November 4th - the night before Bonfire Night - was always known as Mischief Night. We were allowed out then to do silly things like knocking on doors and running away or tying gates shut but it didn't include getting our hands on fireworks to throw, causing damage or being a real pest. We were not allowed to go out on Halloween and bonfires were always well supervised - even though we had bangers and jumping jacks which are now not allowed!