happy halloween

[grizzbass]

Happy Halloween

[Pleater]

Thank you for the good wishes, though Halloween is not 'kept' in this part of England - some places where the population is not as aged have taken it up.

I am just gathering apples and sorting through my spice rack as it will be All souls Day on Sunday, and the tradition is to make Soul Cakes to hand out, and Dorset apple cake is a firm favourite at this time of year.

The apple trees have outdone themselves this year - I have never seen such a harvest on my two trees. The branches were bowed right down under the weight.

Some of the cider makers were even giving it away at various gatherings as they ran out of storage for it.

Anne the Pleater

[Allan Thomson]

Hoptunaa is a more Celtic term, at least in Manx. The conjecture is it came from "this is the day" ie referring to the turn from the old year to the new in the Celtic calendar.

[grizzbass]

Up toward the york area. I have really enjoyed the limited time I was able to visit in such a wonderful country.

Thank you for the good wishes, though Halloween is not 'kept' in this part of England - some places where the population is not as aged have taken it up.

I am just gathering apples and sorting through my spice rack as it will be All souls Day on Sunday, and the tradition is to make Soul Cakes to hand out, and Dorset apple cake is a firm favourite at this time of year.

The apple trees have outdone themselves this year - I have never seen such a harvest on my two trees. The branches were bowed right down under the weight.

Some of the cider makers were even giving it away at various gatherings as they ran out of storage for it.

Anne the Pleater

[Pleater]

Up toward the york area. I have really enjoyed the limited time I was able to visit in such a wonderful country.

I was born in York - right next to the minster in the Prury cust nursing home, as it was back in 1951.
Some of my mother's family still live in the area. I lived on Main Street, Fulford as a small child. I still miss the area and the people but not the winters.

My brother had an open top sports car and had to go out and put red flags on canes around it to stop the snow plough hitting it, as the snow would get deep (or should that be high?) enough to cover it completely.

Anne the Pleater

[User]

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My brother had an open top sports car and had to go out and put red flags on canes around it to stop the snow plough hitting it, as the snow would get deep (or should that be high?) enough to cover it completely.

Anne the Pleater

Good heavens. Was it a hard top? I imagine that much weight would rip a soft top, unless the snow was much more powdery than I'm accustomed to.

[Pleater]

Good heavens. Was it a hard top? I imagine that much weight would rip a soft top, unless the snow was much more powdery than I'm accustomed to.

Not a hard top it had a tonneau (?) cover. It was - if I recall right - a Triumph TR6 a tough little roadster.

Anne the Pleater