Q: Does he come here?
      - A: Yes 
      - Q: Does he come down this flight of stairs?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Is he here?
      - A: Yes
      - Q: Will he communicate with us?
      - A: No
      - Mark feels that he wants to tell Kerry to shut up ‘why are you asking so many questions?’#
      - No more responses.
Vigil Ends

Vigil 4: Performance Hall 

02:45am- Kerry, Louise, Mark and Julie stay in the main hall while Ken heads the rest of the team for a vigil in the 
curtained off area at the end of the hall under the mezzanine floor.
Before the glass divination starts both Kerry and Julie become very aware of a male spirit next to Lou. This was 
not disclosed to the rest of the team. 
02:48am-   Glass divination starts in performance hall with Mark, Kerry, Louise and Sammy taking part.
	- Kerry calls out.
	- Glass moves slightly.
	- Kerry continues to call out.
02:49am-   Glass moves towards Mark.
	- Orb under table from Kerry towards Mark.
02:50am-   Kerry calls out.
	- Glass moves towards Kerry and then moves clockwise around the table 3 times until Kerry asks for the glass to stop.
	- Q: Are you male?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Are you female?
	- A: Glass moves towards Julie.
	- Q: Have you been seen in this room before?
	- A: Glass moves to Kerry.
	- Q: Have I seen you in this room before?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Has anyone here seen you before?
	- A:  Glass moves towards Lou.
	- Q: Have you shown yourself in another room?
	- A: Glass moves towards Lou.
02:52am-   Q: Are you under the age of 16?
	- A: Glass moves to Lou.
	- Q: Is there a male spirit here with you?
	- A: Glass moves to Sammy.
	- Q: If you are the male spirit move the glass?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Do you have blonde hair?
	- A: Glass moves to Sammy.
	- Q: Please move the glass to where you are in the room?
	- A: Glass moves to Kerry.
	Kerry feels like crying.
02:53am-   Q: Are you usually seen near the piano?
	- A: Glass moves to Kerry.
	- Q: Is your name Samantha?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Is your name Annabelle?
	- A: Is your name Elizabeth?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Is your name Harriet?
	- A: No response.
02:54am-   Q: Is your name Mandy?
	- A: No response.
02:55am-   Q: Are you still here?
	- A: Glass moves to centre of table.
	- Q: Does your name begin with A?
	- A: No response
	- Q: Does your name begin with B?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Does your name begin with C?
	- A: Glass moves to Kerry.
02:56am-   Q: Is your name Carol?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Is your name Christine?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Is your name Clare?
	- A: Glass moves to centre of table.
	- Q: Were you still a pupil here when you died?
	- A: Glass moves to Mark.
	- Q: Did you die because of someone else?
	- A: Glass moves towards Lou and Sammy.
	- Q: Is the male spirit responsible for your death?
	- A: Glass moves very quickly to Sammy.
	- Q: Did you take your own life?
	- A: Glass moves between Kerry and Sammy.
	- Q: Did you kill yourself because of what the man did?
	- A: Glass moves to Sammy.
	Julie feels on edge.
	- Q: Are you 15 years of age?
	- A: Glass moves to Sammy.
02:58am-   Q: Do you have dark hair?
	- A: Glass moves to Lou.
	- Q: Do you have blonde hair?
	- A: Glass moves to centre of table.
	- Q: Is it the man we are talking to?
	- A: Glass moves to Sammy.
	Mark feels that we have been making contact with the male spirit all  along .
	- Q: Can you move the glass to all of the people around the table with
	 blonde hair?
	- A: Glass moves to Lou and then Sammy and then back to Lou again.
	- Q: Please point to the people with dark hair?
	- A: Glass points to Mark and then Kerry.
	- Q: You’re not very observant are you?
	- A: Glass moves anti-clockwise and then continues to circle the table.
02:59am-   Kerry gets angry and tells the spirit that we are controlling this experiment not the spirit.
	- Julie feels the table moving.
03:00am-   Q: Is there something you want to say to us?
	- A: Glass moves to Lou and then Sammy.
	- Q: You are dead you can no longer do the things that you want to do.
	- A: Glass moves anti-clockwise and then continues to circle the table.
	Kerry feels something knock her chair and calls out, ‘I will not allow you
	to communicate with us outside of this glass’.
03:01am-   Q: Is there anyone here that you wish to communicate with?
	- A: Glass moves quickly to Julie.
	- Q: Does she remind you of someone?
	- A: Glass moves back to Julie.
03:02am-   Q: Did you go to prison for what you did?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Did you lose your job for what you did?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: You don’t feel you’ve done anything wrong do you?
	- A: Glass circles the table anti-clockwise.
	- Q: Do you think that abuse is ok?
	- A: Glass moves to centre of table.
	- Q: Are you an animal?
	- A: Glass makes small anti-clockwise movements in a small circle.
	- Q: Were you the head masters son?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Did someone protect you and allow you to get away with it?
	- A: Glass moves to Lou.
	- Q: If you are so proud of what you did why are you moving the glass so
	angrily?
	- A: Glass moves quickly to Lou.
	- Q: So, you like blonde girls do you?
	- A: Glass moves quickly to Lou and then Sammy.
	Kerry says ‘don’t you dare move the glass towards them again’.
	Glass stops.
	- Q: We are giving you the opportunity to talk so stop doing the same
	things.
	- A: Glass moves to Kerry.
	Mark feels someone to the left of him. Julie says she feels that he has
	been there all along, Kerry agrees (see beginning of notes).
	Julie continues that she feels 2 male spirits at opposite ends of the table,
	one between her and Kerry and the other between Mark and Lou.
03:05am-   Julie is very cold and Kerry’s face is very hot and is sweating.
	- Q: Are there more than one spirit here?
	- A: Glass moves to Julie.
	- Q: Are there two spirits here?
	- A: Glass moves to corner of the table between her and Mark and then
	 moves back to the centre of the table.
	- Q: Are you both male?
	- A: Glass moves same movements as before.
	- Q: Were you in this together?
	- A: Glass moves in the same direction.
	- Q: Is one male much older than the other?
	- A: Glass moves same direction as before.
	- Q: Is the older male very particular and have very high standards?
	- A: Glass moves to centre of table.
	- Q: Did I see you last time I was here?
	- A: Glass moves to centre of table.
	- Kerry calls out and says that she has a photograph of the man that she
	 saw here last time and she is going to tell everyone what she knows
	 about him.
	- A: Glass moves slowly towards Julie and then stops.
03:06am-   Q: Are you still proud of what you have done?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Are you angry?
	- A: No response.
	Lou sees a man’s face in front of her.
	Kerry feels like someone has just poked her in the eye.
03:07am-   Q: Were you related to the headmaster?
	- A: No response.
	 Kerry tries to goad the spirit by swearing.
	- A: Glass moves quickly from the centre of the table to between Sammy
	and Kerry nearly going off the table.
	Kerry asks all if anyone has felt like they are being pushed as she felt an
	energy rush past her.
	Mark feels his chair being shoved.
03:08am-   Mark has a feeling that there is a spirit behind Lou and Sammy leaning
	over them. Lou also feels a presence to her right.
	- Q: Move the glass to who you wish to speak to.
	- A: Glass moves to Julie.
                  Julie and Kerry feel very angry.
03:09am-   Kerry takes her finger off the glass as she has the feeling to throw it. Lou
	also feels the same.
	Julie calls out.
	- Q: You are the reason that you and the others are trapped here. Are you
	 still proud?
	- A: Glass moves to Julie.
	- Q: So you can’t move on because you are scared of being judged?
	- A: No response.
	Julie asks if anyone has a particular year that they feel is associated with
	these spirits? Kerry answers 1947.
	- Q: Were you here in 1947?
	- A: Glass moves to Kerry.
	 Kerry feels very angry and starts to call out.
	- Q: These ladies are a bit old for you aren’t they?
	- A: No response.
	- Q: Did you fight in the war or did you just feed off the country?
	- A: Bang felt on Kerry’s chair.
	- Julie and Kerry feel that more spirits have started to crowd around us.
03:011am-   Kerry stops glass divination and is closed down.
 	- Lou feels something push her chair as the glass divination is closed
	 down.
03:14am-   Lou says that she has been affected more than she has on any other
	 investigation.
	- Sammy sits out of any further communication during this vigil.
	- Ken and the rest of the team come back from the curtained off area.
	Nothing was picked up on.
	- Ken and Simon start table tipping while the rest of the team watch.
	- Table starts to move almost instantly.
	- The table doesn’t seem to be responding directly to questioning however
	seems content to periodically try and ram into Simon almost knocking
	him off his chair. At one point he is leaning back on his chair as far as he
	can go and the table is still moving towards him.
	- Mark, Julie, Kerry and Lou are aware of multiple male spirits in the
	room. They are aware of a presence to the right of the stage. There are
	two spirits around the table, one to the left of the curtained off area and
	there are 3 others roaming around behind them.

