It’s not quite Halloween yet, but tonight (28th October) Southport became ‘Spookport’. Crowds lined the town as Lord Street was treated to a Halloween ‘Spooktacular’ parade. Thankfully the night stayed dry, as the rain held off and the cameras were out clicking away. Ghosts and ghouls everywhere and even the odd drunken pirate … Our modern celebration of Halloween was originally called ‘Samhain,’ which comes from the Gaelic/Celtic meaning for ‘November’ and ‘summer’s end’. The first Celtic settlers arrived here in around 600 BC, fetching with them their own ‘nature – based polytheistic form of spiritual belief systems. Samhain represented … Continue reading Spookport comes to life