GHOSTLY goings-on seem to be haunting a pub near Worcester after glass pint jugs began moving on their own.

Customers could not believe their eyes when a row of pint glasses began swinging like a pendulum for around five minutes.

And a glass on a shelf, two inches from the floor, mysteriously smashed to pieces.

These are just some of the spooky happenings that have been taking place at The Mug House in Claines.

The pub's landlady Judy Allen and her son Russell claim the 15th Century pub next to the village church has been haunted for a number of years, but the odd happenings come and go.

"We've got jugs hanging up at the front of the bar and they started swinging like a pendulum," said Mr Allen, aged 34.

"It was around two weeks ago that they began swinging.

"There are no main roads nearby so it couldn't be the vibration of traffic.

"There were only about five or six customers around and they thought it was me winding them up at first.

"The jugs swung for about five minutes and then they stopped."

The pub in Claines Lane, is a traditional-looking watering hole with oak beams on its outside and two open fires inside.

"At the moment we have little tumble glasses on a shelf two inches from the floor and we have lino on it," said Mr Allen.

"We had friends round that afternoon and as we came behind the bar we heard the crashing of glass.

"We went behind the bar and one tumbler fell about two inches on to the floor and it broke into pieces.

"The noise was unnaturally loud considering it fell two inches on to lino".

Mr Allen said the swinging jugs incident had happened a few times before.

He said he had often heard the pub doors open and close on their own without the alarm going off.

Mrs Allen and her son, who have managed the pub for 13 years, said odd things had been taking place before they took over the tenancy.

"People still come into the pub and tell us ghost stories they heard from the old landlord who was here 20 years ago," said Mr Allen.

"As far as I know the people before us had these things happenings as well."