Ouseburn venue gets haunting makeover

Billy Bootleggers has transformed into a haunted video shop for the month of October. All in aid of local foodbanks. We went along to find out more.

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00:00The whole aesthetic thing is because Billy loves a laugh, really.

00:05And the donations things, this isn't the first one we've done of these.

00:10We have done it at Christmas as well, where people have bought gifts and we've doubled the bar tab.

00:15It's just nice when we can afford to have all these things, to be able to pass that on.

00:24And those sweets would also end up on the 30th of October going to food banks for kids who might not have sweets on Halloween.

00:39I asked Luke what Billy Bootlegger's Treats from the Black Lagoon scheme is,

00:43and what customers can expect from the venue throughout October and leading into Halloween.

00:48For the month of October, we are doing a donation of sweets,

00:54where customers are invited to buy a packet of sweets or a few packets of sweets and keep the receipt.

01:02And if they come into the bar with those sweets and that receipt,

01:06those sweets will end up going to food banks on the 30th of October.

01:11With such a good scheme giving to the food banks, and with the aesthetic clearly lending itself to the parents,

01:17I wondered if there were anything else that the venue was doing for the children.

01:21We have, on Halloween itself, a day for the kids, Billy's Little Zombillies,

01:27where we're going to do face painting and treats and all that sort of thing.

01:31We've always been a good place for grown-ups to have a good time,

01:36and these ideas that we've had for this month are also good for kids as well.

01:46Especially when we have live music on, early doors on Saturdays and Sundays,

01:52that's something the kids can also enjoy, and it's only going to get spookier towards the end of October.