Paramount Cafe

A phantom figure was found sprawled on a chair asleep in the lounge, complete with snoring! As the curtains were thrown open, the figure vanished. He is said to be Charlie, who worked in the building many years ago, and, from a brief glimpse of him, is said to be between 45 and 55 with dark hair and piercing eyes. He is also blamed for other phenomena in the building such as knives and utensils in the kitchen going missing (they eventually reappear), cold spots, rattling of doors and the sounds of someone moving downstairs during the night, footsteps, coffee and orange being found spilt on the floor overnight and bulbs constantly blowing on the stairs.

Update: 18/2/20: Following an email request for more information, Jon Gilbey tells me that although nothing has happened to him, they often have things like spray bottles, knives, pens, menu pads, utensils go missing but turn up again, sometimes months later. A follow-up email 5 years later was answered via Facebook. On 17/3/25 I was told, "We have had the odd strange things happen over the years like items go missing but then appear again, we have had mediums in as customers who had said they feel a presence out the back of the building near the customer toilets." I was told that odd phenomena was not regular and "might not happen for ages" - the last such occurrence was maybe 6 months ago.