Published: Wednesday, 5th November, 2008 12:30
It's a haunting Hallowe'en in Wee County
By Iain Robertson
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Hallowe'en fun at Kidzone in Alloa.
Pic by: Jan van der Merwe
HALLOWE’EN celebrations were enjoyed the length and breadth of the Wee County last week as children wore fancy dress that certainly impressed.
The spectacularly haunting Alloa Tower held its annual Hallowe’en event with spooky stories being read to children dressed in a huge variety of costumes.
Alison Fraser, senior assistant at the tower, said, “It went really well, all the kids had a great time. Some of them were wearing traditional costumes, which are certainly getting more dramatic every year.
“The children were told ghost stories and the tower is such a great place to have a Hallowe’en Party.”
Spooky fun was also enjoyed by youngsters at Strathdevon Primary School where janitor, Pat Peddy, watched the schools little ghosts and ghouls have a fun time.
He said, “All the kids had a great time, they were all in fancy dress and enjoyed playing the traditional games and warming themselves on our big bonfire. It was a really well attended event.”
The Alloa and Sauchie Beavers were dooking for apples and wearing an eclectic array of costumes, with Jack Muir winning the plaudits for the best fancy dress, as Biggles.
There was a huge turn out at St Mungo’s Primary School’s Hallowe’en disco where Caitlin McMillan and James Retson stood out from the spooky crowd to win prizes for their costumes.
And Alva’s toddlers looked more scary than cute in their amazing face paint and costumes, with Sarah Allan and Maciej Rybicka two of the leading ghouls.
A Scottish historical legend put in an appearance at Banchory Primary School’s Halloween celebrations, as William Wallace – known to his friends as Robbie Davies – brought his claymore to fend off any would be attackers from the other side.
The kids at Fossoway Primary were more traditional in their choices of costume – apart from a smiling funky chicken – as they posed for a scary picture.
Back in Alva, the nursery children were putting the fear in people for a good cause, as their Halloween party was in aid of the nursery’s garden fund.
A short broomstick ride away, in Alloa, children were putting the bump into the Kidzone night with costumes that would usually be found on the hangers in a horror movie dressing room – although playworker Kris Hutchison and witch for the day Michaela Scott did take time to enjoy a nice apple.
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