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The real horrors of Halloween

October 16, 2019 By Ellen

It’s become traditional that I rant about Christmas starting too soon – which it does – but have you noticed how Hallowe’en is doing the same. There’s a house along the road with a pumpkin on the step already – almost a fortnight too early. How ripe is that going to be by the big […]

Filed Under: children, Halloween, horrors, Is it me?, Is it me? halloween, pumpkin

Pumpkins v turnips

October 14, 2018 By Ellen

Boy One was moaning about the huge effort it was taking to scrape the goopy stuff out of his pumpkin. “You’re lucky you’ve got pumpkins,” said I. “In my day we had turnips and that was a horrible job – it took ages and the turnip stank. The whole job made your arms ache.” I […]

Filed Under: boys, family, in my day, Is it me? halloween Tagged With: Halloween, pumpkin, turnip

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