The Punchbowl

A man in blue breeches, looking like a sailor has been seen in the pub, sometimes sitting near the fireplace and sometimes in a "fog"; some reports say that he "lives" in a cupboard and has been heard knocking from inside. In an upstairs room, the hazy appearance of a floating head and shoulders have been seen too - this may the sailor ghost mentioned above, however. People have mentioned being shoved down the stairs and even dragged from a bicycle in the pub's car park and a local legend says that a sceptic who voiced his doubts about the ghosts had his mini picked up and turned on its end, its side panelling left battered. Outside the pub, a figure has been seen walking towards the cemetery, and has been mentioned as being Sir Nicholas Blundell. According to one paper, he was "the lord of the manor of Little Crosby who died in 1737. It's believed [he] was buried elsewhere despite wanting his final resting place to be the Sefton church, and this is why he walks back and forth to the graveyard."

Update 24/2/20: Robert Shaw, the general manager of pub informs me that, "we still have reports on a daily basis about hauntings in this site. The cleaners have the most experiences in the morning when they are on their own. Footsteps, scratching on the walls, knocking on the windows and shadows moving across the restaurant. One lady in particular Nett sees the ghosts regularly in our private sung room. Our area managers were in there last week having a meeting and they could hear the tapping on the window and scratching on the walls"

Link: Liverpool Echo