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Saturday 17th December 2005. Ghost Search
The Jackdaw was built in 1645, in the 19th year of the reign of King
Charles 1. This was originally a farmhouse belonging to the estate of
Thomas Leythorne and up until 1756 was leased out to tenant farmers. In
1756, under the ownership of Keeble Estate, Andrew Snell Esq. took lease
and was given a licence to sell Ales and Ciders, these premises were
then subsequently named 'The Red Lion'. There are two claims to fames
for The Jackdaw. First, how it got it's new name. During the 1760's the
celebrated poet Thomas Grey was a regular patron, as was Richard Harris
Barham: a local resident who compiled the famous "Ingoldsby Legends- The
Jackdaw Of Rheims". So it was in 1962 in honour of that poet 'The
Jackdaw's name came to be. Secondly, The Jackdaw was featured in the
epic film "The Battle Of Britain", starring Michael Caine & Christopher
Plummer. There is a very strange atmosphere at The Jackdaw, lots of
Spiritual mysteries. There seems to be so many Spirit that reside here,
that it is hard to find where one ends and another begins. There is also
another power source, that belongs to the underground stream, which in
turn gives the energy these Spirit need to manifest. The cellar is a
place where most staff dread to go. I must admit, when Peter and I went
to check this place out Peter was caught unawares and was pushed quite
violently which made him stumble. (We have since found out this is why
the staff hate it so). This is one investigation you shouldn't miss, we
as a team can't wait.
The Investigation Report
Oh boy, we as a team knew that there would be a fight on our hands this
time around at The Jackdaw, but we didn't anticipate the strength or
length of time the battle would go on for.
I was asked to go to The Jackdaw as 'something wasn't right' about seven
weeks before the night's investigation date. I was to find a male energy
(known to the owner) that was intent on causing as much emotional and
mental damage as he possibly could. I was told by my guide and another
male energy on site that they were containing 'his' desires and that
they would continue with the protection for the time being. I did not
tell Caroline who the energy was, as this would have played on her mind
and given the male energy a way in. However, Caroline was hearing
noises, objects were being moved, a clock was altered and an uneasy
feeling was also present. My team were briefed with the basic of details
(except the Mediums who had to know more of the details) of who and how
this low male energy was connected with Caroline. Originally it was
booked that only myself, Pete and Adam were to be the working Mediums,
but at the eleventh hour Glen was called upon as well.
The night started at it continued, whilst Glen's group were holding
communications via a glass, it smashed, which is something that has
never happened before. We did not 'play' on the significance as we did
not want to cause alarm or indeed give this energy the 'attention' he
was seeking. The glass was cleaned up and we carried on. The table
tilting sessions were fantastic, and were moved with a huge amount of
strength. From here I took my group of seven to the flat above the pub
and formed a circle. The Spirit that reside at The Jackdaw were a little
uneasy about coming in to work for too long, however the low male energy
soon made an appearance. At that time we were unaware he had brought
along back up, an additional two low male energies. My guests were very
aware of the energy build up, especially one guest who was non believer
(more about John later!). Everyone at different times were feeling cold
spots behind them, waves of energy would leave them feeling in no doubt
'someone' was with them. The temperature then started to drop
dramatically, leaving us feeling very shivery. John was then to be
picked on...which carried on through the night! He said that he felt
very angry, that the anger was not his. John said he could easily start
to hit out. I left the circle and made my way to John, went to carry out
some healing but realised that the male energy was covering him with
emotions that could have soon taken a hold, so I placed John in the
centre of the circle for protection. Within minutes these feelings then
waned. When John rejoined the circle I placed myself next to him so I
could keep an eye on him. It wasn't long before our low energy started
to try to find a weak link as a way of breaking the circle up. Guests
periodically felt as if their hands were being prised apart, arm
twisting was carried out and John was given immense pain which triggered
him to squeeze the death out of hands either side of him. We held this
circle for two hours, in this time Adam was being over shadowed by the
lower Spirit to the point he was no longer with us, and John was given
pain after pain.