Séance

After the vigils the remaining investigators conducted a séance in room 206. As there are many tables the 
group splits into three teams and position themselves on 3 tables around the room.
All teams join hands while protection is done and Séance starts.
              -   Julie calls out.
              -   Kerry and Julie hear whispering.
              -   Kerry feels that Mark is angry and asks him.
              -   Q: What have you got going through your head?
              -   A: Mark doesn’t reply.
              -   Q: Do you have words going through your head?
              -   A: Yes, f*** off.
              -   Kerry says that is what she has heard coming from direction of Mark.
              -   Q: Mark says ‘what are you doing here?’
              -   A: You know what I’m doing here.
                  Thump heard on floor.
              -   Wayne calls out.
At this point on the camcorder footage, Lou turns her head very quickly towards the camcorder at 
the same time a loud click is heard on camcorder which is not picked up by anyone in the room.
              -   Knocking is heard outside the room.
              -   Julie calls out.
              -   All hear a rustling noise but put it down to birds outside.
              -   Val calls out.
              -   All hear a tap to the right of Val by photocopier.
              -   All hear 2 taps and assume that it is someone in the group, no-one has moved.
              -   Val calls out.
              -   No response.
              -   Kerry calls out.
              -   No response.
              -   All hear a dragging sound.
              -   Mark feels angry.
              -   Julie calls out.
              -   No response.
              -   Mark calls out.
              -   Mark feels that the spirit has impressed its self on him and has started
                  shaking. He also says that the spirit hates Kerry and wants to hurt her.
              -   Julie feels angry.
              -   Julie calls out.
              -   All at Val’s table feel cold.
              -   Val calls out.
              -   Val is very cold.
              -   Serge becomes aware of a picture behind the table that looks like a face.
			  All at Val’s table confirm. As they look at it the face seems to disappear. When the 
			  séance is over all go to look at the picture. To some in the dark it looked like the 
			  grim reaper. When the lights are turned on there is no face in the picture at all. 
Séance Ends

