When I was a young ‘un in the streets of Northern England we used to carve out a turnip to take out on the streets for Halloween when begging for coppers, er, ‘Trick or Treating’.
Over here Pumpkins rule! For the whole month of October there are Pumpkins everywhere – from fields to doorways to living rooms it feels like some 50s B-Movie – ‘Invasion of the Killer Pumpkins’ or ‘Day of the Pumpkins’.
As I can’t find any turnips over here I decided to join in – here’s my effort for 2011:
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