Scarborough Town HallExclusive Halloween Themed Event with Ian Lawman

Star Medium
Most Haunted and Living With The Dead celebrity medium Ian Lawman will be joining the investigation as our star medium of the night.

The Event
Health and Safety
Please be aware that persons considered to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs with be refused admission and asked to leave the event with no refunds being given (please see Terms and Conditions).
A good pair of shoes and warm clothing are advised on our events as some venues/locations can be very cold.
Ghosts?
Staff who work here have seen many of the sightings especially early morning and late at night when they're opening and locking up. With ghostly figures appearing before their eyes and suddenly disappearing. With feelings of being watched and feelings of uneasiness. Heavy doors slamming shut on there own. Footsteps being heard when there's no one around! Could this be the ghost of John Woodall making his presence known?
Join the Shadows of the Night team and celebrity medium Ian Lawman as we investigate the Old Town Hall for the very first time. As no other team has been allowed, we are the first to investigate this magnificent building that stands on the south cliff tops over looking the east coast!
Location
18-23 St. Nicholas Street, Town Centre, Scarborough YO11 2HE
History
In 1898, when Scarborough Corporation was seeking a site for a new Town Hall, John Woodall’s son, who had inherited the property on the death of his father in 1879, offered St. Nicholas House to the Corporation, who purchased the building for £33,575.
The sale price included St Nicholas House, three properties on St Nicholas Street, the St Nicholas under-cliff, the Exhibition Hall on the Foreshore Road (now the site of the present Olympia), the adjacent Coastguard Station, and a building in King Street.
The Prince and Princess of Wales did visit Scarborough on several occasions and in fact stayed with the Earl of Londesborough at Londesborough Lodge, in The Crescent, his Scarborough house. However, the Prince and Princess never walked on the Spa.
The Council Chamber is a most impressive room, which has some fine panelling, created by a firm of local carpenters. It is not only used for meetings of the Council, but also committee meetings, presentation evenings and civic receptions, including those for visiting conferences.
The cypher ’C.R.’ is prominent in the stained glass windows both here in the Council Chamber and outside in the corridor. This is the cypher of King Charles I, in whose reign the mace of the Borough was made.
At the rear of the room under the public gallery, is what is still referred to as the Robing Room, in which members of the Council used to don their robes before important civic occasion. The wearing of robes by Councillors ended on the re-organisation of local government in 1974.
Although the Borough mace and the chains of office may not be on display, it is appropriate to include a description of them. The mace was presented to the Scarborough Corporation in 1636 by Sir Thomas Posthumus Hoby of Hackness Hall. The mace is the symbol of the authority of the Borough Council and must always be on display during a meeting of the Council. It is also frequently carried in front of the Mayor on ceremonial civic occasions.
The Mayor’s chain was presented to the Corporation in 1852 by John Woodall, who has been referred to earlier as the owner of St. Nicholas House. Mr Woodall, the then Mayor, presented the chain at the conclusion of his term of office.
A portrait of John Woodall is hanging in Commitee Room 2 and of John W. Woodall in the entrance foyer of the Town Hall.