Team 2

Notes for first 3 vigils not submitted

Vigil 3: Performance Hall

01:04am-   Selina calls out.
		-   Fast orb bottom right to top left of camcorder screen.
01:05am-   Flash of light bottom left of left hand stage door, not noticed by the team.
01:06am-   All moves to curtained off area to end of performance hall.
		-   Alan feels a cold draught.
01:09am-   Selina calls out.
	-   No response.
	-   Vigil continues with no results.
01:30am-   Alan, Julie and Chris move to the performance hall while Sandy and
	Selina conduct a vigil in the room under the stage.

Under stage

01:32am-   Sandy calls out.
              -   Orb on camcorder.
              -   Q: Show yourself.
              -   A: Orb on camcorder.
              -   Q: Touch one of us.
              -   A: Orb on camcorder towards Sandy.
01:33am-   Q: Talk to us.
               -   A: 2 orbs very close to the camcorder.
               -   Another 2 orbs in front of camcorder.
               -   Sandy calls out.
               -   Orbs on camcorder.
01:34am-   Sandy thanks the spirit.
              -   More orbs on camcorder.
              -   Sandy calls out.
              -   Orb from Sandy to right of camcorder screen.
01:35am-   Selina calls out.
               -   No response.
               -   Selina says show some lights.
               -   Orbs on camcorder.
               -   Selina’s legs are very cold.
01:36am-   Sandy calls out.
               -   Q: Is your name Bob?
               -   A: Orb on camcorder.
01:37am-   Camcorder goes in and out of focus but has not moved.
               -   Selina calls out.
               -   Orb on camcorder.
01:39am-   Sandy calls out.
               -   Q: Is James here?
               -   A: Once again although the camcorder is not being moved it goes out of
                   focus for 5 seconds.
               -   Selina calls out.
               -   Q: We know you’re with us?
               -   A: Orb on camcorder
               -   Sandy hears a noise.
               -   Camcorder goes out of focus.
01:41am-   Selina continues to call out.
               -   Orb from right to left of camcorder screen.
01:42am-   Q: Could you do that again please?
               -   A: Camcorder goes out of focus.
               -   Both take turns in calling out.
01:44am-  Orb on camcorder.
01:45am-   Sandy says’ we’re going to leave soon’.
               -   Camcorder goes out of focus, when it refocuses there is an orb.
               -   Selina calls out.
               -   Q: Switch the video camera off.
               -   A: Orb towards camcorder.
               -   Q: Scare us.
               -   A: Camcorder goes out of focus.
01:46am-   Orb on camcorder.
01:48am-   Both teams regroup in the curtained off room.
               -   All hear a noise which appears to be a pole which has fallen to the floor
                   which was leaning against the wall. No-one is near it.
01:50am-   Sandy feels very cold.
Vigil Ends

Vigil 4: Room 206&207

Teams split up with Alan and Chris staying in room 207 and others in room 206.

02:35am-   Alan calls out.
02:37am-   Alan feels very cold.
	-   Chris calls out.
02:38am-   Alan feels a cold blast across his face.
	-   Q: Do you wish us to leave?
	-   A: Orb from Chris’ right leg to right of camcorder screen.
02:39am-   Dragging noise heard to the left of the room.
	-   Alan calls out.
	-   Q: If that was you could you make the noise again?
	-   A: Noise heard again but further away.
	-   Camcorder goes out of focus for 4 seconds and is trained on the small
	locked hatch half way up the wall.
02:41am-   Alan moves position to table far left of the room opposite Chris.
	-   Chris calls out.
	-   Alan calls out.
	-   Alan locks off camera on the table that he is sitting at and then moved to
	the same table as Chris with camcorder trained on them.
02:43am-   Both can feel it getting colder.
02:44am-   Talking heard and both assume it is another team.
02:45am-   Alan sets up a trigger object on the table they are sitting at which is an up-turned coin.
02:48am-   Alan can feel a cold breeze.
	-   Chris calls out.
	-   Noise heard on camcorder like a sigh or exhale which is not heard by Alan and Chris.
02:53am-   Alan picks up camcorder and sees that there is only 2 minutes of battery
	left even though the battery was fresh in at the start of the vigil.
	No movement of trigger object.
Vigil Ends

Room 206 Selina and Sandy

Sandy sets up a trigger object on a table which is a piece of paper folded in half and put on table point upwards.

