
The 'Wicked Waterloo Halloween Trail' went down a treat in Ashton on Saturday (29 October).
A group of volunteers spent around eight weeks organising the free family friendly event, which mainly consisted of a healthy walk around Waterloo Park.
The Trail included a hunt for letters that when descrambled would make a word. Completing the word resulted in a prize: a treat bag and certificate.
Some of the letters were just hidden around the Park. Others required completion of a Trial: throwing bean bags into Clown Pumpkins; putting hands into Horror Boxes which had "critters" inside to retrieve a talisman token; plunging hands into a box full of "snake eyes" to retrieve another talisman; answering the many riddles of the Mad Monk.
The Trail also included scary props and decorative lights, as well as a Pumpkin Patch in the Community Garden where a limited number of free pumpkins were available for families to take away.
Inside the Park Centre, there was an Activity Room where a number of craft activities were available: make a ghost out of a banana; decorate a pumpkin; make jewellery and masks; make Halloween cards; colouring; face painting.
The numbers attending exceeded the number that the organisers expected. They had planned for around 120 visitors, and approximately 350 turned up. Despite a long queue, everyone was very enthusiastic about the event and gave lots of positive comments. The main one being "we needed this type of thing after COVID".
The event also raised around £100 for a charity called Purple Heart Wishes, where cups of hot chocolate could be had for a small donation.
Greater Manchester Police and Life Line Ambulance were on site to help with any issues.
The organisers of Wicked Waterloo are already starting to plan next year's Halloween Event.
Councillors Vimal Choksi MBE and Sangita Patel helped with the behind the scenes organisation as well as helping out on the day.
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