Month: February 2020

@kgeographer You will be welcomed with open arms.

You will be welcomed with open arms.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

@jazzporridge @hookland You may have meant @HooklandGuide

You may have meant @HooklandGuide

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

They call the ghost dwelling in the walls of The Craven Arms, Ashcourt, ‰Û÷Mr. Smoke‰Ûª. Staff jokingly say he‰Ûªs formed from all the gaspers ever smoked by the pub‰Ûªs customers. He‰Ûªs described as ‰Û÷a tumble of smoke, like you get if you put a glass vase over a candle till it goes out‰Ûª.

They call the ghost dwelling in the walls of The Craven Arms, Ashcourt, ‘Mr. Smoke’. Staff jokingly say he’s formed from all the gaspers ever smoked by the pub’s customers. He’s described as ‘a tumble of smoke, like you get if you put a glass vase over a candle till it goes out’.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

@LukeTurnerEsq Music, like folklore, changes its jacket as it walks the years. It is what it does.

Music, like folklore, changes its jacket as it walks the years. It is what it does.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

@Richard_Kadrey Gene Vincent lives again.

Gene Vincent lives again.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

@PhelpsieSarah Heart-breaking.

Heart-breaking.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

@SteveHynd Thank you.

Thank you.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

I am afraid computer issues mean I cannot provide your with a gothic advent calendar of a pictorial Hookland one. Instead, as a poor recompense, each day I will tell you which item is hung on the #HooklandChristmasTree.

I am afraid computer issues mean I cannot provide your with a gothic advent calendar of a pictorial Hookland one. Instead, as a poor recompense, each day I will tell you which item is hung on the #HooklandChristmasTree.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

@urbanprehisto Some will be drapes.

Some will be drapes.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020

Day One of the #HooklandChristmasTree Decoration begins with an Empress Eel garland draped across the branches. No tawdry tinsel, but shimmer and reflecting gleam of stuffed eel skin. The Empress Eel‰Ûªs head watching from the needles with black glass eyes and a polished tin crown.

Day One of the #HooklandChristmasTree Decoration begins with an Empress Eel garland draped across the branches. No tawdry tinsel, but shimmer and reflecting gleam of stuffed eel skin. The Empress Eel’s head watching from the needles with black glass eyes and a polished tin crown.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) December 1, 2020