Over 100 local residents and at least 50 of their canine companions attended this afternoon’s Halloween Parade in Gayfield Square.
Some humans and most dogs arrived in costume.
It was easy to tell which dogs had made an effort. It was not always easy to say whether the humans had arrived in disguise or were simply displaying a distinct subset of Broughton fashion.
Regardless, a good time was had by all – with prizes donated by a range of local businesses proving particularly popular.
The photographs below show those dogs we managed to to snap standing or still. Many others proved too active or camera-shy.
Prizewinners are marked with an asterisk. We begin with Kora,* who came as a sheep and won Best in Show.
Brodie* (we think that was the name) came as a hotdog or US fire chief.
Winnie* rocked the Neighbourhood-Crystal-Meth-Manufacturer vibe with a nod to Breaking Bad.
Bella* was a bumble pug.
Iris was a tiger or cattle-grid. Rosco* was a lion who seemed to detect the presence of zebras towards the end of proceedings.
Arthur was a shark’s lunch.
Yokam came as the Big Lebowowski.
Bertie* won Waggiest Tail for ‘Her Royal Hairiness’. Lily was a bit of a princess.
Sherlock was Sherlock, but refused to wear his miniature deerstalker.
Broch was a wee devil.
Cooper came with peculiar company, and was apparently a mad scientist.
Cash* was Batdog.
Felix* arrived as a ‘dragon, skeleton, leaf, red-thing’.
Ruby made a very fetching Swallowtail.
Kiki and Lala were witches.
Noodle and Scully were matching vampire mutts.
Lola looked bemused to be styled as a radioactive pumpkin.
We lost track of this entrant's name, but the choice of Liberace costume was inspired.
Remarkably, no Spurtle contributor was harmed in the making of this photo-story.