The old Arcade in High Street was a busy place for shopping at one time in
Sunderland, but the talk amongst the shopkeepers would be the ghost who walked
round the upstairs store rooms.
On one occasion a security guard and his
Alsatian dog had gone upstairs to investigate the rooms, when the dogs hackles
rose. As if the dog could see something the guard obviously could not the dog
began to whine and then it ran back down the stairs as if the devil were after
it. The Arcade has since been demolished and the British Telecom offices and
exchange have been built on the site. It has been reported that some telecom
staff have seen a strange man walking round the building late at night, but he
has vanished when he was challenged.
