Monthly Archives: October 2023

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2023

October 31, 2023 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

HISTORIC CELEBRATION: HALLOWEEN AROUND THE WORLD

October 28, 2023 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Halloween wasn’t something people went in for in England when I was a child, but they do now, and in many other places too. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1130836737/how-halloween-is-celebrated-around-the-world https://www.interproinc.com/blog/halloween-traditions-around-the-world

HISTORIC SPOOKY CASTLE: FOULKSWRATH CASTLE

October 25, 2023 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

I stayed in this castle in 1971, back when it was still being used as a youth hostel and my backpacking-around-Europe travelling companion and I still qualified as youthful. I didn’t get ghostly vibes or experience any other paranormal happenings in that particular place of lodging, but I have felt ‘presences’ in others. And in […]

HISTORIC ORGANIZATION: THE UNITED NATIONS

October 24, 2023 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://kids.kiddle.co/United_Nations https://www.ungeneva.org/en/engage/un-for-kids United Nations Facts & Worksheets

HISTORY TIDBIT: HALLOWEEN PRANKS

October 23, 2023 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Back in 1933, Halloween pranks got so out-of-hand in several places in America, that it became known as Black Halloween. Some cities even considered banning the holiday, but then came up with the idea of keeping their youth happy with Halloween parades, haunted houses, and parties. https://www.history.com/news/halloween-haunted-house-great-depression Pranks are still played of course, and can […]