A semi-professional film that looks at paranormal activities taking place around Newcastle, Durham and as well as Northumberland with investigators Dave Hewett, Elizabeth Farhat & Robert Young visiting various sites and speaking with those who have experienced a supernatural occurrence. Credit: Raising Spirits presents Title: The Northumbrian Ghost Files Presenter Dave Hewitt walks towards and stands beside a tree in a snowy graveyard where he introduces this film which, he explains,...

A semi-professional film that looks at paranormal activities taking place around Newcastle, Durham and as well as Northumberland with investigators Dave Hewett, Elizabeth Farhat & Robert Young visiting various sites and speaking with those who have experienced a supernatural occurrence. Credit: Raising Spirits presents Title: The Northumbrian Ghost Files Presenter Dave Hewitt walks towards and stands beside a tree in a snowy graveyard where he introduces this film which, he explains, will take viewers to places in Northumbria where ghosts have been seen. Th film changes to Harwood Head Farmhouse in Northumberland where a dog sits in the snow, nearby geese feeding. Title: The Northumbrian Ghost Files Title: Denton Hall Newcastle Upon Tyne Outside Denton Hall on the West Road in Newcastle, presenter Dave Hewitt talks about the ghost that is said to live at the hall called Silky. Nearby heavy traffic moves along the A186 at the junction with the A1 motorway. In the distance the Denton Hall Turret, part of Hadrian’s Wall stones from which were used to build the hall. General views of the hall with Dave Hewitt providing a history of the building. Inside the hall a dinner gong and a stained-glass window. A door mysteriously opens and a woman portraying the ghost Silky wearing a white dress and holding a tray comes down the stair. As the woman walks past along the hall Dave Hewitt provides more details on the ghost’s possible origins, as she passes into the far room she vanishes. Back outside a nun enters the hall closing the main door behind her, in the garden the woman playing Silky walks through the grounds with Dave Hewitt explaining that she may be looking for lost treasure. Back inside the hall two women recreate an encounter with Silky during the 18th century. Sitting on a wall outside Dave Hewitt talks about the halls current gardener who has seen a ‘ghostly monk’. Sitting on the steps outside the back door of the hall said gardener John Walton describes his encounter in the attics of the hall. As he speaks a recreation of the scene showing the ghostly-hooded figure walking through the attic. Title: The Grotto Marsden Mardsen Rock and beach near South Shields changes to the pub sign for ‘The Grotto’. Inside views of the grotto with presenter Robert Young in voice-over providing a history of both the pub and its ghost. Title: The Mitre Newcastle Upon Tyne Elizabeth Farhat walks into The Mitre, a 13th century tower house at Benwell in Newcastle famous for being the setting for the BBC children’s programme Byker Grove. As she wonders around the site, both inside and out, she provides information on its history and those who lived there and the ghost which apparently haunts the room in the hall currently being used by the Byker Grove Costume Department. Title: Pendower Hall Newcastle Upon Tyne A directional sign for Pendower Hall Education Development Centre. In an officer Viv Wallace sits at her desk before speaking to the camera explaining about being uncomfortable working alone in one of the room and the sense that she is being watched. Over more views around the hall a second woman whose image has been pixilated as she wishes to remain anonymous describes her experiences about also feeling uncomfortable working in one room at the hall. A man who also wanted to remain anonymous describes possibly seeing a shape or figure passing through a wall. Title: Durham Cathedral Durham Cathedral from Palace Green followed by a woman walking towards the High Alter and Rose Window inside. Standing beside the cathedral font presenter Robert Young speaks with The Reverend Canon Michael Perry about his work at the cathedral advising to the Bishop of Durham on spiritual and psychic issues. General views of snowy rural Northumberland with Robert Young in voice-over providing details on the many ghosts and other paranormal events that have taken place in the region. Title: Wallington Hall Northumberland In the distance a snowy Wallington Hall near Belsay with Robert Young in voice-over giving a history of the estate. General views of the house and grounds with Robert providing details on the paranormal activities that take place there. Title: Harwood Head Farmhouse Northumberland Several dogs run about in the snow outside Harwood Head Farmhouse near the village of Elsdon. While Robert Young talks in voice-over about the history of the farm other animals including cattle, geese and chickens wonder around the yard. A wooden or metal head hangs from the nearby Elsdon Gibbet at Harwood where in 1792 murderer William Winter was hanged. Sitting at the kitchen table the current tenants of Harwood Head Farmhouse Stephen and Inga Ksiazek-Reed talk about being visited several nights a months by a ‘malevolent spirit’. In a bedroom one member of the three-man production team set up cameras to capture the spirt. The lights are tuned out and the film then features images shot during the night showing nothing happening. More general views of the surrounding wintery countryside. Title: If you have a ghost story you would like to tell us, write to: The Northumbrian Ghost Files, Raising Spirits, West Denton High School, West Denton Way, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 2SZ Still standing in the graveyard presenter Dave Hewitt ends the film by walking behind a gravestone and disappearing. Credit: Presented by Dave Hewitt with Elizabeth Farhat, Robert Young Camera and sound Robert Young, Graham White, Elizabeth Farhat, Joanne Judson, Samantha Scott, Dionne O’Keefe, Kathryn Hind Edited by Robert Young, Elizabeth Farhat, Joanne Judson, Sharon Summers Research and Scripts Robert Young, Elizabeth Farhat, Dionne O’Keefe, Graham White, Anna Flowers Music by Samantha Scott, Andrew Coxon Sound Effects Fine Cut Facilities ‘Bobby Shaftoe’ sung my Marie Phillipson Denton Hall Girl’s Voice Joanne Judson Director Robert Young Young Enterprise Advisors Kath Douglas, Dave Hewitt, Robin Horrocks, Eric Matters, Viv Wallace Title: With thanks to Father John Foley, John Walton, Bishop Ambrose of Hexham and Newcastle, Liz Binns Zenith North Productions, Wendy Banks Pendower Hall, The Reverend Canon Michael Perry, Phoebe Lowrie The National Trust, Inga Ksiazek-Head, Stephen Reed, Clare Taylor BBC North, Ian Cameron BBC North, Sarah Fisher Robson Brown Communico Ltd, Sharon Summers Robson Brown Film & Video Ltd, John Pringle, Peter Kerr & Nicky Blythe, R-B Anna Flowers Newcastle City Libraries, Nigel Drew, Pauline Whinn, Elaine Whipp End title: © Raising Spirits 1997