Hallowe'en 2015

[GrimsbyPacer]

Hi everyone.
Here in my Grimsby home I've just had 12 groups of trick or treaters knocking at the door, far more than the lone one last year.
All have been dressed as actual scary people:
Witches, Corpse Bride, Orange Skeleton, Workplace Pension Monster, Demons, Dracula etc. No superheroes or princesses so far, which is good.
This is the first year where we aren't using real pumpkins but LED baloons instead. And we have pretend blood splatters on the door which looks good.
Update: 2 more groups came at the same time and I've run out of treats
I'm giving my own sweets now. And the glowstick lollies are most popular treat and then it's Milky Ways. Most are polite too. We've removed the pumpkin baloons as we are very low on treats and we don't want to trick anyone.

What is everyone elses experience today?

 

[syorksdeano]

I've seen some in Sheffield dressed up as Northern Rail guards........oh hang on they are working

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We don't expect to see any where we live, as we are far off the beaten track in a rural area, but it was noticeable that all the supermarkets, both big and small in the nearby towns had a vast range of costumes and associated items for sale, which I should imagine will all help to keep their tills working constantly.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Loads of fancy dress outfits out and about in London.

Some of the ladies outfits are... jaw dropping!

 

[507 001]

There's been plenty of ghosts and ghouls travelling on metrolink this evening (more than the average Saturday night anyway....)


Some of them have been seriously impressive!

 

[Antman]

Just a few young children accompanied by parents round our way, all very well behaved!

 

[theblackwatch]

Heard one or two go past, obviously only knocking on doors of those they know. Perhaps the message of "despite what I normally tell you, it's actually ok to knock on strangers doors today and accept things off them" hasn't got through. :P

 

[me123]

I'll be off to work shortly. To clear up the fallout from tonights "festivities".

I don't recall having a trick-or-treater in over a decade, actually. Not that I'd entertain this nonsense anyway.

 

[Bevan Price]

I never answer the door at night unless I know a visitor is expected. Saw a witch with 2 brats with masks in St. Helens Bus station. And outside some shops in Liverpool, what looked like some recycled "guys" fitted with mostly (un)scary masks. Perhaps fortunately, not many sub-teen kids live nearby.

 

[SS4]

Nobody got past security at work so I wouldn't know . What I did see were (uni) students dressed as all manner of things, some more revealing than others shall we say?

 

[Merseysider]

I spent Halloween in Wallasey (near Liverpool) and had about a dozen visitors dressed as vampires and witches, with one princess (!?) and one ghoul. All very polite. Unfortunately, the night prior, the local area was overrun by yob untermensch who set about destroying buses and house windows. Very sad.

When I lived in Manchester we also had one of the locals give out cocaine to children...

 

[TheNewNo2]

I just saw idiots playing with fireworks.

Anyone see a Donna T Rumpshaker out there tonight?

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

I spent Halloween in Wallasey (near Liverpool) and had about a dozen visitors dressed as vampires and witches, with one princess (!?) and one ghoul. All very polite. Unfortunately, the night prior, the local area was overrun by yob untermensch who set about destroying buses and house windows. Very sad.

When I lived in Manchester we also had one of the locals give out cocaine to children...

That story in Wallesey is shocking. I assume there's a lack of police in that area at night. I hope those vandals are caught. That poor bus driver

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

That story in Wallesey is shocking. I assume there's a lack of police in that area at night. I hope those vandals are caught. That poor bus driver

The idea of "Mischief Night" must be one that all those decent people must dread and one that all those socially irresponsible members of society view as a heaven-sent opportunity to create mayhem, whilst hiding under the banner of "tradition"..

 

[FQ]

I spent Halloween sat on the sofa watching raiders of the lost ark. No rubbishy halloween stuff where we live (on the canal down the end of a private road so no kids knocking on portholes here).

 

[507021]

I stayed with friends in Sheffield for Hallowe'en, although that wasn't the reason I was there! I was out for most of the evening, but my friends sat in the dining room so anybody knocking on the door would think they weren't in. Fortunately, they'd returned to the front room by the time I got back.

 

[fowler9]

The little kids who live by ours got a few sweets. The scalls who try their luck got helled and probably won't come back. I am tall, broad and like death metal. I look like someones worst nightmare on a good day.

 

[crispy1978]

The beauty of us living round the back of the property means only the postman and the pizza delivery guys know we exist!

And, that's how we like it!!!

 

[DarloRich]

When did Halloween become a thing? I went with the gf to a party and there were some impressive outfits. I now like Halloween

 

[Crossover]

I have to say, I'm not a fan of Halloween. Our house is a little back off the road and as you walk up the drive, the drive gets illuminated, which probably puts some off. Though we also kept the gates shut until we went out which stops it entirely, really.