02:59am-   Sandy calls out.
	-   Loud metallic click heard.
03:00am-   Q: Are there any children here?
	-   A: No response.
03:01am-   Camcorder goes out of focus.
	-   Room feels very draughty.
03:05am-   Selina calls out.
	-   Q: Prove you are here?
	-   A: Loud tap heard.
	-   Sandy calls out.
	-   Tap heard followed by a faint gurgling noise coming from the immediate
                   right hand corner of the room.
	-   Selina calls out.
03:06am-   Orb from cupboard towards Selina.
	-   Sandy calls out.
03:09am-   Selina calls out.
	-   Q: Do something please.
	-   A: Orb from floor immediately to the right of Selina (by 3rd computer
                   chair) moving vertically.
03:13am-   Sandy calls out.
	-   Group reform and start table tipping experiment.
	-   Camcorder locked off to take in whole group.
	-   Alan calls out.
	-   Camcorder makes a noise as though someone is handling it. No-one is
                   and the group were not aware of it.
	-   Selina feels a draught.
	-   Alan continues to call out.
	-   Alan feels a spirit presence.
	-   Q: If there are any children here come and play with us.
	-   A: Selina feels a cold breeze across her hands.
	-   Rhythmic tapping noise heard on camcorder but not noticed by the team.
	-   Alan feels cold.
	-   Alan calls out.
	-   Same tapping noise heard on camcorder which again is not heard by the team.
	-   Alan feels shaky.
	-   Alan feels a cold breeze.
	-   Selina’s face is itchy.
	-   Chris calls out.
	-   Loud tap heard on the camcorder but not heard by the rest of the group.
	-   Selina’s face is still itchy. 
Vigil Ends.

Vigil 5: Library 

03:50am-   Alan calls out and films.
03:51am-   Selina and both hear something which Alan likens to a female voice.
	Faint noise heard on camcorder but is too faint to identify.
	-   Orb on camcorder around area of corridor doors to right of library aisles.
	-   Selina calls out.
03:52am-   2 clicks heard by Selina and Sandy.
	-   Selina calls out.
	-   Q: Show some lights?
 	-   A: Orb bottom right of camcorder to left towards Selina.
	-   Selina continues to call out.
	-   Sandy makes his way down the 2nd aisle from left but comes back quickly
	as it feels very creepy.
03:55am-   Alan walks and films down the 1st left aisle and makes his way to the end
	and turns right. He keeps looking behind him to the corner as he feels a
	presence there.
03:58am-   Orb 3rd left to 2nd left front of aisles.
03:59am-   Orb bottom of 2nd left aisle to window.
	-   Alan calls out.
04:00am-   Orb in front of camcorder moving towards entrance to 2nd right aisle.
	-    Selina puts her torch on as she sees someone standing in front of the 2nd
	right shelving bay. Alan agrees.
	-    Alan feels that it is a female presence.
04:01am-   Noise heard like a box being dragged in front of office.
	-   Alan calls out.
	-   Sandy feels as though someone is standing in front entrance to the office.
04:03am-   All take turns in calling out.
	-   No more activity reported.

Team 3

No notes submitted

Team 4

Vigil 1:Performance Hall 

	Called out but no response
	Alison is given the name of Tabitha.
	Noises heard by radiator, quite loud bangs.
	Slight taps heard in response to calling out.
	All feel female presence.
	Cough heard and shadows seen at far end of hall near rocking chair.
	Alison calls out and a scratching noise is heard in far left corner.
22:05pm-  Andy calls out
	Light under the stage glow on and off.
	4 times Matt has had chest pain during vigil under stage and is given the name Charles.
22:47pm- 4 chimes heard from right side of stage.

Vigil 2:Room 206

Matt calls out
Matt says that there is a teacher in the room.
Matt, Andy, Lee and Alison feel a man pacing in a loop in the room and all have a definite feeling of someone present.
Matt says that the teacher wants us out of his chair.
Matt says that Andy is in the teachers way as he wants to write on the blackboard.
Tap heard to right of Andy.
Andy calls out that he will move out of the teachers chair.
Matt is given the name of Jonathan Hamnet and said that Charles in the performance hall was the person you would be sent to if you were bad.
Loud ‘slap’ heard in corridor but no-one there.

Room 207

Matt, Andy and Lee feel very apprehensive and Andy is given the name of David.
Definitely male presence as Alison and Rebecca not affected.
Lee and Matt feel as though this may have once been a boys school.
Matt feels as though he has been beaten and wants to curl up. He also feels attracted to the window and feels as though this is where someone went to get away from the beatings.
Cold breeze felt by majority of team.
Alison given the name of Paul.
Matt given the name of David a rival of Paul’s. 
David was beaten for doing better than Paul as Paul was star pupil.
Matt feels that the room was used for exams.
Andy changes places with Matt and feels oppressive feeling like someone has sat down with him.
Matt feels that the class was split into bright and slow children and would be seated accordingly and also feels that there was a severe punishment for cheating.
All hear loud thud as Matt is speaking

Vigil 3:Library

Alison given the name of Mary Welch who is between 55-60 years of age. She has grey hair and is a gentle soul.
Slight taps and lights seen in corridor.
Lee feels an aggressive male spirit present trying to bully the male members of the group but no name given.
Loud bangs heard and Lee feels very sick and hot.

Vigil 4:Arts Passage 

All take turns in calling out.
No response and no occurrences reported.

Team 5

No notes submitted

Personal Reports

Kerry Price

After a fantastic investigation at this site in March I was very eager to go back .
The one thing that struck me about this investigation was that it felt different, I couldn’t quite put my finger on it but the difference was to make itself clear during the night.
After the investigators went on their tour of the building I could see that some of them had already started to pick up on active spirit within the school and from what they were telling me this seemed to fit in with what had been detected at this site on the previous visit and also by the staff at the college.
I couldn’t wait to get started.
My team consisted of Julie, Val, Mark who is a new member and I.

