A Durham haunted places directory lists a run of odd events at the Locomotion Hotel on Station Road in Eaglescliffe, from the time when the pub was known as the Sportsman's Hotel. The sound of darts being thrown at the board was heard when the room was empty, empty glasses came back after being cleared away, gas taps turned off by themselves, and the doors in the ladies' toilets opened and closed on their own.
The same report mentions a pair of feet seen in the cellar and a lady in a dark Victorian dress seen in the upstairs flat. The curious detail is that the activity was said to happen only on Wednesdays. No explanation for the day is offered, and no witnesses or years are given.
The listing admits it is unclear whether anything has happened since the hotel was renamed and refurbished. I have tagged it single_report because it rests on one directory entry, but the specific Wednesday detail suggests it came from real staff talk rather than being invented to order.
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