Growing up in England from a child to a teenager in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s, Halloween was an American thing you saw on the telly. There was no dressing up and trick-or-treating, not in my family home anyway. Even when my kids were younger I never really bothered much about Halloween. It was just all too American for me and just liked the English traditions I was brought up with. They had fun wearing masks, bobbing for apples etc. but we never went out dressed up knocking on people’s doors. in fact, I don’t recall ever seeing anyone else do it either.
Nowadays all of the above is a common sight. I am no killjoy and I don’t knock anyone who really enjoys it. I admit it’s a fun thing for kids to do and a good excuse for a party for the adults which I have enjoyed going to in the past few years. When you have suffered from depression and anxiety for as long as I have, just to be included can be a lifesaver.
The main thing I like about Halloween is dressing up and the Horror theme to it. I have never celebrated Halloween in my life in the past because, since I was a kid, I have loved horror. Every day is Halloween for me, ha ha.
Below are photos of Halloween celebrations of me and my family over the years.
The quality of some of these photos is not the greatest but I have tried to enhance them the best I can but they are worth reminiscing about on here regardless.
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1990’s
Happy times from back in the day.
I don’t know the exact date unfortunately of the following photos but it was in the 90’s.
My lovely son Frank Jnr and lovely daughter Debbie bobbing for apples.
Frank Jnr and Debbie wearing Halloween masks.
2017
The costume I wore this year was meant to be a zombie in grey clothes but it looked nothing like the photo I ordered it from. Needless to say, I was not happy with it but I wore it anyway. It wasn’t a full over-the-head mask so the only good thing about it was it wasn’t tight and I could wear my glasses underneath it which is good because it helps me see better, especially when it gets dark.
Sadly I don’t have any other photos of it but I took it all to show Mom what I was wearing for the Halloween party at my sister Julie’s house that was in early November.
This was the first Halloween party I had ever been invited to.
This photo was taken at my mom’s bungalow on the 17th of October, 2017.
My lovely mom wearing the mask from my Halloween costume.
This wonderful photo of Mom’s fantastic smile was taken on the 3rd of November, 2017.
Mom wearing her Halloween costume at a 2017 Halloween party.
Fireworks taken on the 3rd of November, 2017.
Fireworks at a 2017 Halloween party.
Tyler loved watching the fireworks.
My lovely grandson Tyler enjoyed the fireworks with his auntie Julie, his daddy and auntie Cathy at a 2017 Halloween party.
Tyler enjoyed the fireworks with his auntie Julie at a 2017 Halloween party.
Tyler enjoyed the fireworks with his auntie Cathy at a 2017 Halloween party.
Tyler enjoyed the fireworks at a 2017 Halloween party.
2018
This is my scary pumpkin man Halloween costume and, like the previous year, the quality of it was nothing like in the photo from the place I ordered it from. Again I wasn’t happy about that but it was close so I felt OK wearing it and, due to it not being a full over-the-head mask again, it wasn’t tight and I could wear my glasses underneath it again which is as good as ever because it helps me see better, especially when it gets dark.
I wore it with black trousers and used a severed hand prop (not shown) to complete the scary look to it all.
This was my second Halloween party but sadly I have no photos from it.
The photos below were taken at my house on the 27th of September, 2018 before we went to the Halloween party at my niece Joanne’s house.
My lovely granddaughter Kasey and me wearing our Halloween costumes before a 2018 Halloween party.
Kasey proudly showed off her Halloween costume and bag before a 2018 Halloween party.
Kasey was very pleased with her Halloween nails before a 2018 Halloween party.
Kasey loved stopping at mine over the Halloween holiday in 2018.
The photos below were taken on Halloween, 2018.
Kasey loved her Build-A-Bear wig and her visit to McDonald’s.
My lovely Dog Rosie looks like Donald Trump below, ha ha.
Rosie joined in with the Halloween holiday fun in 2018 wearing Kasey’s Build-A-Bear wig.
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