Pumpkin Party come down

This weekend, Tattershall Castle celebrated Halloween in spectacular style with a Pumpkin Party.

The Pumpkin Party took place throughout the day, and featured a range of activities for children including; apple bobbing, pumpkin carving, arts and crafts and fancy dress competition. Entry was free for children wearing fancy dress, so the Castle was over-run with children wearing spooky looking outfits and costumes.

As darkness fell, the front of the Castle was covered with lit up pumpkins. The pumpkins had been carved during the days activities and mixed with the ones which visitors were encouraged to bring on from home for entry into the best carved pumpkin competition, which was won by local resident Emma Mumford.

The main event in the evening was a series of ghost walks, in which visitors were given a tour of the Castle and its grounds by our Learning Officer Sarah. Sarah is used to leading around school groups and had to adapt the tour to include information on some of the more ghoulish and gory aspects of the Castle’s history.

Below you can see a series of images taken throughout the day.