This week, we are getting in the mood for all things spooky as we take another trip down memory lane.
With Halloween fast approaching, our trawl through the archives focused in on how we Cumbrians have celebrated the autumn festival in years gone by.
Trick or treating and mixing with others was restricted in parts of England last year due to the tier system as part of the country’s Covid-19 regulations.
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There is more hope for this year, with children preparing to put on their face paint and don their scary costumes for the festivities.
Children and adults alike from all over Cumbria have enjoyed Halloween over the decades.
From Carlisle, where Creighton Rugby Club held a Halloween party to raise money for Eden Valley Hospice back in 2016, to Muncaster Castle in West Cumbria, which has always held a Halloween night to remember.
Greystone Community Centre, Halloween Party. 28 Oct 2015. Pics Jim Davis. Organisers Danielle Hammond and Mark Bowes, left back row, and lots of scary characters. 50081144F010.jpg
It is a time marked on the calendar for dressing up and having fun - something even businesses have got involved in over the years.
Staff at what used to be Belted on Warwick Road in Carlisle got dressed up and served Halloween-themed cocktails in 2016.
Halloween party at Creighton Rugby Club, Carlisle to raise money for the Eden Valley Hospice. All dressed up (left to right) Joshua Bowe, Thomas Smith, Toni Bowe, Rosie Smith and Joseph Bowe all from Eastriggs: 27 October 2016 STUART WALKER
Museums and art galleries across the county have also got involved in years gone by.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery in Carlisle hosted a pumpkin caring workshop in 2016 for children during autumn half term.
The Beacon Museum and Art Gallery held a craft session in 2015, allowing families to get stuck in and make their own masks.
Greystone Community Centre, Halloween Party. 28 Oct 2015. Pics Jim Davis. Left Imogen Robinson 14, and Ellie Weber 14 from Harraby. 50081144F003.jpg
Community groups have also been heavily involved with the October 31 fun.
Greystone Community Centre in Carlisle was one of many across the county that celebrated with a Halloween party in 2015.
Autumn half term Halloween fun at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. A pumpkin carving workshop for children, Hannah, five and Harrison Smith, four from Cotehill, Carlisle carve their pumpkins: 24 October 2016 STUART WALKER 50086030T007.JPG
There was also a children's Halloween party in Whitehaven library on October 27, 2016, where children dressed up and participated in a number of activities including making Halloween goody bags.
Also in 2016, children at St Bees dressed up in their spookiest outfits to raise money for Siiboo Charity.
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