1st Floor Passages
As soon as I entered the area I felt very apprehensive. I thought that it might just be expectation after the last time we visited this site. There was just something about the place this time that felt odd. It felt that the spirits knew that we were coming and seemed eager to let us know that they were there.
As we switched off the lights I put a scarf around Val’s neck inside out. She did not know what the scarf was and soon forgot about it.
A whole range of activity was experienced here.
When I first walked to the end of the corridor I was very aware of a young man standing leaning with his back against the 1st locker. He was dressed very casually in beige trousers and jumper and seemed impossibly tall. He soon vanished.
Mark who is new to the group picked up a lot in this area. He became very agitated and felt that he was in trouble and was waiting for the master to tell him off. He had the image of a foreign dark skinned man with bryl creamed back black hair and was dressed in a light tweed jacket. The presence was picked up by all and Julie and Mark both had the image of the jacket. I found this very interesting as Mark had described a former master at the school to a tee. I know that only Val, Ken and I had seen any photographs of former teachers and masters so this proved even the more interesting. I was hoping that another team would pick up on this male spirit.
Amongst the strange activity that happened during this vigil was that a cone which was out in the corridor moved. We heard a dragging noise a couple of times and couldn’t identify what it was but knew that the noise came from the corridor that led to the main staircase. When we went to investigate we saw that the cone had moved. Although we hadn’t taken note of where the cone originally was it had been moved to the top of the staircase. If it had been in this position when we came up the stairs it would have been directly in our way and would need to move it. As no-one had moved it and hadn’t even noticed the cone then it must have moved. This was agreed by all when we moved dragged the cone back which made exactly the same noise that we had heard. From then on in the vigil I felt increasingly uncomfortable and was glad that I had locked off the camcorder as there was a lot of orb activity in response to calling out and this would have unsettled me more.
Another strange thing was that halfway through the vigil Julie seemed to just switch off. We couldn’t get her attention and she was staring at the wall. This is very unlike Julie and is a very active investigator during vigils. She felt as though she was in a dream and couldn’t hear what we were saying. I picked up on a girl at this point sitting outside on the grass making daisy chains. Maybe we were both picking up on the same spirit?

Room 101
As soon as we entered this room Mark had a headache. I instantly felt that there was a spirit male to the right of the room in front of the window. I asked Julie if she felt there was spirit here and where and she pointed to the same place, I had not disclosed what I thought.
This vigil proved to be very interesting. After questioning we found that we were talking to spirits that had died during both world wars. One spirit was Frankie who Julie had picked up on during the previous investigation and who we had since learned did attend this school and had in fact been one of 7 pupils who had died during WWI. The second spirit that we made contact with was Malcolm. Mark said that Malcolm didn’t get to say goodbye to his wife and this is a why he still feels sad. After questioning we found out that he died in WWII on foreign soil and was an engineer.
I could not find a link with the college to this name for this situation however it is interesting to note that a child named Malcolm had in fact died here during the war.
Mark and Val picked up on an RAF connection and I Val felt that someone was very interested in the scarf which she was wearing. At that point I relayed that the scarf was an RAF officer’s scarf, I then turned it in the right way to show Mark and Val as only Julie and I knew what it was. Val felt very shivery when she touched one of the RAF symbols on the scarf.
Val became aware of a presence where Julie and I had both felt a presence which is once again very interesting as we had not disclosed this information to Val and Mark.

Canteen
After the 2nd vigil Ken’s team joined ours. Both Louise and Sammy felt very uncomfortable and uneasy as they had picked up on a man who had abused 2 girls Harriet and Samantha. For their safety and protection the teams stayed together for the remaining vigils.
In this vigil we conducted a ouija experiment. We contacted a female spirit who was aware of what the male spirit had done and had covered it up.
It was also confirmed that the male spirit was around. Many noises were heard in the room during the vigil and would move between making noises and moving the glass. I felt that we were being played with and we all pretty much felt the same.
We found out that the male spirit came down the stairs through the double doors behind Kerry so now I knew why this area had been active.
There was movement noted to the double doors behind Julie which was seen by all at that end of the table. The noises were very confusing and seemed to be moving around, this did nothing to lessen the feeling of tenseness.
During questioning it was discovered that the male presence looked like Serge. Could this be the same male presence that mark had picked up on in the 1st floor passage?
I was very glad to get out of this area.

Performance Hall
This felt like a very threatening vigil. As we set up a glass divination both Julie and I felt that there was a male spirit behind Louise and Sammy and was leaning over them. We did not tell them as we thought that they were feeling more than uncomfortable already and we didn’t want to influence what they felt.
We started glass divination and contacted a girl called Clare who was 15 years of age and had taken her own life because of what the male spirit did.
After a while Mark said that he believed that we were talking to the male spirit and he was just playing with us. Lou felt the same.
So we communicated with the male spirit. He seemed pretty proud of what he had done and didn’t feel that he had done anything wrong. The abuse had been covered up by an older gentleman at the school who allegedly was the male spirit that I had picked up on in the previous investigation.
The glass kept moving in answer to Lou and Sammy and this just made me angry and them more unsettled. At one point Mark said a man was leaning over Lou and Sammy which confirmed what Julie and I had seen earlier. When we ended the glass divination Ken and Simon started table tipping with the rest of us watching. The table made very strong movements towards Simon almost tipping Simon from his chair on more than one occasion.
The remainder of us were all picking up on spirit men around the room, the hall seemed suddenly very crowded.
This was an uncomfortable vigil for all.
After the investigation I was told by Val that through her research she had found out that there was allegedly abuse at the school however it was two boys that were abused. Their names were Harry and Sam. Lou had been given the names Harriet and Samantha!

