Ghostly goings on are "mounting" at this Orrell restaurant - The Mount on Orrell Road, the family home of Abraham Guest, who is remembered in the name of a local school, has over the years been host to a variety of businesses, from a nightclub to a Berni Inn.

But last month it was shaken to its foundations when psychic David Williams announced the ghost of its architect was haunting the restaurant's Rivington Room.

For function manager Carole Swift, the revelation comes as no surprise.
After more than 20 years working at the Mount, she has heard more than her fair share of tales of the supernatural, including her own. Carole said: "I remember one night I was in the hall, waiting for a lift home from one of the managers, when I caught a figure out of the corner of my eye on the stairs. I told her to hurry up but she was still in the office.

"Another time I was talking to a manager across the landing when he just ran from where he was standing, shouting someone had just walked behind him, but there was no-one there.

"It's not just staff either. I remember, some years ago, a lady bringing her wedding pictures in to show us a black shadow standing behind her on the stairs. Other members of staff have heard a little girl running around the place laughing."