A Return To The Top Corridor (night of 02/07/2023)

One of my recurring dream-themes is that of a haunted top-corridor in either a hospital or educational institution. I haven't had this dream for many years.

I was back in Worcester University - though it bore no resemblance to it's waking life counterpart. I was with Graham and his wife Clare, and also Kirsty Bishop. It suddenly struck me that I had not visited the haunted top corridor for a long time, and wanted to do so - a sudden thrill of fear and excitement at the thought of this. Graham was initially enthusiastic about doing so, but soon changed his mind as he needed to get home. Kirsty showed more enthusiasm.
We headed up the stairs, but everything had changed. We looked down from some kind of gallery onto a huge futuristic complex - like a sci-fi filmset from the 1980s - all walkways and shining neon lights. I noted with interest that there were only single people walking about. It seemed hard to know if we were accessing the haunted top corridor or not - the stairs went up and then down again. There was a pleasant feel about the future complex.
Graham had agreed to give Kirsty a lift home. She may have been living in Yorkshire.
(The following is probably connected to the same dream...)
Because I had left the interior of the university, I now needed to queue up to get back in again. Long queues of people. They are charging 50p to re-enter the premises. Do I have enough money on me or will they accept a card payment? My parents are somewhere behind me. I would like a cigarette, but do not want my parents to see.