From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us*...from 703 Percy Street. This house in historic Aycock District is one of Greensboro's many residences where Halloween is taken seriously. Because Halloween is on a Monday this year, most of our community events have come and gone. Since tomorrow is a school & work day, it is anticipated that crowds will be light and that the evening will come to a close rather early. Even the infamous Halloween party on Franklin Street in Chapel HIll is expecting significantly less than their record 80,000 visitor crowd. Locally, Lake Jeanette, The Aycock Historic District, Sunset Hills, Westerwood, Westridge and New Irving Park are just a few of the many areas that get inundated with trick-or-treaters from all over. If you live in one of those neighborhoods, you know what to expect.
Nationally, one of the scariest Halloweens came in 1938 when Orson Welles presented "The War of the Worlds" on the radio; listeners were terrified. If you are home alone tonight, between trick-or-treaters, you can read the H.G. Welles script here or listen to free audio here. If you are participating in trick-or-treating, we suggest reading the safety tips published by Greensboro's FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Finally, if you came here today to see the Ai Cemetery, stop back tomorrow. We forgot that Percy Street was already in the hopper.
*Scottish saying
If you need some creepy music to play when trick-or-treaters come to your door, click on the you tube video below.
"Dead and Breakfast" Cute! I am going to store that idea away for future use!
I will be leaving the skeleton lights on and treating any neighborhood tricksters that arrive. I also think it will be slow due to being on a Monday.
Happy Halloween to you and yours!
Posted by: Janis of So Cal | Monday, October 31, 2011 at 02:28 PM
Happy belated Halloween! What a perfect photo for the Halloween holiday!
Posted by: Leif Hagen | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 at 08:18 AM
What a fun shot. I love the caption. Boo (belatedly).
Posted by: barb farr | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 at 08:46 PM