The séance in the front bar area of The Jackdaw was also a good evidence
provider. This time round we had seats as this would make us more
comfortable for the time I thought would be spent here. I sat next to
Adam and Caroline on the other side of Adam; I noticed that when I
looked in to Adams eyes they were not his, they were the eyes of an
elder man. I also knew that at any moment Adam would strike either
Caroline or myself in the face. I moved Caroline immediately to the
other side of the circle, but I stayed next to Adam just in case. No
sooner had the séance begun we all started to feel a build up of energy,
and it wasn't good. It was at this point I discovered that we had three
male energies as opposed to just one. John once again was being given
immense pain; he would throw his head back, moan and squeeze the hand of
the people next to him. Whilst this was going on Peter (guest) started
to shake, he was unable to control this motion. Peter also said he felt
as if Caroline's hand was being pulled from his. With some
re-adjustments Peter held on to Caroline's arm for a better grip. Adam
then started to drop his head and drift in and out of awareness, I was
constantly shouting at him to fight the energy, to not give him the
satisfaction of winning him over, this worked to a large degree yet Adam
was still not with us. Guests were also reporting seeing flashes of
light around me, the fire very suddenly roared like an inferno and the
energy around us was awesome. Suddenly Adam said, "I'd be better off
leaving the circle", he then tried to break the circle. This for a
Medium is a big no, no and I knew that the low entity had almost won
over Adam. Placing guest's hands behind me so as not to break the circle
I pushed Adam in to the centre of the circle. Nice try low entities, but
not good enough! As I was giving Adam healing, John cried 'not again' as
he winced in pain, Peter once again had the shakes and others began to
feel very uneasy. It was then I felt Adam lunge forward, I knew he
(should say low entity) was trying to get to Caroline, without a second
thought for her safety I pushed an open hand in to Adams face and sent
him back to the ground....which seemed to bring him back again! At this
point I knew my circle was under seige from all three male Spirit and
put out an alarm call which sent both Mediums to my aid within minutes.
Both Pete and Glen carried out rescue work to many guests, John's body
then went in to spasm with pain and he was squeezing Caroline's hand so
hard she was crying, Adam had his hands over John and Caroline's as if
to seal them. I had to prize Adam and Johns hand off of Caroline's, her
hand had swollen with the amount of pressure that had been applied. This
was the last attack for the time being. We all broke to have a well
earned coffee before holding a final séance with the guests.
Cams were mounted on Tripods for this séance and all hands were united.
Caroline was placed in the centre of the circle for her own protection.
Straight away the attacks began. Once again John (not forgetting he was
the disbeliever!) was sent reeling with pain given to him by the low
entities in the hope to break the circle (to which a nick name of
'crusher' was given!), guests were seeing flashes of lights dart about
the room. We all heard loud thuds from behind the bar and then heard a
three way male conversation taking place at the back of the room. A
guest suddenly felt the taste of blood in her mouth and others began to
shake (as the time before). Pete was continuously having to give healing
whilst guests sat in the circle. Adam was still not with us, and the
energy was building fast. I shouted at the main character (low entity)
as to what he thought he was playing at, I asked why had he come back,
what gave him the right to enter Caroline's home and abuse her. The low
entity gave Glen his words "She used to hide in a cupboard" there was
more said but none that I wish to write about. I saw red, knowing what
he had put Caroline through I let him have the full force of my anger
and my tongue, I told him he had met his match and that I was not afraid
of him. I told him I was ready to kick his butt. It fell silent.
Caroline then said "Oh my God, I don't believe it". Neither could the
rest of the circle as the smell of aftershave drifted from the centre of
the circle where Caroline was across the room. One male guest said the
brand name, which confirmed to Caroline this was not in her imagination
as we were all smelling it to. I closed guest's hands behind me and
stepped outside the circle. I wanted to fight this son of a *itch, he
was cruel, vindictive and nasty, and I had had enough. I told the low
entities that I was now not protected by the circle that I wanted 'the
man' to face me off. Again it fell silent. I then smelt the after shave
and felt 'his' energy in front of me, but not alone...he was a coward
after all, he had one of his minions standing to the right of me. Again
I challenged him, told him that it would give me pleasure to watch my
guide drag him back to where he rightfully belonged. I stood outside the
circle for a good ten/fifteen minutes, he would not take me on. At 6.45
am we bid our guests good morning and sent them home to bed. The team
once again sat in circle for the final showdown. We meant business and
so did our guides; we had some dirty laundry that needed taken out. Pete
conducted this séance as my own energy (as well as Glen and Adams) were
down to our boots. Pete asked both his guide (Buffalo) and my guide
(Sym) to go and gather the three male energies up and bring them to us.
Once this mission was completed Pete said "Let the battle commence".
