Halloween memories

StevieNicksFan

Its that time of year again where the shops are packed full of Halloween merchandise. As with all holidays it has become so commercialised. Got me thinking of halloween's of old and the thought of asking my parents for a shop bought costume was out of the question ( well if you were lucky you might get a mask that would sweat the face off ye if ye wore it for more than 5mins).

Other memories: Setting off fireworks in a metal barrell, ripping one of dads old shirts to make a 'ghost' complete with red paint for blood.

The memory that sticks out most is when I was in 4th class, our teacher said she had a dentist appointment and would be away after lunch. An hour later she came running through the school in full witches costume, complete with broom and cackled her way through the corridors - terryfing every child in her path. True story!! Imagine the complaints from parents nowadays.

Anyone have any old school halloween memories?

AnonoBoy

I remember it not being a big deal once you got past twelve years of age.

I went to America as a youngster and saw grown up adult folk dressed up in costumes just like in the movie films.

Blew my fuppin' mind so it did.

smash

StevieNicksFan wrote: »

Anyone have any old school halloween memories?

Apparently if you dress as a ninja it's not ok to bring in real ninja stars and use the blackboard for target practice.

FatherLen

I dressed as Dracula every year.

I was so cool.

Boom_Bap

A black bag is versatile.

Pumpkinseeds

We and the kids in our neighbourhood were greedy clever little gits and went to loads of neighbourhoods at Halloween, especially the posh houses in the wealthy neighbourhoods. We always came home with almost full Quinnsworth bags full of sweets, crisps and buns, and of course the obligatory nuts and 'healthy' bit of fruit someone would give you.

mackg

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I remember it not being a big deal once you got past twelve years of age.

I went to America as a youngster and saw grown up adult folk dressed up in costumes just like in the movie films.

Blew my fuppin' mind so it did.

Halloween was a big drinking occasion for all teenagers where I'm from.

Pedro K

A traveller trying to rob my wallet years ago. I hit him a left hook and he went down like a sack of traveller potatoes. Then his traveller brothers, who may have also been his uncles and grandfathers, seemed to just appear from the crevices in the ground.

I got punched from every angle

I dropped my chin, kept my hands up, thew the odd punch myself. Eventually I saw a gap in the wall of travellers and just dashed through it and got away.

Some areas were like a war zone at Halloween. Some still are.

JanaMay

When I was 5 and doing the old 'Help the Halloween party' a neighbour gave me a pomegranate! I thought it was some sort of massive banger and kept asking my bigger cousins to set it off!

razorblunt

Those awful nuts.

Knocking on a house who had run out of sweets but would give you 50p instead.

The sweat in your face from those plastic masks.

Getting egged for the first time, the sheer hatred and appetite for revenge, you'd almost clean out they guys whole family for retribution.
Occasionally one of them would slip when running away and got a windmilling.

travis1976

+1 on the black plastic bags... bits of paper stuck to it and a sharp edged mask, that'd cut the face off ya.

Summer wind

A few of us would always go trick or treating wearing our very scary black bin bags and masks. We loved it so exciting being out in the dark:). Then we would play games like bobbing for apples at my nanas house and the very very best bit was being allowed go to the bombfire that started around ten o clock. Then when we got older we would stock up on nuts and chocolate and watch horror movies that meant I usually wouldn't sleep for about a month:)

AnonoBoy

mackg wrote: »

Halloween was a big drinking occasion for all teenagers where I'm from.

Oh yeah, down the West it was too. But so was every Friday/Saturday.

We didn't get dressed up though. After I was a kid I don't remember wearing a costume again for Halloween until I was in my twenties.