Gloucester Ghost Walks

Spooky happenings in Gloucester pub captured on CCTV

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FALLING pint glasses, moving cutlery and footsteps on the stairs sparked a ghostly investigation at a Gloucester pub.

Spooky happenings have been reported at the New Inn in Gloucester – and experts claim the past month has been one of the busiest times at the haunted hotspot.

In the past people have claimed to have seen spectres of children playing in the courtyard, a nanny watching them and also a blacksmith in the grounds of the 600-year-old pub.

But the most recent – and most spectacular – event was captured on CCTV cameras this week when a pint glass fell from a table in the bar, with nobody within touching distance of it.

Mark Cooke has been landlord at the pub, in Northgate Street, since February.

He said: “I was a bit dubious of the paranormal before seeing that footage, but there’s no denying what happened.

“There is definitely something going on here, there’s no doubt about it.”

He admitted other strange things had been happening recently – enough to warrant a full scale overnight investigation on Friday.

“We had 10 cameras set up all around the place on Friday and we captured a few things,” he added.

“For example we saw some cutlery moving in the restaurant. It is quite scary.

“A couple of weeks ago I got a call from a member of staff at 2am asking me if I was still in the pub because he could hear footsteps on the stairs – but I was in bed at the time.

“I wouldn’t say I was a ‘believer’ but I can tell you this, when you’re locking up at 3am in the pitch black, it’s enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.”

Lyn Cinderey, of Gloucester Active Paranormal Society (Gaps), believes that the current activity in Gloucester is the busiest it’s ever been.

She said: “There is a lot going on at the moment.

“We held a seance in the New Inn on Friday night and we had a Brian Turnur come through to speak to us, and he may have been the one who pushed the pint glass over.

“He said he was a blacksmith and he was born in 1434 and he died in 1465.

“There have also been reports of whispering, quiet music being played and knocking.”

The video showing the falling pint glass can be seen on The Citizen website thisisgloucestershire.co.uk.

But some readers have reacted with scepticism to the film.

Tom, from Stroud, said: “I’m not going to say I agree or disagree, but it looks a bit suspect that the guy on the right hand side’s arm moves at precisely the same time the glass falls (or gets pulled) off the table