Four Mediums means four guides, we were also sent other helpers from the
Spiritual plains. We sat in circle and Spirit circled our circle with
the energies in between the two. Spirit began to move forward, which
meant the three energies were being pushed closer to our circle. Pete
saw Buffalo and Sym on white horseback circle the two circles, these
energies were not going to get away. Whilst this took place I was shown
a pair of brown eyes and then a leather jacket, Caroline knew these to
be the abusers. Pete then saw three white sacks; one was placed over
each low entity before being carried back to the world of Spirit. It was
interesting to note the three Spirits were protesting their innocence
through this rescue work, but the higher realms were not having any of
that. We have been told these energies will not be bothering Caroline or
anyone again; they will be guarded at all times.
We have no photo's to submit as there was no time in which to take any,
like I said, this investigation started as it finished...non stop and a
fight to the bitter end.
Donna (Ghost Search Uk Paranormal investigator).
http://www.ghostsearchuk.co.uk/
Saturday 28th May 2006 Ghost Search
I don't often take my team to an investigation site the second time
around, but The Jackdaw gave so much evidence that I have decided to go
in again. For full details check out the previous investigation report.
If this investigation is anything like the first then we are in for one
good night, perhaps there will be more guests added to list of seeing a
full ghost manifestation.
The Investigation Report
Our second visit to The Jackdaw was held high in expectations within
the team, we were hopeful that this time round we could secure
'something' on tape to give some credence to life after death. Our first
visit had been fantastic...hence our return. It soon became apparent
that this was not to be the case, the atmosphere felt flat and as the
night progressed we, as Mediums, had to work very hard to encourage
Spirit to step forward.
The first room that my group investigated was the living room. The
normal procedure of holding a séance took place, in the hope we could
build up some much needed energy. We held this séance for about five
minutes, but still the energy was very low. We were however soon joined
by a male Spirit who introduced himself as Adrian. Adrian was happy to
circle us and pick off certain guests to try to give them evidence that
he was here within the room. Barry (guest and my uncle) was the first to
be chosen, I could see Adrian pulling on his right ear, yet Barry was
unable to 'feel' anything. Dear Adrian tried for some time, at times
yanking his ear quite violently.....yet still Barry was unable to feel
this ear pulling. Adrian gave up on Barry and passed around the circle
to a lady called Debbie, he said he was going to massage her neck and
shoulders. I whispered this to the person standing on my right (whilst
getting Debbie to hum so she couldn't overhear what I was saying) and
asked Debbie to invite Adrian to give her the evidence she was seeking.
Sure enough Debbie said she could feel 'something' around the nape of
her neck. Pleased that at last someone could sense him he said he'd like
to try something else. Adrian said he'd like to tweak her nose, once
again I told the person on my right whilst getting Debbie to hum. Sure
enough within just a few moments Debbie reported feeling a strange
sensation around her top lip area. Once the séance was over I was asked
if I could describe Adrian by one of the guests, Adrian stepped close so
I could see him in his entirety, the description is as follows: A
slender man who stood approximately 5' 5"-5' 6" in height. He wore dark
trousers that seemed to be covered from just below the knee with white
stockings, upon his feet were highly polished shoes (also dark in
colour) which were adorned with a large silver buckle. His blouse he was
wearing appeared quite feminine, in the respect that it had ruffles that
tapered down from the neck line in a large V shape. The blouse was white
with long sleeves. Adrian said that he often wore a 'tri-hat', which he
was not wearing at the time. His hair appeared very soft and clean and
was collar length which consisted of loose natural curls. Adrian went on
to tell me that his surname was McNally (unsure of spelling), he was 32
years of age when he met his death, this was due to a fall he had from
his horse to which his broke his neck, death was instantaneous.
According to the information given, Adrian was one of eight local
councillors that rode past The Jackdaw on their way to the local council
meetings he and the other seven councillors would stop on route both to
and from the meetings.
Adrian said that they would stop for an ale to which he would drink from
his own tankard, the other councillors also had tankards of their own.
The year given for this council work and connections to The Jackdaw were
1832-1852.
