"She was particularly struck by the ghoulish and revolting caged skeletons strung up around the garden path, one of many macabre decorations put up for the upcoming trail. I'm sure they can find a nicer way of generating revenue that won't cost families 66 [for two adults and two children], destroy the landscape, and traumatise the children, Ms Roberts told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS)."
"The LDRS spoke to Joe Laskowski beside a makeshift graveyard, where green neon lights snake up trees and fake corpses pop out of open coffins. Joe, who visits Kenwood from his home in East Finchley about once a month, said he understood Halloween was a craze. It's not for me, but I've got nothing against people enjoying themselves, he said."
English Heritage manages Kenwood, a neoclassical mansion overlooking Hampstead Heath with landscaped grounds popular with dog-walkers and families. To raise millions needed for maintenance, the charity has opened the house and grounds for commercial use including cultural festivals, small concerts and family-oriented light trails. A new event, Halloween at Kenwood, features macabre decorations such as caged skeletons, coffins, fake corpses, neon-lit makeshift graveyards and props hung from lampposts. Some regular visitors complain the displays are gruesome, in bad taste, damaging to the landscape, expensive for families (66 for two adults and two children) and potentially traumatising for children. Other visitors accept the event as seasonal entertainment.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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