Haunted pub
I worked at the Leg of Mutton & Cauliflower pub in Ashtead (dates back to the 17th Century if that matters) during the 90s, both as a 16-year-old glass collector and later as a barman.
So one busy Friday night, I'd gone down into the cellar to refill the ice buckets. The cellar was basically a long shape with the ice machine at one end, the cellar hatch & ladder in the middle, and the delivery hatch at the far end.
After filling the bucket and turning round I caught sight of a blur beneath the delivery hatch. I had no idea what it had been because it disappeared as soon as I'd seen it. But I told my folks about it the following day. They told me to tell the landlord, but I thought it was being stupid.
So you can guess what happened when I went back to work there as a barman. I was about to go down in the cellar when one of the South African barmaids said "hey, look out for the ghost when you're down there. Geoff (head barman) was down there and saw a little boy underneath the cellar hatch."
I absolutely shit it and refused to go down there for two weeks. Rumours say that a landlord years ago locked his kids down there whilst he was having a bit of nookie with his mistress, one of the pipes in the cellar burst and the kids drowned. No idea if this bit is true or where I heard it but hey.
( Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Fri 14 Sep 2012, 11:39, 6 replies)

i suppose
the truth of that is if there is a pipe in that cellar carrying enough water to flood it totally.
(magictorch, Fri 14 Sep 2012, 11:44, closed)

especially centuries ago (as the legend says)
Unlikely. But the rest of the story is gospel. Might have been a coincidence that we both saw something there. Alls I know is that I was seriously shook up.
Should've taken the advice of my country bumpkin Grandma from Suffolk - "Wot you 'fraid o' ghost fo-wer? It's the livin' you should worry about."
( Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Fri 14 Sep 2012, 11:49, closed)

suffolk
'hells kitchen'
(magictorch, Fri 14 Sep 2012, 14:33, closed)

If you worked in the LOMAC
its likely that you grew up in Ashtead, which means its likely that I know you.
(Psymon_Spark Jesus Saves! The rest of you take 4d6 damage, Fri 14 Sep 2012, 12:34, closed)

Ashtead
And if you live in Ashtead now, its likely I know you! lol

Much prefer the Woodman in Ashtead tbh.
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Fri 14 Sep 2012, 14:44, closed)

The Woodman?? That place has always been a fucking dump IMHO.
To be fair, there's not much between all of Ashtead's 3 pubs these days. Back in the mid-90s though, the Leg was a fucking awesome place to be.
( Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Fri 14 Sep 2012, 14:52, closed)