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No trick or treaters in southover please

On 31 Oct 2016 at 12:16pm J. Hussain wrote:

Please don't bring your children to southover. We all dis like trick or treaters. Thank you.

On 31 Oct 2016 at 12:45pm Karen wrote:

I hate the commercialisation of it. Plastic tat from China destined for landfill. It's original meaning has long since been forgotten. It was pagan in origin. I shall be remembering loved ones that have departed.

On 31 Oct 2016 at 2:36pm J. Hussain wrote:

Karen that was deep. I suggest going for a run to let that steam of you have raging inside you.

On 31 Oct 2016 at 2:53pm Karen wrote:

You are an excellent example of why this forum is failing.

On 31 Oct 2016 at 3:54pm J. Hussain wrote:

One meer comment and I'm the reason it's failing. Karen I pitty you.

On 31 Oct 2016 at 4:43pm Golden locks wrote:

Don't spoil my kids night, I am out with my boys 5 and 8 yrs. They love it please keep their innocence going even if you don't approve. Kids grow up too early now a days.

On 31 Oct 2016 at 4:54pm Pedant wrote:

mere*

On 31 Oct 2016 at 5:25pm Animal Lover wrote:

He probably meant meercat he has a habit of losing animals ....

On 31 Oct 2016 at 5:52pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

I bloody hate it.
The screeching has already been going on for over half an hour and making every dog in the street bark. Methinks it's time to don my child catcher costume and scare them all back indoors.
Bloody ridiculous nonsense borrowed from the US and nothing but a licence for tacky shops to sell loads of cheap (and sometimes highly flammable) tat.
Still, I have my chocolate-coated Brussels sprouts all ready for any little darlings that dare to knock at my door.

On 31 Oct 2016 at 8:40pm Angel wrote:

Actually the us trick or treat originated from the Scottish tradition of 'guising' - playing tricks in disguise. But I agree, it's all a horrible corruption of the original Samhein