Spent most of the night in Manchester as I was with family seeing Michael McIntyre at the MEN (yes I'm old school!) - as alluded to earlier, there were a few people out on Metrolink dressed up and indeed on return to Whitefield after the show, I walked past a couple more on the platform waiting for a Didsbury tram (they seemed a little drunk!)

Michael McIntyre naturally made a couple of quibs about it (unless it was the warm up act, I can't remember actually!) - about mixed messages - normally, we tell kids not to approach strangers and certainly not to accept sweets from strangers, but on Halloween, it is quite the opposite...by the day after, back to not again

 

[Clip]

Visited a few brewerys and only saw a people out on the streets all dressed up but some of their costumes were excellent

 

[Cletus]

Was in Liverpool and London through Saturday and noticed a real increase in people dressed in Halloween outfits.

Quite a few ladies dressed as nuns with the horror make-up. Couldn't quite work out the connection between nuns and Halloween?

 

[Domh245]

Quite a few ladies dressed as nuns with the horror make-up. Couldn't quite work out the connection between nuns and Halloween?

It would seem that Halloween is now more of an excuse to dress up in outrageous costumes and go out partying than about dressing scarily. For example, some students from UoN went to a party dressed as some buses, how awfully spooky.

Scary picture

 

[Clip]

This story made me chuckle

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...s-traffic-cones-blocking-roads_n_8450068.html

Police officers in Kingston were left laughing in the wee hours of Sunday morning when a group of Halloween revellers sparked a rather odd call for emergency response.

Kingston Police were alerted at 4:33am to five men blocking traffic - while dressed as traffic cones.

"They were just standing in front of the taxi and the bus not letting them get past and taking pictures of themselves," witness Dan Theocari said....

 

[crehld]

We don't expect to see any where we live, as we are far off the beaten track in a rural area, but it was noticeable that all the supermarkets, both big and small in the nearby towns had a vast range of costumes and associated items for sale, which I should imagine will all help to keep their tills working constantly.

None round my way either (also rural). A few parents had organized a party for the younger kids in the local community centre, and all the local teenagers apparently went into town to catch the latest Bond film.

Quite a few ladies dressed as nuns with the horror make-up. Couldn't quite work out the connection between nuns and Halloween?

Well it is a Christian festival celebrating the eve of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day (....not that trick or treating or dressing up has anything to do with that to my knowledge).
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It would seem that Halloween is now more of an excuse to dress up in outrageous costumes and go out partying than about dressing scarily. For example, some students from UoN went to a party dressed as some buses, how awfully spooky.

Scary picture

Have you ever endured a late night trip on one of Nottingham's buses? The last (and only) time I did was a pretty scary experience!

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

I hate Halloween, it can be very scary for old people on their own, some of these kids/youths/yobs can be very intimidating.

 

[Mag_seven]

When did Halloween become a thing?

What normally happens when someone asks this is that someone states that it is a recent American import only to be rebutted by someone from Scotland who states that it has been a big thing up there for years.

 

[341o2]

Heard one or two go past, obviously only knocking on doors of those they know. Perhaps the message of "despite what I normally tell you, it's actually ok to knock on strangers doors today and accept things off them" hasn't got through. :P

In full agreement re the school run and Puxton Park, yet Halloween and carol singing is OK
Bring back our own UK tradition of All Hallows Eve
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I hate Halloween, it can be very scary for old people on their own, some of these kids/youths/yobs can be very intimidating.

Yep, I know one single old lady who had a pumpkin thrown against her house wall.
a while back, the carol singers came. I refused to answer, they went round the estate and at the end made a point of opening my letterbox and the language would indicate a good working knowlege of Roger's Profanisaurus

 

[fowler9]

Yeah Haloween isn't just an American thing. The Irish and Scots are just as guilty of this stuff. Ha ha. Big load of bobbins in my opinion. My ex girlfriends Irish mates didn't even get dressed up in scary costumes, they were as likely to be in Superhero costumes. My ex's best mates fella turned up dressed as a Rasta at one party I was forced to attend.

 

[bramling]

The idea of "Mischief Night" must be one that all those decent people must dread and one that all those socially irresponsible members of society view as a heaven-sent opportunity to create mayhem, whilst hiding under the banner of "tradition"..

Must admit I'm not a fan at all. Seems to be an excuse for kids, and older people old enough to know better, to go round causing problems.

After having an egg dropped on my doorstep a few years ago, I leave the rottweilers in the front garden, which strangely enough keeps people well away.