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This is what I like to wear when opening the door to trick or treaters...

Excellent! Do me a favour and come and stand sentinel at mine will you?! lol  ;D

There driving my dogs mad !!!!!!!!!!!  >:(

All quiet so far...... but then the local youth service hired about 6 coaches and bussed loads of kids up to Thorpe Park's Fright Night today to get as many kids off street as possible.  Am expecting my two to be thoroughly grumpy when they arrive back at 1am!  :o

Good pic.

I will not answer the door to kids now.They disturb the dogs and us.

Great idea taking them to a park.

I think in total there's about 300 young people been taken off the streets of my county from the ages of 7 to 25 - youth service subsidised part of the cost to make it more affordable - only cost a tenner each that's for entry into the theme park and the coach.  Yesterday my two went climbing Pen y Fan mountain in the Brecon Beacons on a trip organised by local police officers.  Probably the only proactive thing my local council have done in years! lol  ;D

In Long Eaton The police arranged a free viewing of the latest Bond film to keep as many kids of the streets as possible.

Ive got my "pumkin" out on the wall to invite the kids to delve into the big bag of goodies we've got but only had 6 little horrors so far!

Have a few sweets and no children so far.  Had a party in Barclays bank with a raffle and coffee and cakes for £1.50 for cancer.  Think they should have a charity do for the bank as have heard they did have to borrow money.  Was a good idea apart from the fact that all the staff were dressed up and took ages to get served, ie pay money in.  Last week they raised £1,600 for cancer research, perhaps next time raise money for the bank.

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It must be sooo scary round here at night, not one so far! Last years total was 3 scruffy oiks wearing bin liners. Funnily enough, I have not got sweets etc in this year!

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No activity here, too far out for the little darlings ;D
Anyhow, I do not like being held to ransom by small people. If it was done for a charity I might think differently.

what am I gonna do with all the choclit ?  ;D
only had half a dozen and I bought loads  ;D ;D

MMMMMMMMM.............Chocolate.

I'll pm you my address 8) ;D

might not last that long, star  ;D
best run around with your costume on  ;D ;D

Quote from: Emagggie on October 31, 2008, 19:56:51
Anyhow, I do not like being held to ransom by small people.

With the exception of delightful grandchildren of course.   ;D  ;D  ;D

G x

would rather see the little trick or treaters,than all you women(witches) on your broomsticks. That is scary.;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: grotbag on October 31, 2008, 21:11:24
would rather see the little trick or treaters,than all you women(witches) on your broomsticks. That is scary.;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

There's only one reply to that.  Warlocks!   ;D ;D ;D

G x

I have got a few sweets for well mannered children.  No-one has knocked tonight. Oh well I will eat them myself.  Pleased that fireworks have been very quiet so far this year.  Cat not too bothered as asleep on my lap,  but my poor old dog uses to be so scared he dug up the carpet to hide under it.

I find this so sad, we used to love Halloween in Canada, never any trouble.

Babes in arms with Mums started at about 5pm, all wonderfully dressed, as the evening progressed the ages progressed,all were accompanied by a parent till about 8.30 or so when we would get some older kids..maybe 12 or 13 of age, but always nice quiet kids.

The streets would be full of children in groups, everyone having fun. We would get about 300 or so.

We only gave sweets, they would not accept money and if we chose not to participate we didn't put the outside light on and the kids didn't knock.

It was a smashing family night and we decorated the whole of the front of the house.

No children ever came before the 31st  and they never let off fireworks. Even the family pet would come all dressed up!!

It was one of our favourite nights of the year, we always dressed up and had scary music and voices coming from the house into the drive when they knocked.

Rules of etiquette were well known and reinforced on the Tv for several days before.

We have had 1 child here about 6 years old all by himself with painted face.

Why on earth should is be so very different, I simply don't understand.

XX Jeannine

I just tell them to bugger off!!! >:(

Then Mum appeared and punched you.