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 As part of Folkestone Old High Street's halloween activities...

Tuesday 19th November 2025

Halloween in Whitstable

Another belated post... I had the day off on Halloween and decided to go to Whitstable for the day to visit the new display dedicated to Peter Cushing in the local museum.The exhibition is open until September 2025 and well worth a visit. It takes up about a third of the museum and is the biggest display of Peter Cushing ephemera that I can remember since the early 2000s. Also, for this exhibition, there are a couple of newly published books worth picking up, and for those with less to spend some postcards.

And on the way from my car to the high street, I passed a house that had gone to won with its decorations.

Monday 18th November 2024

Halloween Lego

On the way to the airport to go to Japan, there was a Lego shop in Duty Free at Gatwick. So below are a couple of photos. The Nightmare Before Christmas set they only had as a display model and were awaiting stock; but they did have the Hocus Pocus set and a free halloween pumpkin if you spent over a certain amount. And whereas it's not Halloween themed, the Titanic was impressive.

Saturday16th November 2024

A more couple of Japanese halloween photos

Here are a couple more images from my recent Japan trip. The sign on the lampost was simply advertising a local halloween event.

Then in the local Family Mart convenience store there were a couple of Snoopy halloween gifts. To be honest, although I am a Snoopy fan, I didn't like the white & and orange colouring on Snoopy and thought both items were overpriced for what they were.

The hotel where we stayed also had a couple of decorations just inside their front door.

The final two photos are adverts, one on the side of a coffee shop and the other advertising a beer.

Wednesday 13th October 2024

Halloween in Japan 2024

This year I've been a bit remiss at posting photos of Halloween goodies found in local shops, as I have been away on holiday in Tokyo. So here are some photos of the sweets and snacks found on my travels.

I only bought the Pumpkin Pie Kit Kats which were very sweet; but it was interesting to see the Hello Kitty & Moomin sweets.

Saturday 10th November 2024

Folkestone's Old High Street

Whilst wandering up Folkestone's Old High Street on Saturday, I noticed the below in the Etsy shop.

Sunday 6th October 2024

Waitrose Halloween 2024

The local Hythe supermarket had a small display of Halloween items at the end of an aisle, however they did have more of the wooden wreaths by their front door too.

Monday 30th September 2024

Tesco Halloween 2024

The local Tesco in Folkestone isn't the biggest store and so it's half-aisle wasn't packed with anything too exciting this year, just the basic decorations and a few items of clothing. I'm sure a larger store will have a better selection.

Friday 27th September 2024

Asda puts out its stock

The local Adsa in Folkestone had it's Halloween fare out for sale when I popped in yesterday evening. The usual kinds of decorations and costumes were on the main aisle. It was interesting to see the Nb4C wreath that Sainsbury's had for sale a couple of years agon, now for sale in Asda. The Jack Skellington plate was a nice item and priced at a reasonable £8. There were a few Beetlejuice items but not much left and the glasses were probaly the best of what was left.

Also at the ends of the aisles were crockery and homewares, such as a mat, candles, candle holders, wreaths, wicker storage baskets and jugs. The crockery that was produced last year in ornage is also available in other colours too this year.

And at the end of clothing aisles were t-shirts and sleepware, a couple of examples are shown here. It was good to see a Snoopy (womens) t-shirt (shown below), and there is a Chucky t-shirt this year

Thursday 26th September 2024