A Haunted Pub by TWO GHOSTS

A Haunted Pub by TWO GHOSTS

A paranormal expert says a grade II ranked pub is spooky by TWO ghosts after a spooky face seemed flashing between a group of friends on a photo.

Rachel McKeown was looking through photographs captured a night out at The Lisbon bar in Liverpool when she saw a shocking face "photobombing" one of the photos. She had performed in a production of Queertet at the Unity Theater on Friday evening and joined cast members for beverages at the bar a while later.

It was not until the following day that she saw the spooky face in one of her photos.



Tom Slemen, a paranormal expert says the Victoria street pub has two ghosts, one is an unknown woman and the other is the former manager and owner Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge.



He said “Salvidge’s story is very intriguing – he rose from humble beginnings in Birkenhead and ended up as a Tory firebrand speaker. After leaving Liverpool Institute he landed a job at the local Bent’s brewery and ended up as its managing director, and then he embarked on a political career – building up the Conservative Working Man’s Club – and then becoming an Alderman and later the leader of Liverpool City Council.”

“Around 1907 something very odd happened; Salvidge’s admirers had tried to persuade him to become the Mayor of Liverpool for many years, and whilst enjoying a meal and drink at the Lisbon Restaurant and Public House one evening, Salvidge suddenly rose at the head of the table and announced that he was not only going to run for Mayor – he was also wondering if he should have a shot at becoming the Prime Minister in the 1910 election.”

“A prominent major and several magnates rose from the table and gave a toast – and the fire in the room suddenly flared up, throwing cinders all over the carpet. A month later in the Lisbon, another toast was given to Archibald Salvidge’s political campaigns and all or a sudden, three words written in what looked like blood appeared on the wall near the fireplace: Tell Them Archie.”

Since then, the men withdrew from his political campaign. He died in 1928; his spirit has been reported to be around in the Lisbon, also with a young woman.

Rachel said “I saw the face but didn’t recognise it. At first I was trying to figure out if it was the light but it doesn’t look like a reflection and I don’t think there was anyone behind when it was taken.”