Month: December 2020

@SpaceWeather9 @PhilH86835657 … in conversation with Clive James ‰ÛÏThat mad bastard!‰Û). I still think Sellers‰Ûª magic might be at the root of Secombe burrying himself in Christianity. Still wish I had written the Bentine/Sellers ghost hunting play based on the nights they spent as Ghost Club members.

… in conversation with Clive James “That mad bastard!”). I still think Sellers’ magic might be at the root of Secombe burrying himself in Christianity. Still wish I had written the Bentine/Sellers ghost hunting play based on the nights they spent as Ghost Club members.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

@SpaceWeather9 @PhilH86835657 The ghost of Dan Leno has also made itself known to Roy Hudd (personality confirmed in interview with Hudd) and haunts the London stage by smell (Leno had a problem with defacing himself).

The ghost of Dan Leno has also made itself known to Roy Hudd (personality confirmed in interview with Hudd) and haunts the London stage by smell (Leno had a problem with defacing himself).

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

@SpaceWeather9 @PhilH86835657 When I attempted to get stories confirmed/expanded on by June Whitfield (a close friend of Sellers, Hudd and others) she got very annoyed and said: Let‰Ûªs not talk about that. Ghosts have caused quite enough trouble there as far as I am concerned.‰Û

When I attempted to get stories confirmed/expanded on by June Whitfield (a close friend of Sellers, Hudd and others) she got very annoyed and said: Let’s not talk about that. Ghosts have caused quite enough trouble there as far as I am concerned.”

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

@PrimitiveKnot @SpaceWeather9 @PhilH86835657 Hudd is a lovely chap. I think we would have lost a lot of music hall history without him. His one man shows on the subject were amazing.

Hudd is a lovely chap. I think we would have lost a lot of music hall history without him. His one man shows on the subject were amazing.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

Despite it’s old name – witch-bane – and the rhyme: ‘Rowan and red thread/Make witches dead’, the rowan tree is a friend to many of our magics, our potions. – Emily Bunting, 1981 #WitchWednesday

Despite it's old name – witch-bane – and the rhyme: 'Rowan and red thread/Make witches dead', the rowan tree is a friend to many of our magics, our potions. – Emily Bunting, 1981 #WitchWednesday

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

@_psonice Normal for Hookland and in the best possible way, normal for you.

Normal for Hookland and in the best possible way, normal for you.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

For the witch can set frog as watchdog, call the crow to spy. She can keep company with foxes and knows which spirits walk the lanes. – Edith Tanwell, 1897 #WitchWednesday

For the witch can set frog as watchdog, call the crow to spy. She can keep company with foxes and knows which spirits walk the lanes. – Edith Tanwell, 1897 #WitchWednesday

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

@bloodravenlib That’s such a low threshold though, it’s an insult to most witches.

That's such a low threshold though, it's an insult to most witches.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

@XInannaX If there is no mud upon the boots, then I doubt their magics.

If there is no mud upon the boots, then I doubt their magics.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020

@bloodravenlib Given the current one, I think setting up a beehive and making decisions upon the basis of which entrance bees emerged from would be better. As I said, the lowest of bars.

Given the current one, I think setting up a beehive and making decisions upon the basis of which entrance bees emerged from would be better. As I said, the lowest of bars.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 12, 2020