Rotherham

Moorgate Road is one of Rotherham town centre's oldest roads, and contains a number of fine old buildings which were converted into business properties in the second half of this century. Refuge House is one such building, and staff who work here have noted many strange happenings over a period of several years.

In the early 1990's, salesman Paul Smith was with a colleague in a main office at around 1.00 am in the morning, preparing to finish work after a long shift. Before their eyes a stack of papers rose into the air and began to whirl around as though being blown by a freak draught, in a circular motion. They continued to circle for around fifteen seconds before eventually fluttering to the floor. On another occasion, two employees were preparing to lock up, having ensured that everybody else had left the building, when they were stopped by a pitiful female voice shouting to them from upstairs: 'Don't leave me! Don't lock me in!' The upper floor of Refuge House was once used as servants' quarters when it was still a residential building, and staff have frequently heard footsteps crossing the floor, and doors opening and closing when nobody is actually present on that floor.

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