A DOVERCOURT family have vowed not to move out of their house despite ghostly goings-on.

Deborah Hampton, 47, her husband Peter Hampton, and daughter Becky Rothon from Manor Road, have had fire alarms ringing when they had no battery in them, shelves falling down and chairs flipping over all by themselves.

“I won’t sleep in my bedroom anymore because it is in the loft,” said Miss Rothon, 18. “I’m too scared so I stay on the sofa or at my boyfriend’s when I can.”

Looking back over some old photos Mrs Hampton discovered strange shapes and possibly a face on the side of a now demolished steel factory that stood next door.

She was so curious about the events and the photos that she even called in paranormal experts Mysterious Britain.

“They looked at the photos we had but the results came back inconclusive.

“They originally thought it was a light reflection but they now don’t know and because the factory isn’t there they can’t check.”

The family often hear footsteps upstairs when they are in the front room and shrieks from inside the house when they are in the back garden.

But despite the daily occurences, Mrs Hampton says she won’t move out of the house, which she has lived in for six years.

“The paranormal experts asked us if we wanted to move but I’m used to it now. I’m not scared.”

The family are now researching their house’s history and think there may have been a mortuary, an asylum institute and even a monastery near by.

“I’ve seen one in the garden that looks like a monk,” said Miss Rothon. “He likes to fly around a lot.”