ALL things spooky were celebrated around Worcestershire yesterday as people got in to the Halloween spirit.

Despite the wintry feel that usually comes with Halloween being absent, as temperatures reached 21C in Worcestershire, people still celebrated the day in suitably spooky style.

At St Johns Library on Bromyard Road, Worcester, children could take part in an Animal Mania session as well as magic shows.

Children could take it in turns to handle creepy crawlies such as giant millipedes and try their hand at magic tricks.

They could also get messy and put their pumpkin-carving skills to the test, listen to spooky stories and take part in a tombola all while dressed in their most ghoulish get-up.

People could also discover the gory side of the old hospital on Infirmary Walk in Worcester city centre.

The hospital, which now forms part of the University of Worcester's City Campus, held a Horrible Hospitals event yesterday where families could take part in gory and ghostly historic tours of the hospital for free.

"It has been a great way to celebrate Halloween," Mark Macleod, head of the Infirmary, said.

"We've been very busy, I think around 100 people took part in the event. A lot of people really enjoyed taking joining in with the tours and hearing about the dark side of hospitals. We told stories about body-snatchers and children had a great time with the Bandage Buddies activity, where they could make their own ghost, doctor or soldier using a template created by the volunteers. It has been really great fun."

Earlier in the week, members of the Ombersley Golf Club's ladies team donned their witch hats and werewolf masks for their own Halloween party on Tuesday.

A raffle raised £168 for Well Child, a charity helping sick children and their families, which was added to the more than £1,000 the club had already raised for the charity.