How did you celebrate Halloween when you were little?
Cher_Alumni
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Halloween is a growing phenomenon, bringing lots of fun and more commercial year upon year. So tell us - how did you used to celebrate?
I'm an 80s kid and I have one word - turnip. In my house it wasn't pumpkins that used to get carved, it was a turnip. And let me tell you this, it wasn't easy! My poor mums fingersAlso, it wasn't a fancy schmancy outfit I wore. No. It was a black bin bag with a head hole cut out. Does this ring any bells?
How times change!
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I agree with woodbine, no celebrations for me either but bonfire night was great fun...we’d light a bonfire 🔥 and some people even burnt effigies of Guy Fawkes. We’d even have baked potatoes oozing with butter, and that was the only time of the year that people had baked potatoes you know. Then ther were also fireworks for the lucky rich kids but you can’t hide a lit firework so everyone around the neighbourhood could see them. Great fun. I miss those days.1
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Yes penny for the guy, some children would wheel Guy Fawkes around in a wheelbarrow and basically beg on street corners for money to buy fireworks, bless. I’d forgotten about that.1
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Same here nothing for Halloween
Bonfire night we had a street bonfire with guy on top that kids had made and took round in wheel barrow penny for guy
All families brought food to eat round bonfire
Baked potatoes, chestnuts , hot dogs , toffee apples, cinder toffee , marshmallows, parkin
We couldn't wait for it to go dark to start the fire 🔥
My dad was a fireman so he was always in charge of the fire
We had sparklers and then went to the local park for the firework display
Amazing memories one of my favourite days of the year it was also my nans birthday1 -
same for me never had halloween but bonfire night was a big community event, as kids we would spend at least two weeks collecting wood etc from people that had saved all their bits and even chopped up old furniture, all the local kids got involved and built a massive bonfire, great community times x0
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Halloween was closing the curtains and turning all lights out to pretend we weren't home If anyone had lights on and didn't answer the door with treats their house would get quite badly egged!!!
I used to sit peeking out the window watching all the different costumes though0 -
No halloween wasn't a big thing at all, also don't remember shops supporting it either. If anyone did try to make a costume, it was black bin bags. Bonfire night was a biggy tho1
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