A white caped figure wearing a haloween pumpkin mask taking two people by surprise in their kitchen. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series – 598 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images). Circa 1865

An apple bobbing game at a Halloween fancy-dress party. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). October 1922

A little girl waiting at a window for the first guests to arrive at her Halloween party, USA, circa 1955. (Photo by Joe Clark/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A group of men in costume as witches, complete with brooms, to celebrate Halloween, line the staircase of a house. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

An American family with a carved pumpkin illuminated by a candle to celebrate Halloween. (Photo by Sherman/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955

A young girl wearing a halloween mask. (Photo by Jacobsen /Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955

Julia Arnall, Austrian born actress and ex-model, who lives in Britain, watching one of her fellow party-goers bobbing for apples at a Halloween party. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images). October 1956

A masked guest with a pumpkin at a fancy dress halloween party given to welcome American actress Barbara Bates to Britain, 31st October 1956. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Children in costumes arriving at a Halloween party, circa 1960. (Photo by Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)