Halloween Vince's dark delights!

TKMaxx kick of their Halloween decorations

Locally in Folkestone, TKMaxx have started putting out their Halloween decorations in July. Nothing to write home about yet though. Hopefully there'll be something that catches the eye as the weeks go on.

Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Boris Karloff

As part of my seasonal viewing this Halloween, I decided to rewatch my 'Heroes of Horror' 2DVD set which contains documentaries about, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Lorre & Vincent Price. In the Boris Karloff documentary was reference to there being a memorial to him in St Paul's Church (The Actors Church) in Covent Garden - a church that I had walked past pelnty of times when I had worked up in London, but never ventured inside. So on Thursday of this week as I was going to London to see a performance by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble in nearby St. Martin-In-The-Fields, I thought I'd pop in and take a look.

Saturday 15th November 2025

The pumpkins at the party

Last Saturday's Halloween party... 5 pumpkins were suiatbly carved and entered. Not surprisingly Feathers McGraw won!

Saturday 1st November 2025

Pluckley

I've always wanted to go to Pluckley in Kent on account of it's reputation of being the Most Haunted Village in England, however I've always been mindful of the hype and the fact that the village in recent years has been swamped by so-called ghost hunting tourists which have swamped the village and made it a less desirable place to visit.

But last night in St Nicholas' church was a fabulous talk given by local historian Ed Adams to launch his new book which examines the history behind the ghosts (i.e the people and events one which they might be based) and how the retalling of the tales have added to or warped the local folklore, and the modern fakery that has added to the village's reputation. The talk had over 100 people and I have my copy of Ed's book to read over the winter months.

And to finish the evening off, I had a seasonal beer in the Black Horse pub just along from the church.

Saturday 18th October 2025

Universal Monsters Wine

The 19 Crimes brand has put out 3 glow-in-the-dark designs for Halloween - 2 red wines and 1 white. The wines are available in the major UK supermarkets; although the Mummy design, I believe, is exclusive to Tesco. The bottles are priced about £10 although I have seen some loyalty card discounts bring the princing down to £7.50 per bottle. All are very drinkable!

Sunday 5th October 2025

More from Asda 2025 - the main display

The main display is out in the local Adsa to me in Folkestone. It seems that someone might have got to the Nb4C items before me, or there are simply a few more items to put out. Anyway, I was a bit disappointed with this year's offering overall, but here are some of the choice items. I did quite like the wooden houses in the homeware sections.

Thursday 2nd October 2025

More from Asda Halloween 2025

I was a bit disappointed on my visit to Asda today that they hadn't got round to putting their whole Halloween display out yet, but the sleepware was out, as was the homeware items on the end of the aisle. I'm guessing the rest will come out over the coming week.