Greetings!
>On moving to England people seem
>To celebrate Guy Fawkes night more than Halloween, apart from when I lived near Pendle Hill.
About twenty five years ago I visited Pendle Hill on Halloween. There
were a lot of people there, even burger vans at the base of the hill.
The atmosphere was quite rowdy, a sense of no one knowing what was going
to happen and perhaps a hint of potential trouble. There were neo-pagans
in our party but I certainly didn't notice any others. Nearby we
stumbled upon preparations for an illicit open air Hawkwind gig. Despite
the lack of any pagan themes, it did all seem somehow appropriate.
> York seems to celebrate Halloween though its mostly a tourist thing with its reputation as the uk's most haunted city.
For a few years c1982 I lived in a small village ten or so miles north
of York and "Mischief Night" was a thing amongst the youngsters - the
day before Guy Forkes (Nov. 5th) I think. Lads would go out and do minor
acts of mischief intended to cause inconvenience, taking gates off
hinges and leaving them up trees, that kind of thing.
With my best wishes
Ben
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