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GHOST HUNT AT THE STRUTTS EDWARDIAN SCHOOL BELPER DERBYSHIRE ??Brookes Paranormal are delighted to be returning back to the Strutts Edwardian School in Belper, Derbyshire for a Paranormal Investigation at this amazing location, where the spirits here roam the empty corridors, hallways and classrooms ?
PRICE: £42pp with £20 deposit option
DATE: Saturday 6th July 2024
TIMES: 8:00pm - 2:00am
LOCATION: Strutts Centre Belper, Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1UU
REMAINING BALANCE: Due 4 WEEKS prior to the event date.
George Herbert Strutt was a cotton mill owner and a philanthropist who lived in Belper, Derbyshire. Him and his ancestral family had a wealthy cotton business in Derbyshire, and their business brought so much money to the local villages and towns that he later in life became High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
In 1907, George planned to build a brand new elementary school in Belper for the children of the town and the surrounding villages. Later that same year he was given planning permission to build it. The school was designed in the style of the Workhouse building located on the opposite side of the main road. In 1909, the Herbert Strutt School officially opened. It was such an auspicious occasion, that he had the Duke of Devonshire himself visit Belper and officially open the school. The first Headmaster of this school was Mr W. Tunnicliffe, who remained at his post here until 1936 when he retired. Later it became a Higher Education School, before becoming a Grammar School in 1936.
During the Second World War in 1940, evacuees who arrived in Belper by train attended the school to continue getting their education. They attended classes at the school in the morning, while the Belper pupils attended classes in the afternoon. In 1973, the Herbert Strutt School became the Herbert Strutt Middle School, and in 1986 it became the Herbert Strutt Primary School. The school remained active and in use until 2008/9 when the school body moved premises, leaving it to the community to volunteer and operate social events to keep the place going for future generations.
An interesting fact, actors Alan Bates and Timothy Dalton both attended the Herbert Strutt School.
Numerous accounts of paranormal activity have been reported inside this historic Grade II listed building, from a phantom Headmaster who continues to work his role, eerie footsteps and poltergeist activity witnessed, the sounds of children echo throughout the hallways, a little girl known as Black Alice who haunts the ground floor, and the ghost of Mr. Strutt himself who comes back here in visitation. Dare you brave this paranormal night? ?
EXPERIENCE THE HISTORY.
EXPERIENCE THE UNKNOWN.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Strutts Community Centre, Good Online Safety Training, Derby Road, Belper, DE56 1UU, United Kingdom,Belper
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