Shopping spectres in shoreham by sea

There once was a place called St Wilfred's, the old Hospice in Ham Road. This was demolished to make way for a modern shopping precinct, now home to the Co-op, Famous Moe's Pizza, a cafe and newsagents. The ghosts of young schoolgirls wearing grey dresses with white pinafores have been seen in the area, as has a man in a Victorian-style suit with a black top hat. The sound of ghostly piano music has also been heard, despite the fact that there are no pianos in the buildings.

Another legend concerning this hospice/ shopping area is that there was a fire in the Building and boys got trapped inside and a young Girl with a white dress can be seen in the building and things fall off the isles for no reason.

Around the same time as the tragedy in the hospice, before the Holmbush centre was built, there was a farm on the land, where Tesco and marks and Spencer's is now situated. Backing onto what is now the A27, where M&S is, was the farmyard barn. One afternoon, returning from school, a young girl dressed in grey, was in the barn seeing to the animals when the building caught light and burnt her alive. It is not know, but believed to be the terrible act of her father. Staff at marks and Spencer's and the rest of the centre have said to have seen her at night, or early hours of the morning, usually away from bystanders, and leaves notes to let people know that she is still around in spirit.

Anyone fancy a shoreham pub ghoul?

Suters Yard in the High Street is in fact haunted by a young girl called Rose, who lives behind a barrel in the celler. The owners at the time had a son called Jordan who spoke to the her while living at the pub in the late 1990s. He was astonished that he was the only one who could see her, and used to point and say "Look, she's there, can't you see her"? But no one could. The owners bought a new copy of a music compilation tape, which they used to play in the bar during business hours. It had been played several times from new and there was never any problems with the recording. However, one day when the tape was on and it got to a track by Kylie Minogue called 'Give Me Just A Little More Time', there were a few seconds of strange girlish laughter in the middle, before continuing with the rest of the song.

The Wateride Inn over Shoreham beach is haunted by a monk who has been seen wandering around from time to time. This haunting is put down to the fact that the pub was built on the site of a former priory associated with the Knights Templars.

The Ferry pub in East Street has been troubled in the past with strange, unexplained noises coming from the cellar, when it was known that no one was down there.

Buckingham road area, soldiers accommodation

During the second world war some of the houses between Windlesham Gardens and the Railway Station were taken over to accomodate soldiers. One of these houses is said to be home to an unseen entity. The story goes that one day shortly after moving in, one man tried to take his pet dog into his bedroom, only to have it wriggle out of his hands and go berserk if it was carried back. Strangely enough the animal was o.k. throughout the rest of the house.

In the evenings, most soliders would either catch a train into Brighton, or attend local clubs, while others would remain at the house, playing cards or writing letters to relatives. On several ocasions when all the occupants were on the ground floor, they would hear the sound of footsteps descending the stairs. However when anyone investigated there was no one there. Nobody took the footsteps seriously and the subject became a topic of light hearted banter! One soldier decided to add his own concept of fun to the situation. One night, when there were six or seven men relaxing in the lounge downstairs, he crept to the top of the building holding a long piece of chain, which he had obtained earlier on that day. Even though the sound of chains had not accompanied the footsteps on any of the subsequent occasions, the prankster thought it would be a funny addition to the proceeding. After all, he thought that some ghosts are supposed to be encumbered by clanking chains, so his reasoning made sense.

He began his slow descent down the stairs, with heavy footsteps and an effective rattle of the chains he carried. He hoped the men would hear the chains and become scared. However, he had only taken a few steps, when he heard the sound of someone behind him, which was annoying as he thought the joke would be ruined. He turned around to see who it was, but there was no one there. As he turned back he could hear the footsteps gaining on him. There was a strange feeling of cold and the swish of invisible cloth brushing his hand as something unseen brushed past him. The soldier was terrified and dropped his chains to race for the safety of the lounge.