Séance
At the end of the evening the investigators that were left conducted a séance upstairs. Knocks and taps were heard during this vigil and cold spots. The most interesting things are as follows.
Mark felt a male spirit impress himself on him and felt very angry towards me. I felt that this was the male spirit that we had been in contact with. Val and her group felt very cold at one point Serge saw a face in one of the pictures which was confirmed by the rest of the group. After a while they could no longer see the face.
On the locked off camcorder Lou looked directly at the camcorder and then a loud click is heard. This is not heard by anyone but it is interesting that Lou felt something.

Wow what a great night. A strange mix of activity however many things that were picked up on was information that was expounded upon from the first investigation.
On reading the other teams notes I noticed that Team 4 had heard a coughing noise in the performance hall which had been heard on our previous investigation there and they had also heard 4 chimes which were heard in the 1st floor passage on our previous investigation.
What really interested me was that 2 young boys that had been were picked up on by this team in room 206 and this is where Lou had picked up on 2 girls in this room. Was the information getting mixed up or were there more poor boys that were abused by the same man?
Another great night.
Thank you to all the staff who once again agreed to work and help us with our investigation and allowing us again to investigate here.

Matt Hasler

This investigation was fantastic. I arrived just at the right time after a long day and the whole group went for a tour around the building. For some of us this was a refresher and for others it was a new thing! The college actually seemed even bigger this time than the first time back in March.

Once again the group I was with throughout the whole night heard noises and in the Travel and Tourism rooms had what seemed like a brutal beating of a young boy. All the bad vibes, feelings and even the tears were only inflicted on the males in the group! With myself having a lot happen in this room I was drained and by the 3rd vigil in the Library was half asleep.

Due to this and a long drive back to my dwellings I had to sadly cut the night short, however I feel like the I need to say a big thank you to the boy that was in the rooms for being so brave as to come forward to all 3 males in the rooms after all he had been through!

The venue was fantastic again and this time seemed much more active for me than the previous visit.

Sandy Rutter

First Vigil - Room 101
The team I was in was Alan, Selina, Chris (guest), Julie (guest) & myself. Alan started to call out, is there anybody there but to know avail. Then Selina started to call out. Selina had some response as there were a couple of orbs but it was very quiet in here and everybody felt fine. For some reason my back was freezing. I wasn’t stood anywhere that was cold. We tried table tipping but nothing happened.

Second Vigil - Canteen
Everybody walked about for a couple minutes and then sat down. I had a locked of camcorder facing down so it picked up most of the room. We took some photos. Alan called out but nothing happened then Selina had a go nothing happened. Half way through the vigil Alan saw a figure walk pass the coke machine just out side of the canteen. We tried table tipping but to no avail.

Third Vigil - The Performance Hall
We walked in to the hall, it was a very good atmosphere. It was dark and long. I had a camcorder locked off on the piano pointing towards the rocking chair. The team split up into two as Selina and me didn’t want to do the Ouija board so we stayed in the little room where the piano and rocking chair was. Alan Chris and Julie did the Ouija in the main hall. Selina & I heard a few bangs and thumps but that was it. After about fifteen minutes Selina and me swapped sides so we went under the Stage. We heard Alan say the name Robert, so under the stage I called out if is there anybody there make a noise, touch one of us, say something but unfortunately nothing happened. However when I mentioned the name Robert some orbs started to appear. When I started calling, the sprit that was with us Bobby we seemed to get even more orbs. Then I got the name James for some reason. I got a few orbs off that then we came out from under the stage and decided to go on top of the viewing gallery. I got a few orbs from up there too.

Forth Vigil - Rooms 206-207
We decided to split up again and me and Selina stayed in room 207. We kept getting cold blasts when we where sat on the tutors table but we discovered later one of the windows was open. I had a cam locked off pointing at the bit that looked like an aeroplane seating area. I also had a book I took of the shelf. I laid it on the table hoping that something would turn the pages over but nothing happened. Then we swapped rooms and again we called out. We caught a few orbs. I tried an experiment again. I got a piece of paper that was folded already and placed it on the table still folded but standing up, hoping something would knock it off but nothing happened so we went back to the meeting area.

Fifth Vigil - The Library
(Alan Selina and Sandy)
We only had fifteen minutes in here so we had to work fast. I felt uncomfortable as soon as we walked in. I took a few pictures and to my surprise I got a few orbs. I walked up to the back and got half way up where all the books where but came back. Half way up it was really creepy to me.

All in all a fairly quiet night but I would love to go back.

Simon Steadman

The first thing that I noticed about the college was just how huge it was! So hats off to the guys for staying with us and preventing all of us getting totally lost.

