Wednesday, 26 May 2010

The Ghost of The Grenadier Pub, London.

The Grenadier Public House, Wilton Road, London, is famous for being one of London’s most haunted pubs and The Duke of Wellington drank there on occasions. It is haunted by the Ghost of a Grenadier.

The Young Soldier allegedly died after sustaining injuries from a beating from his Comrades after it was discovered he cheated in a card game in the public House. His Ghost is a reoccurring haunting and is said to appear in the month of September as it looks around the building and looking into rooms and travelling along corridors.

In June 2004 after work, five of my work Colleagues and I entered the Pub celebratory leaving drinks after a hard days toil. The Pub had filled with Customers and contained the usual Students and other revelers, and patrons, stopping for a quick drink before returning home. We all grabbed table and I noticed a Victorian Round Table with marquetry in Beach.

The table had Black Ink Roman Numerals around the edge and a brass plaque was dated 1890. One of my colleagues offered to buy the round, and we brought ales. He asked the Head Of the Department whether he could get one, and the answer was yes.

After some five minutes had passed, he returned to the table, and gave the pint to the Head of the Department. The Head was wearing Posh Oxfords and Chinos and a Shirt.

As sat his Pint down on the Table, the Glass containing the Ale, suddenly flew up and off the table and the Beer went flying over him. He shrugged and laughed the incident off, and someone else offered to buy him another one. In another corner of the Pub a woman screamed and she made a fuss that someone or something icy had touched her on the shoulder. None of us spoke of the incidents again and we got on with the evening entertainment. My guess is that it was the Ghost of The Grenadier.

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