Ready for Halloween?

 

...as darkness falls across the land...

No - it's not another power cut caused by dodgy wiring at the Vicarage but the party of the month at Langport and Huish's 'newest' pub tonight as the staff and customers of The Kelways Inn let their hair down for Halloween. The tradition of celebrating the dead dates back to the year 1456 when the cleaners were overcome by fumes at Eli's as they attempted to get a pickled egg out of the men's urinals - and it's been celebrated ever since.

  

Even the manageress at The Grange is going to tonight's big party, she's been trying on her costume in the building's showers this morning. (above).

 But rumours that an 'after party' is to be held at Langport's new crematorium (High Ham road off Picts Hill) have been denied. "We just can't get everyone behind the curtains" said a spokeswoman as she rang Bibic to cancel the gas cylinders.

 

Portcullis House at Eastover has also had to deny rumours it's having a party tonight after passers-by noticed ghouls and zombies staggering around the home's lounge area (above) lunging at each other.

"No no no" said the manageress, "that was just the residents having their pilates class".

Meanwhile, a family from Bridgwater - pictured - have already started walking across fields towards Othery and hope to get to the Kelways party before midnight. The father, top left, said he hoped the pub wouldn't mind but they "hadn't had time" to get fancy dress costumes together.

Carry On Langport wishes all its readers a fun-packed halloween night and for anyone fed up with trick or treaters....(cheap tacky annoying American tradition)...try covering mushy brussel sprouts with cooking chocolate, then put them in Ferrero Rocher wrappers and hand them out at the door. The look on the kids' faces as they bite through into the sprout is priceless.

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