First vigil
The Library

Simon, Wayne, Mark and Stene.
On our way from the kit room we loitered at various points in the corridors where Mark managed to pick up a couple of light anomalies.
When we got to the library it felt fine, not odd at all, we all settled down and Wayne started to ask out. After about 15 mins the feel of the room changed and we all felt slightly uncomfortable. Mark also noted that the trigger object bell had moved slightly. We took photos and reset it.
Both Mark and Wayne thought they had spotted movement amongst the rows of books and as we all investigated the top end. Myself and Mark saw a yellowish light on the back wall of the office, we split up into two pairs and checked the windows for any cars or similar light sources, while we were doing this Stene and Wayne both saw the yellowish light in the office again. We felt that we had checked for reflections and external light, but we found nothing that could explain the movement or colour of the light.
During this vigil myself and Mark managed to catch some light anomalies, but unfortunately Stene and his daylight bringing camera failed to catch anything unusual. Still feeling slightly uncomfortable with the room we left to join the rest in the kit room.

Second vigil
The Art corridor
Simon, Wayne, Mark and Stene.
Again on the way to the art corridor (our thanks to Stene for getting us there) we all snapped off some shots in various corridors but caught nothing.
We had been in the vigil area for about 10 mins when the E.M.F decided to go wild the readings were off the scale. We were standing right by the doors and in the middle of the corridor. We finally decided that it could only be the electrics in the building but the readings only seemed to be about 5ft high by 1ft across. We tried the rest of the corridor and got the same readings where the corridor turned the corner, as we all stood discussing this fact we all heard a musical beeping sound then a loud scrape then a clunk.
We decided that again the electrics were to blame but found no concrete evidence as to what this noise was. When we got to the other end of the corridor (after scaring myself to death by walking into the droopy artwork display in complete blackness!!) we again got the beeping scrape clunk noise but it came from the opposite end of the corridor. A couple of light anomalies were caught, mostly coming from the floor but it felt fine.

Third vigil
First floor corridor

Simon, Wayne, Mark and Stene.
We got a couple of shots during the walk to the corridor, as we walked past the trigger object coins we noticed that 3 had moved slightly. We took photos and moved to the vigil area. The corridor seemed quiet until we got to the crossroads of and I felt a little nervous but I have no clue why. I felt really exposed and threatened, this lasted for about 20 mins during this time we managed to catch a few anomalies and a mouse in the corridor but very little else.

Fourth vigil
Room 101

Simon, Wayne, Mark, Stene and Serge.
Well room 101, unfortunately not as good as the tv programme as this room felt really quiet. Mark managed to catch a single light anomaly but nothing else happened for at least 30 mins, so after a sneaky trip to see if the canteen was empty we all began to creep along the corridor (like something out of Scooby doo). When we got to the canteen we all sat and waited but nothing happened until we were ready to leave when one of the computers kicked itself to life. Stene was sure that they had all been turned off as he did them himself as we set the trigger objects. Other than that all was still.

Final vigil
Room 207

Lots of us!!
We tried a seance with us all split into 3 separate groups in the same room. Kerry began to ask out, we heard a couple of odd noises but nothing conclusive. After repeated asking out by Kerry, Julie, Val and Wayne no other evidence was captured.

On the whole I was very impressed with the College. It was a fantastic place (even though it had the old school smell about it that took me back to childhood!!) and all of the guides were friendly and helpful and I really enjoyed the night! Can’t wait to go back and try it again.

Rachel Bettany

This college was not as old as some of the places we have visited, but it was just as impressive. Firstly I would like to thank the staff who acted as guides for the evening as without them we would have got so very lost in the maze of rooms and corridors.

Vigil 1 - Canteen
Mandy, Shaun, Rachel, and Simon (guide)
We started off sitting around a table at the far end of the room. Shaun had the video camera while the rest of us took a few shots on stills cameras. We tried a Ouija with no luck although it was still early, after roughly 30 mins we moved to the other end of the room and some strange noises were heard but nothing conclusive. Just before leaving the area for the break Simon and Mandy thought they saw the doors moving although we could not decide if this was a trick of the light.

Vigil 2 - Performance Hall
Mandy, Shaun, Simon, and Rachel
This vigil started sat around a table in the middle of the room. Table tipping was attempted again no luck. We all took photos, and the video was running for most of this vigil. The group wandered up to the top of the hall into the storage area, were a few noises were heard. After a little while we headed under the stage, it was very very dark, but still, Simon and Mandy made their way back into the hall leaving Shaun and myself under the stage.10 mins passed nothing had happened so we rejoined the others. Mandy pointed out the two chairs in the storage area, as she was sure the chair on wheels seemed to have moved in front of the rocking chair. On looking at the photos I took, it appears the chair had not moved forward but it seems to have spun round slightly.

Vigil 3 - Rooms 206 & 207
Mandy, Shaun, Rachel, and Simon
We all took photos and went around the room with the video. As we sat around a table we tried glass divination, again no luck, although the entire team was convinced the clock was either stopping or just going quiet at times. We tried to monitor this but when we sat and watched the clock we didn’t hear it change, so I'm still undecided as to whether this was just the dark and time of night playing tricks on us. The other room was again quiet will little to report.

