Now it's :iz who has the locals in a tiz!

THE GHOST of the Miners Arms at Sling, near Coleford, is not, after all, 'Old Nell.'

The ancient picture hanging in the bar is that of Elizabeth Davis who was landlady at the pub in the 1880s and 1890s.

The photograph was recognised by Mr Pat Davis, of Cinderford.

"She was my great great grandmother and kept the pub for many years," said Pat.

"In fact the pub was in our family for around a century and I was born there," he said.

Mrs Davis had seven daughters, six of whom are buried in Clearwell churchyard.

"If this is the image customers see at the Miners then it is definitely not old Nell – she followed later – but my ancestor. They will have to rename her," said Pat.

Landlord Brian Penkethman was delighted to get a positive identification of the old picture.

"The pub is definitely haunted by a friendly ghost and we have loads of stories and tales to tell about things that have moved and noises we have heard," he said.

"We've always called her Old Nell but now we will have to think of changing that," he said.