The Falstaff Experience

Stratford

24th November 2007

Team 1 -          Carol, Steve I, Sheryl, Dave, Joan, Ian & Sarah

Team 2 -          Nick, Mark, John, Steve C, Joy, Ann & Emily

Base Line Readings

Camera Locations

Camera 1 -       Civil War Room

Camera 2 -       Penny Arcade

Camera 3 -       Dead Room (Facing the Piano)

Camera 4 -       Tavern

All camera’s started recording at 11.15pm, except camera 4 which we had a problem with. Camera 4 was left on so could be watched but not recorded.

Team 1

11.45pm  -       Carol senses a man in the courtyard, knee high black boots, he’s big, very tall. Carol believes that the cart has moved.

Team 2

11.30pm -        John can hear a little girl in the corridor. St Em. Emily plays here, dad used to come to see someone. She played here. Dad William, liitle brother Ryan, sounds like.

                        A lot of skipping. Frances thought she said Frank (silly billy) Fances lives here, no stops when he is passing through. Something to do with boats.

                        Someone had walk through earlier.

                        Up stairs someone is saying Why me. Sounds like someone really upset. Dies in childbirth, Harriot. Baby girl, Thomas babies father. 1492 year. The year of our Lord 1492.

                        Civil war room, Harriot hiding, dressed in white, white cap, lace collar. Quaker look to her, well dressed for the time, middle class. Didn’t stop long, 6 months (living here) not there.

                        Stop here people cared for them.

                        Someone behind steve with a big silver buckle on his hat, Gregory. Big fat bloke just walked through. Back in plague room.

                        Dead room, man watches everyone, when they gone he plays the piano. The lord is our Shepard. John asking his name, Charles Fulternome saying ‘I’m the friend of the ??? river’

Team 1

12.10am -        In the library carol says that it dates back to Henry VIII, man in costume has something to do with it, he’s as big as the man Carol saw earlier in the courtyard.

                        There’s a sense of religion & death, William is a name that is coming to Carol.

                        Corridor is cold, someone is in there, I ask if female or male, Carol says a child, more than one. Someone not nice, Carol is shaking, it’s very depressing, something not nice has happened to the children. I asked Carol if she had any names, no.

                        Carol has got a bad head.

                        In the Plague Room, Carol feels sick, depressive atmostphere but a sweet smell. Used as witches, tried and treeson.

                        Steve and Sarah heard a cough sound, very cold at top of stairs. Sheryl called out, no response.

                        Carol couldn’t feel her left leg, it was dead.

                        In the Civil War Room, Carol saw a figure, white, by camera. It was female. Warm in room for Carol, althought something was not right. Sarah asked what bad head meant for Carol, she said that something wasn’t right.

                        Male child, can’t pick up on dress. Shy and doesn’t want to be seen. Might think we will hurt him, he’s very small.

                        Steve picks up on orb in corner of room, she has moved to left, behind Sarah. ( Sarah standing by lucky wood) Carol hears russle of leaves. Sheryl calls out, Carols head is being touched, Sheryl asks for spirit to play the piano. Carol says that someone is behind Dave, although could be the picture behind him. Carol is hit on right side and cold on left.

                        In the Dead Room, Carol says a female called Sarah is in here. Sheryl calls out, again someone is touching Carols head, also pulling her boot. Dave scans with EMF meter but no reading. Carol is still being touched. Sheryl asks out again for Sarah to do something, no response. Carol believes that some stuff in the room was actually used for witchcraft. Sheryl calls out again, no response. Everyone is cold, freezing in room. Carol still has bad head.

Team returns to TV room.

Team 2

12.35am -        The stairs, curtains moving, banging. Carol says more than one. Scary. Someone pushing Steve, big bloke, Raymond. He’s walked in, thin, tall, brown trousers and tails on jacket. Murdered for his money. Someone still pushing steve. Big guy walking aroung, Raymond, checking rooms, Charles Faraday. Isobel C.

                        John told not to go past stairs, someone telling John that she was killed here 1567 naem Amanda, surname something little like penny. John keeps hearing Amanda, John asking if she fell down the stairs. To push the curtains open.

                        Male on stairs, asking if they hung here move curtains. Movement upstairs. John feels he wants to write in the Civil War room. Lord Cartington link with civil room. Linked with gunpowder plot Gut Fawkes, 3 men Bartholomew, Edward Grays, Richard Lynton.

                        Hannah, lovely little petite, used to bring bread & basket of goodies. Who lived here then ? William.

                        What relation you to William ?

                        Doesn’t come here anymore to many bad memories, she has no where else to go.

                        Does she know anyone else here ? Man & little girl, Older girl, walks around like she’s lost. Who plays the piano ? The music man. What his name ?

                        Some religious significance, only for brief time. She’s gone now.

                        1650 religious, want to rid people of there sins. Loud Banging noise, if you want us to go bang floor. The revered, bang the floor or noise. Tell us your name ? Fultimore.

Team 1

1.20am  -         In the Penny Arcade, Carol feels nothing, asked if Madame Zandra has always been there ? would need to ask owners.

                        In the Tavern, bottom of stairs Carol has a bad head. Carol asks did you hear that noise, no-one else did.

                        Stairs she feels sick, someone is waiting to push her back down. When in the Tavern Carol has seen someone at the door into the dead room, someone in a long frock, long hair. I ask male or female, she thinks it’s that man from the courtyard. Very large man. He’s now gone into Civil War room. Sheryl asks out, no response. Carol has said that her guide has said not to go back down the back stairs. Dave and Ian have gone back to see if anything has or will happen.

                        In the Civil War room, tall man has gone.

                        In the Plague Room, Carol’s leg dead, right this time.

                        In the corridor, Sheryl calls out, getting very cold, we all hear a knocking upstairs. Ask out again, no response. The curtain is moving but there is a very good draft along the corridor.

Team 2

1.50am             In the tavern,  do you play piano in the other room ?

Steve keeps seeing man with funny trousers and buckle on his boots.

Some said we were witches. Do they believe in the Lord ?

Hector run the tavern. Female worked in tavernat the front and entertained the men in the back.

Team 1

2.30am -          In the Library, cold very cold, no breeze.

                        Civil War room, really cold, Carols right knee is feeling cold.

                        In the Dead room, female figure, she’s a witch taken from another place. Something in here all the time, very active.

                        Sheryl reads from witches book, there is a Susanna and Sarah in book. Carol said these names earlier.

                        Harmonium is fascinating.

                        In the Tavern, very cold draft by door. Carol doesn’t like it in there. Sheryl asks Carol about William name she picked up earlier, one owner of Tavern was a William Rogers 1578-1595, Shrews House.

                        In the Penny Arcade, Carol doesn’t feel right.

 Team 1 & 2

3.20am -          Civil War Room, Military people found hung and went away. Been on the run, they were looking for him. Round heads and Cavaliers. Something to do with stealing muskets. John says they didn’t just hang him. Cromwell had to advance to Blabey.