Ethan Shanfeld The Smile has announced a new album “Wall of Eyes,” set for release on Jan. 26, 2024, via XL Recordings.
25.10.2023 - 18:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It’s October, the ghosts are looming and the darker nights creeping in as the spooky season falls upon us - Halloween. It has been a growing favourite holiday for both children and adults, with creating or choosing creepy costumes, hosting parties, pumpkin carving, haunted attractions and chilling horror films.
But it wasn’t always so festive, as reporters Mia and Poppy found out with pensioners Margaret and Terrence Kilburn, who were visiting Manchester from Leeds.
The couple have witnessed the trend explode in recent years but have no problems with the creepy celebration.
Margaret, 77, said: "We never trick or treated when we were younger because there was never that sort of thing in the past.
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“Our kids - who are now 51 and 47 - also didn’t participate in it either. It’s a very new thing.
“But we have no issue with Halloween and love giving sweets out to the kids when they come and knock on our door. It’s so fun to do and we love greeting them all in their amazing costumes.”
Terrence, 78, added: “Our great-granddaughter is the only person in our family that we know of who will be celebrating Halloween properly and she will definitely be celebrating it in the upcoming weeks.”
Metrolink worker Dylan, 27, of North Manchester, expects some scary outfits on the trams on Halloween.
“I have never worked during Halloween yet for my job but I’m expecting it to be very busy this year with a lot of people out and about,” he said.
He added: “The concept of Halloween is an interesting conviction. The way everyone dresses
Ethan Shanfeld The Smile has announced a new album “Wall of Eyes,” set for release on Jan. 26, 2024, via XL Recordings.
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