Caroline (owner) reported Jake (her 4 year old son) had started to leave
his bedroom regularly between 3 & 3.30 am. Jake didn't appear to be
distressed he just kept saying that he was fed up with 'them' sitting on
his bed. I asked that two camera operators, Bev and Chris, sit in that
room between the times given to see if anything happened. We couldn't
believe our eyes when, secured on cam at approximately 3.42am, we
watched an orb (that appeared to resemble tissue paper) come up through
the bed and disappear into thin air. This secured evidence gave Caroline
the reassurance that Jake didn't have an over active imagination and
wasn't being naughty, it seems that someone really does visit him in the
wee hours of the morning.
The rest of the investigation didn't bring forth much more; the table
tipping was good, but weak, as with the glass moving.
All in all I was disappointed that The Jackdaw didn't produce more in
the way of paranormal activity....it just goes to show capturing any
Spiritual evidence is not as easy as one would have hoped.
Donna.
The first stop for our team was the cellar, and most of the group
experienced touching, pushing and pulling by Spirit. A dark male shape
was observed by one of the guests. As I looked at him (Spirit) I could
make out his facial features which were very sharp/pointed with high
prominent cheekbones. Another of the guests stated he looked almost
skeletal.
I also got the name of Michael (not the dark man).
From the cellar we moved to one of the bar areas. In a wing chair there
was a Spirit gent named George. He said he had passed in 1949, he was
wearing a dark 1930's/1940's suit and a hat. A little girl with fair
hair and aged about 5 or 6yrs joined us she told us her name was
Elizabeth. I asked her to go round the circle to make herself known to
people, and try as she might she just couldn't. Adam (medium) felt her
sit on his lap and play with his hair for a while, but she got bored
with this and left.
We went on to try some table tipping, this went well and some of the
guests who had never tried it before were quite amazed, and Tony (camera
man) caught a couple of orbs coming out from the table as we were
working on it.
When we went into the small bedroom upstairs I kept catching fleeting
glimpses of someone (Spirit) dashing from side to side, trying to
conceal themselves. Once I assured him that we meant him no harm, we got
some information from him.
He gave the impression that he was always hiding, both on the material
plain and the Spiritual one. This was borne out by what he told me.
He was a thief amongst thieves, in other words he stole from the thieves
and was always wary and hiding. There were tunnels in the area at one
time and these were used for the movement of illicit goods from one
point to another. This was where he lived and died.
He passed over in 1790 just before Christmas and his body was never
found.
He gave his name as Jake Robinson, he said his dad was named Derek and
his Mum was called Nan (Nancy?).
The investigation, although slower than we would have liked, still gave
a few insights.
Pete & Adam
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From the Dover Express, 24 January 2008.
Report by Simon Finlay.
Pub fined for battle on its beeches.
IT IS one of the most famous and fraught love scenes in any Second World
War cinema blockbuster.
Dashing squadron leader Colin Harvey sweeps up to a quintessentially
English pub in an open topped sports car to meet his wife, Maggie, for a
drink to discuss the war’s uncertainty on their marriage in the epic
film Battle of Britain.
Played by Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in a stellar cast, the
couple’s relationship underpinned the whole of the film, which detailed
the heroic airborne battles against the odds to repel Hitler’s invading
hordes in 1940.
Also starring Michael Caine and Trevor Howard and set to a BAFTA-nominated
score, Battle of Britain showed how a ragbag of RAF servicemen and
foreign Spitfire pilots finally sent the Germans into retreat.
The real conflict raged in the skies high above the very pub, The
Jackdaw,
in Denton, where the iconic scenes were shot in 1969.
But in 2008 another couple featured at the pub and this time in
circumstances no less fraught than the tension-packed scenes between
Plummer and York. Just like the film, this involved a plot with a far
from happy ending.
Landlord and landlady Robert and Caroline Hopkins appeared before
magistrates on January 7 to plead guilty to chopping down 18 beech trees
in the pub’s car park in breach of the local authority’s planning rules.
The trees were in a conservation area, said the prosecuting authority,
Dover District Council.
The magistrates at Folkestone were not impressed either when they
handed
down fines and costs.
The defendants were fined £3,600, £1,000 in costs and £30 surcharge
towards crime victim support.
The couple both in their 30s, pleaded guilty to 18 counts of the
unlawful removal of a tree on May 21 last year.
They had hired a local man to carry out the work but took responsibility
for the problem when the council intervened.
A council spokesman said: “They hired a chap who chopped down 18 beech
trees that sort of bisected the car
park at the pub. It was because it was in a conservation area that there
was a problem.’"
The Hopkins must pay back the total amount owed at £400 a month.
The couple were unavailable for comment.
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