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The plan was to carve out Peter Pumpkin Head in the style of my favourite Beatle. Ringo may possess basic facial features that are on par with his drumming abilities, but he is still a bugger to represent in pumpkin form.

Inspiration then turned towards @murphie_kitten. We have enough problems getting the little Madam to pose for a quick photo, let alone a pumpkin carving session.

And so the blunt knife of Wivenhoe Halloween doom took on the task of creating a caricature of a very popular local character.

Can you guess who it is yet?

Mr X is certainly an artistic improvement on the Wivenhoe Halloween howler of some twelve months ago. We still can’t compete with the Jack ‘O lantern masterpieces that are proudly on display at the foot of Park Road.

The little fella has been strategically moved indoors for the evening. The last thing @annajcowen and I want is to be disturbed during Eastenders by some ankle biters demanding an iPod under the threat of some dog poo being pushed through our letterbox.

Many thanks again to Headfirst along the High Street for providing the pumpkin.

Next year: a pumpkin the size of a large beach ball will be on display, lovingly recreating all the intricacies of a Dodds masterpiece.

Yeah, right.

Ringo it is then.

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