She said the house gave her many messages through the two women.
“This house is actually alive. It has got a heart. They said to me this house has a message for you,” she said.
“This house has seen a bit of sadness and also happiness. They said it is now your job to keep it happy.”
Mrs Spencer has many stories about encounters on her property.
“I got home without my husband one night, it was about half past one in the morning,” she said. “I was driving up the driveway and I opened the door and I could hear footsteps walking next to me. They [the ghostbusters] told me he [the ghost] thought I was his wife. They said he wanted to tell my husband the gardens have looked very nice since we moved in...
“There is, on a regular basis, a fresh smell of baked cinnamon rolls in the Rose Room.
“There are still children playing in the garden who have passed. They refused to leave, they love it here.”
Mrs Spencer and her husband decided to contact the spiritualists on some advice from friends.
“We contacted them for two reasons. One because we couldn't get our phone lines to work at all and two because of toe tickling at night. There were also a lot of electrical currents in the rooms which affected the clocks and appliances. Not because we were scared,” she said.
There are still ghosts at Dalebrook, but the ghostbusting ladies convinced the more sinister ghosts to move on - including the toe tickling matron, Mrs Spencer said.
This was a few years ago. Do ghosts still haunt the old bakery come hospital come guest house?
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