Mystery Of Market Ghost

[Carol]

GHOSTLY goings-on have brought a new dimension to shopping at Mablethorpe's Red Doors Market, on Victoria Road.
Who is the mysterious pixie-featured man who makes the occasional appearance? And what knocks CDs off their racks, but leaves their cases neatly in place?
These are questions market owner, Sheila Gooding, and traders who use the market would like to know ? although they believe their spirited visitor may be a former hotel worker who lived in the town over 100 years ago.
Sheila told the Leader: "We call him Tom. But we don't know why he keeps appearing, and this has been going on for many years."
Sheila has owned the Red Doors Market for 38 years and knows it was once the old Road Car garage. About 100 years ago the building connected with the Book In Hand hotel via a door, now boarded over.
The market's resident clairvoyant, Laura-Sue, is one of the few who have actually seen Tom. She describes him as under five feet tall, of slim build and with dark hair, and with the features of an Irish pixie.
It is believed Tom was in charge of the Book In Hand garage, when the pub was a thriving hotel.
Stall-holder, Peter Sweeny, has also seen Tom, and one of his customers may have been closer to him than they realised.
Sheila said: "A couple with a dog went to Peter's stall and the dog just froze. They had to carry it out. Another stall-holder came to open up and found CDs scattered everywhere, but the empty cases were still neatly on the shelf."
Sheila has also witnessed shoe boxes being knocked off a shelf.
She said: "It was as if someone had taken their arm straight across the shelf. Sometimes he goes at night and swaps over all the price tickets."
Another eerie thing happened when Sheila told a health and safety official about the ghost.
"She rang me later to say his name wasn't Tom, but Tommy! She had been relating the story to her husband when the name Tommy appeared on the table," said Sheila.

Source: http://www.louthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle ... ID=1521202