European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau spirits can be found in abundance in four allegedly haunted pubs in Suffolk England but they Arentt the supernatural kind. If any of the More than 50 people on a pub crawl organized by National ghost ours of Ipswich expected to see a ghost or experience an apparition they were probably disappointed. That is unless you count the real live ghost a shrouded in a Sheet with two Eye holes a that floated purposefully through the Brewers  pub in the Village of Polstead. But if any on the tour had signed up simply looking for a bit of socializing in some quaint hundreds of years old English pubs they got what they wanted. As the group departed on the annual halloween tour last saturday evening from the recreation Center at Raf Mildenhall guide Malcolm Ramplin said a i done to guarantee Well see ghosts but Well see plenty of liquid  the four pubs were clustered in an area of Suffolk county about 15 to 20 Miles from Bury St. Edmunds. Suffolk county lies in a Region of East Anglia Rife in alleged haunting. In the former Wool Center of Long Melford the general manager of the haunted Bull hotel took the supernaturally curious to the upper floor of the hotel and told the tale of How the spirit of murdered Yeoman Richard Everett wanders the hallway above the foyer where he was killed. The murder occurred in 1648, about 200 years after the former coaching House was built. Everett a body disappeared from the foyer Only to be found two Days later outside the Entrance of the half timbered building. To add further mystery to the tale the manager explained that on the second floor a tiny sealed room is believed to Harbor Everett a ghost and that he wanders the nearby hallway. The last time the spirit spooky pubs in Britain presence was Quot Felt Quot was nine months ago when a guest and two of the staff staying overnight reported Quot a feeling a in the hallway the manager said. In the Martin lounge off to the left of the Foyers Entrance an Oak Timber contains an unusual medieval carving of a Man called the Quot wild Man Quot or Quot woo Dwose Quot holding a club and the neck of a Swan which is said to bring both Good and bad Luck As Long As you follow the Rule the manager said. The Rule to avoid bad Luck is to hang a White pigskin a or in modern times a White balloon a in the massive heart place from dec. 1 to 31. As the tour bus pulled up to the White Hart inn in Hadleigh Ramplin explained the 17th Century building is haunted by the ghosts of John Briggs and John Wilson two notorious 18th Century smugglers who were killed for their crimes by being locked in Iron cages and left to die on Public display. The night before being caged up the two had spent the night in the inn said Ramplin a lecturer of the paranormal at Suffolk College in Ipswich and West Suffolk College in Bury St. Edmunds. A Street sign across from the pub reads Quot Gallows  the smugglers had been captured Jan. 17,1735, in a Battle Between the Hadleigh gang a band of smugglers and some customs officers who had confiscated some contraband from them said Ramplin. Building in the High Street of Bildeston a whole troupe of ghosts allegedly haunts the buildings but no explanation was Given As to the circumstances surrounding the ghosts. Or Why the bed in room 6 vibrated a with no one in it a when a British airman from nearby Raf Wattisham stayed there. Part of one of the lounge Walls is a sort of shrine to the ghosts with newspaper clippings of the haunting and a certificate from a ghost Hunting team that proclaimed the Crown As one of England s 12 most haunted pubs a which surely can to be bad for business. A drawing pokes fun at some of the stories that the ghosts materialize in the lounge perhaps waiting for service a bartender quips to the other bartender Quot just the regulars tonight Quot As he looks across the bar at the customers a a Skeleton a ghost and a headless Man. Quot we Haven to seen or heard anything for about six months Quot said owner Ted Henderson. Quot. If the ghosts Are Happy with us we re Happy with them. There a nothing Nasty about  two of the ghosts that haunt the place Are children. Quot with the children you hear kiddies laughter. Its a bit unnerving especially when there s no children about but you get used to it Quot he said. Henderson who has owned the Crown for about six years said he was aware of the hotel s spooky past when he took Over the establishment tour guide Ramplin usually previewed the ghost stories associated with the pubs but when the bus pulled up next to the children a playground at the Brewers inn at about 10 30 p.m., he declined to offer a tale saying that owner Linda Cooper could do a better Job. But Cooper was tired and did no to offer her usual tale of the ghost of an elderly lady who apparently swipes her make up and perfume from time to time and who occupies a bedroom on the pub premises. When the tour returned to Mildenhall at about 1 a.m., Ramplin handed out certificates which declared we had survived the spirited pub crawl and had managed to walk unaided from the tour bus. At the Crown another Timber framed 15th Century tuesday october 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 13