Susan Flint sat in a downstairs room in the Bull's Head pub, Swinton, late one night working on the accounts when she was disturbed by a scraping noise. Unable to concentrate, she got up and went to see what the cause was. In another part of the old building she found a chair moving to and fro on the floor, apparently by itself. Oddly she attributed the phenomenon to vibrations from the street outside, despite there being very little traffic at that time. When she spoke about the unusual event, others working in the pub related various accounts of noises and strange voices. It seemed the moving chair was not an isolated incident.
The present building was constructed in 1826 but the site and foundations date back to the Middle Ages and once faced a cemetary. Indeed Chorley Road on which the pub sits was known once as 'Burying Lane'. After a debate about the supposed haunting Susan's stepfather, James, and a friend of the family, Andy, were challenged to stay the duration of the night in the cellars of the pub, a challenge |
