It’s gone mental now hasnt it. Don’t really remember Halloween been anything special as a kid Too busy collecting wood for Bonny night and chucking bangers at each other
It's only been on the go a few years chazz, it's another ****ing Yankee thing that's crept into our World.
I was never allowed to do it as a kid, my Dad saw it as begging. I don't really like it, kids enjoy it though. I live on Kingswood, and what annoys me is that people from other parts of the City drive to Kingswood do do the Halloween walk here - bugger off!
Always took time out from these wholesome activities to hawk a scruffy, small kid around on a trolley whilst begging for a penny for the guy. Not overly profitable - certainly not at the level needed to purchase the lusted after air bomb repeater we had our eyes on. (Excepting the kid who'd lost an eye the previous year, when someone threw a banger at him). Also Mischief Night which consisted mainly of petty vandalism and jumping into people's hedges.
Nope, immigrants from Britain took it to America, it's made its way back, kerching. More's the pity, hey ho. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Trick or treat. In America it is the expectation of a few sweets. In this country it is demanding money with menaces.
I suppose I'm being curmudgeonly but I struggle not to notice how kind of performative some of it is. Some people I know go on about it being the best time of the year. It seems to be massive among women in their 20s and 30s who seem to want to build a personality around liking this time of year. 1st October like clockwork they're going on about it being "spooky month". And it seemed to start all of a sudden about 5 years ago. Before that it seemed like no adults gave a ****. My son is 18 months old and loves all the decorations people have up outside so that's nice, but they're all the exact same tat and he was just as amused by everyone having England flags up for the Euros to be fair.
I miss trying to scoop out just enough of a rock hard turnip and cut a few triangles in it with a blunt knife, just to put in an inch of candle that charred the lid and and stunk to ****. All with the hope of getting a few coppers for some goodies.
I went to Trick or Treat Street at William’s Den last night, very clever set up, it’s basically an outdoor pantomime. It started with a murder, then you visited seven houses (with an actor at each one, one a witch, one a ghost etc) and you had to decide which one was the murderer. Grandson loved it.
Odds on Peter Beardsley* stays home tomorrow night. * Hey rovertiger, I resisted. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Usual reminder to be careful with kids dressing up and naked flames lots of costumes are extremely flammable