Vigil 4 - The art passage
Mandy, Alison, Andy, Lee, Rachel
While sitting at one end of this corridor a few noises were heard at the other end around a corner, so we wandered along to see if there was anyone there it was empty, but the noises were heard again, were we had just come from, so we walked back along, only for the same thing to happen again, some odd shadows were noticed (although not moving), we split the team into two one group at each end hoping to catch the noises, with no luck, At this point of the evening it was raining very hard so some of the noises we heard we discounted due to the weather. Part of the group wandered up to the first floor corridor, and heard a loud thud noise, downstairs Andy and myself heard definite footsteps, which turned out to be the rest of the team coming to see if we had made the loud banging noise.

Vigil 5 - Room 101
This was the last vigil of the night and we had split the teams so this time I was with Alison, Ken and a few others. On one side of the large table the men tried a Ouija while on the other side Alison and I tried the automatic handwriting planchette. The men had no movement on the Ouija, but the planchette moved every time Ken asked out. We continued for around 20 mins. Alison and I tried calling out while the men kept their hands on the Ouija, which still didn’t move but the planchette continued. Alison felt the name Elizabeth shortened to Betty had a connection to this room, the name Stewart was also mentioned.

The college seems to have a lot to offer but unfortunately not for us on this occasion, I would love to be able to go back, I really feel there is more there than we encountered. Once again, a big thanks to the guides for the night, who joined in as well as stopping us getting lost.

Lee Barrows

The college is an impressive looking building, from the outside it looks big and with it's various buildings added to the main building over the years, it was an almost daunting thought that we would be in there by ourselves. To me, school buildings always have an unusual sensation about them when you are in them when the students are not there, so baring that in mind, I was eager to see if that feeling would carry over to the actual investiation and once I stepped inside, the almost labyrinth like corridors did not ease my unease.

First Vigil
Performance Hall
Our team split into two groups to cover this large hall. One group took the stage (or more aptly under the stage) whilst the other took the hall itself and then we swapped over. I started off in the main hall itself and despite the sensation of people standing around the edge of the hall looking in and watching us in the middle of the room, not much seemed to happening for us. Until Alison and I found outselves drawn to the far end of the hall, where various bits of furniture seemed to be being stored. Various taps and raps were heard coming from near a radiator and we were unsure whether they could be attributed to the heating system or not. We swapped areas and we went under the stage. It was incredably dark, even with a torch and it only seemed to get darker the longer we were under there. But all in all, there did not seem to be a lot of activity.

Second Vigil
Rooms 206 & 207
There is an odd feeling in this room and what feels like a man pacing about, who Matt thinks was a teacher. Matt took a seat on the far side and seemed to be quite affected by something, apparenly connecting with a young man. I was sat with my back to the doorway to the smaller room 207 and I kept finding myself drawn to that room as if expecting someone to come out of there.
We moved into room 207 and I, almost immidiately, took a strong dislike to the place. It felt very oppressive and wrong and I was quite glad when Matt and Andy echoed this sentiments as it was practically driving me to tears, but interestingly the ladies of the group aren't. We were given the impression of a young boy, probably a student and possibly the same one as Matt had picked up on next door, although in here we were given the sensation that he was quite severly beaten and left locked in the room and Matt thought that he possibly made his escape out of the window and across the lower rooftops outside. I was very pleased when this vigil ended and we left these rooms, it was quite an uncomfortable feeling.

Third Vigil
The Library
Matt, seemingly quite exhausted after the previous vigil's events has a rest whilst Alison and Andy feel drawn to the far end of the library's shelves, where Alison apparently sensed an old lady pottering around, possibly tending the bookshelves. Certainly there is the impression that this lady is no threat. I did not pick up on anything out of the ordinary there I had to admit, although I was strangely attracted to a small corridor leading off to one side. Walking down this corridor I suddenly get a very strong impression of very intimidating man, most likely a teacher. I had never felt anything like this before, it was quite incredible. Walking about in the corridor I could almost feasibly detect where he apparently was and when I was nearby to him, it was not a pleasant experience. He was very angry and possibly had been drinking. He was also a bully and seemingly had no respect for anyone or anything, particulary women as when Alison tried addressing him I had the impression that he was dismissing her to the point of delibrately ignoring her. The impression I got was that he was hiding from someone, having been caught doing something he should not have been doing. I also got the name Michael or Michaels or something like that. This was the first time anything like this had happened to me and it was both scary as hell and eqaually fascinating.

Vigil Four
Arts Passage
This was a long corridor and seemingly very quiet. As soon as we got to one end of it, we felt drawn to go back to where we'd just come from. This happened a couple of times until we decided to split into two groups and go to either end. Nothing much seemed to happen so my group decided to go upstairs to the corridor above it, having been attracted to a nearby staircase. No sooner had we started to walk along this upper passageway that we heard a loud noise, which reminded me of shutters being pulled down suddenly. There was also a noise like knocking on one of the classroom doors. When we met up with the other half of the group, who were not far from where he had heard these noises, they had heard nothing. Very odd as that first noise should have travelled very well down the otherwise quiet corridors and stairs.

Conclusion
Wow! This investigation had really hit a spot with me. I had never experienced anything like what I had experienced up by the library. The sensation was almost overwhelming and is something that will stay with me for a long time. That combined with the sensations felt in room 207, I am convinced that there was something very tangible there in this building, and that is something that I can not say that I admit to very often. This was a fantastic investigation for me and I hope that one day we can return to this fabulous location. My thanks to the staff for giving up their evening and night and enabling us to carry out this investigation.