Stacey Campbell on Nostr: npub1au2ra…p2mr6 I'm not sure if anyone has documented the history of modern ...
npub1au2ra0s9q0jptt4mhu9n8fxm3l7er93hs98dlujeay5dyrmlrpjq3p2mr6 (npub1au2…2mr6) I'm not sure if anyone has documented the history of modern Halloween Trick or Treating in Melbourne, but I believe the Benteigh shops might have got the ball rolling around 2004.
There was a shop there back then called USA Foods, and the chap that ran the business convinced most of the other shop-owners to cough up lollies on Halloween to ex-pat American kids that would drop in wearing their costumes.
Various TV news trucks turned up, and from there it took off like a virus.
I guess that anti-pigeon sticker made me think of unwanted pests trolling for tasty snacks at the Bentleigh shops.
There was a shop there back then called USA Foods, and the chap that ran the business convinced most of the other shop-owners to cough up lollies on Halloween to ex-pat American kids that would drop in wearing their costumes.
Various TV news trucks turned up, and from there it took off like a virus.
I guess that anti-pigeon sticker made me think of unwanted pests trolling for tasty snacks at the Bentleigh shops.