Mischief night ?

Centralscrutinizer said:
I've always said it's the night before Halloween 👻 but I've got someone saying it's the night before Bonfire night 🔥
I don't want to set the neighbours bins on fire on the wrong day so wanted to double check.
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I’ve always thought that mischief night was the night before bonfire night.

I believe ‘mischief night’ evolved into a a week long festival of petty crime and vandalism. A somewhat watered down version of ‘the purge’ for the U16s

The hard core supporters begin pan handling for supplies early October.

The peak of the festival is always bonfire where the evidence and ill gotten wood can be burnt in the final ritual of thieves.

Guy Fawkes - the patron saint of vandalism and arson.
 
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Centralscrutinizer said:
I've always said it's the night before Halloween 👻 but I've got someone saying it's the night before Bonfire night 🔥
I don't want to set the neighbours bins on fire on the wrong day so wanted to double check.
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It varies depending on the area you live, so either can be the case. The best way round it is obviously to have both nights, double jeopardy.

When you set the bins on fire as planned though, please ensure you have produced a risk assessment, wear suitable fire resistant clothing and have alerted the householder in the usual way by ringing the bell and running away, otherwise the health and safety executive may need to be called in.

N.b. If there is a mobility scooter with key left in left outside the dwelling, you need to ensure the garden gate is left open first to aid your escape and save valuable time. I’m sure you’ll have things covered in your published policy and procedures though.
 
‘Mischief Week’

They took away our conkers, no ball playing in the street, they took away our bicycles and roller skates from our feet.

Well get you back you rotten owld chunts..
just you wait and see. We’ll create hell on earth and make it last all week.

Penny for the guy? You’ll hear us whine.. we made an effigy taken from your washing line. Spare some change you’ll hear us chant.. it buys vape and cider for the miscreant.

Scruffy tramp won’t spare ten whole pence.. let’s see how he does without his wooden fence.

If we spot you walking to the shops in your slacks and crocs.. we’ll be posting dog todds through your letterbox.

Nice one mate, your car looks flash.. let’s see how it drives over broken glass.

Sound mate no problem at all.. we’re spray painting nonce on his garden wall.

Mischief night.. mate you wish.. we’re running riot all week and you’ll do nish.
 
It was always the night before Halloween in the TS6 area but this might have changed over the years due to kids going to schools out of the area.

I once had new windows fitted the week before mischief night and had them egged. I went out after the young lads, collared one and dragged him back and made him wash the windows.

Some months later, I was working with an E2E group and this young lad was saying how unlucky he was and that if anything goes wrong it happens to him. I asked him to give me an example and he said "The other night we egged this fella's windows and he came out, dragged me back to the house and made me wash his windows and then he squirted me with the hose pipe." I asked where this had happened and he replied "Normanby." I told him it was me and shouted "That's how unlucky I am, I've now got to work with you." 🤣 🤣 🤣
 
Yep, time to put the tripwires out across my front lawn and have a box of eggs ready to pelt the knock a door runners when they face plant the floor 😁
 
It is traditionally the night before Bonfire Night linked to Guy Fawkes’ mischief. And people would light other kids’ ‘bommies’ early as part of the mischief. It is still 4th November in most parts of the country, including most of Yorkshire and East Cleveland. It migrated to 30th October in other parts for some reason.
 
I remember us all mounting guard on our bonfire to prevent it being lit early, but someone got to it after we'd gone to bed.
Cue a monumental effort by parents to build a new one next day while we were at school.
Happy days.
 
It’s tonight
Apparently buses are not going to Hardwick or Bishopsgarth due to anti social behaviour- rumour of a bus window being put through
That’s not ‘mischief’ - it’s far more serious 😡
 
Can always remember us being out trick or treating and our mate decided to scare us by saying he'd read in the Gazette that somebody had phoned the police telling them that he was going to drive around Teesside looking for kids to murder on Halloween night.

A few minutes after he'd told us the story we're walking along the estate and notice a car has mounted the pavement and the driver is sat in his car with his lights on, staring directly at us.

My mate shouts "RUN" so we turn and run and suddenly the man in the car accelerates towards us.

We run into somebody's front garden and he jumps out of his car and aggressively grabs our bags to search them, then starts searching our pockets.

It turned out that night and the night before he'd had his house egged and he thought we were responsible.

For a 31 year old it was a terrifying moment.
 
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