Pumpkins Lilia and Alfie Frost. (Image: Archant)
Young girls and boys grabbed their bags and buckets and went door to door to ask for a sweet treat.
The Mercury invited parents to send in photos of their ghoulish youngsters in their fancy dress and here they are...
Reggie McGuigan, six months old. (Image: Archant)
Lilly Harding aged four and Daisy Harding 21 months. (Image: Archant)
Kim Rudall with her granddaughter Pheobe and niece Tahlia. (Image: Archant)
Isabelle Chapple, aged nine, as Snow White and vampire Jasmine Chapple, aged 10. (Image: Archant)
Isabelle and Ellis Harris. (Image: Archant)
James Skinner, aged 11 and five-year-old Emily. (Image: Archant)
Georgina Roberts aged 17 months. (Image: Archant)
Four-year-old zombie bride Lilly Harding. (Image: Archant)
Four-year-old skeleton Riley Chrisp and witches Sophie, aged six and Ruby, aged five. (Image: Archant)
Five-year-old spooky pirate Niamh Conway. (Image: Archant)
Laura Stuart's children as skeleton Slash and a zombie (Image: Archant)
Ella, Chase, Cody, Reef Hugo Brown. (Image: Archant)
Eight-year-old Josh Bird as It and Jayden, aged four, as Georgie Denbrough. (Image: Archant)
Eight-year-old Bradley Newman and Bobby, aged five. (Image: Archant)
Corey Fisher aged five. (Image: Archant)
Four Draculas. Cameron, Megan, Oliver and Archie Wilcox. (Image: Archant)
Bobbie Buncombe as a mini Harley Quinn aged seven. (Image: Archant)
First time trick or treating Amiee Chadwick, aged three. (Image: Archant)
Two-year-old Lourdes, Lexi, aged nine and seven-year-old Liam Elmer. (Image: Archant)
Zombie pirate Maximus Henley, aged four. (Image: Archant)
Alfie and Marley Creaven, aged six. (Image: Archant)
Zombie doll Scarlett Brown aged three. (Image: Archant)
Zombie school girl Jessica Roberts aged eight. (Image: Archant)
Two-year-old Isabella Stuff, trick or treating for the first time. (Image: Archant)
Six-year-old zombies Maisie and Ellie King. (Image: Archant)
Ruby Loud, aged seven. (Image: Archant)
Nine-year-old wolf Joe Rossiter and cat Amy, aged 13. (Image: Archant)
Little ghost buster Tyler Cooke. (Image: Archant)
Pumpkin Bradley Alder, aged six and eight-year-old zombie Callum. (Image: Archant)
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