Signs of the times
by PeterKR
The overgrown disused riverside mooring for The Roebuck Hotel.
"The Roebuck Hotel is considered by some to be one of the most haunted locations in Reading. From as long ago as the 17th Century, the Oxford Road hostelry has been a favourite haunt of people travelling by foot, road and river and generations of staff and guests swear that one of them never left.
The story goes that back in the 18th Century an admiral, whose identity remains unknown, was staying at the Roe-buck (then a coaching inn) with his faithful canine companion when a fire broke out. The admiral went looking for his dog which it is said managed to escape out of a window but the admiral perished in the flames.
There have been many stories from guests centring on the same two bedrooms – numbers six and eight. Guests have reported a strong sense of tobacco in room six and there are rumours afoot of object being moved in the bedrooms. Room eight has produced the most frequent sightings of the admiral. Guests have been known to vacate the room and the room has a persistent smell that cannot be got rid of. The room also suffers sudden dips of temperature.
The Admiral is known to move furniture, lock doors and windows and hammer on the walls. His footsteps also pace the corridors and the gravel outside late at night. "
"The Roebuck Hotel is considered by some to be one of the most haunted locations in Reading. From as long ago as the 17th Century, the Oxford Road hostelry has been a favourite haunt of people travelling by foot, road and river and generations of staff and guests swear that one of them never left.
The story goes that back in the 18th Century an admiral, whose identity remains unknown, was staying at the Roe-buck (then a coaching inn) with his faithful canine companion when a fire broke out. The admiral went looking for his dog which it is said managed to escape out of a window but the admiral perished in the flames.
There have been many stories from guests centring on the same two bedrooms – numbers six and eight. Guests have reported a strong sense of tobacco in room six and there are rumours afoot of object being moved in the bedrooms. Room eight has produced the most frequent sightings of the admiral. Guests have been known to vacate the room and the room has a persistent smell that cannot be got rid of. The room also suffers sudden dips of temperature.
The Admiral is known to move furniture, lock doors and windows and hammer on the walls. His footsteps also pace the corridors and the gravel outside late at night. "
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Uploaded29/04/2016 - 16:01
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davidwozhere wrote:
Sounds like somewhere to keep away from!
People did !Sounds like somewhere to keep away from!
That's why it's no longer a pub but converted to flats.
(Just hope the residents of rooms 6 & 8 don't know the history !)
Peter
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