Saturday, 26 January 2008

Haunted Pub in Sale,Cheshire

I have decided to start with a pub which has a true life ghost story attached to it and not only that it serves good food as well.
The pub in question is in Sale, Cheshire and it is called Jackson's Boat.
It is situated on the banks of the River Mersey so its a nice venue in the summer when you can sit outside in the big beer garden.
In the beginning there was a ferry that operated at this point to ferry people over the Mersey to the next village and the owner of the ferry was a Mr Jackson, hence the name of the pub today.
There has been a building on this site for about 300 years now although the present building is not the original. There is a lot of history attached to this pub, Bonnie Prince Charlie was said to have stayed there on his way to Derby when Scotland was at war with England.
The local paper ran an article recently when the local ghost hunters asked the landlord if they could spend the night there to record any happenings. They drew a blank that night although the landlord reports that there is sometimes a banging on the door at the dead of night especially on cold windy nights and when he looks out of the window there is no-one there.
If you are in the area call in and see what you think






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