For everyone salivating at the thought of parkin and gingerbread, be aware that the Be-Ro book is still available. There is a web site. www.Be-ro.com where all the recipes are displayed, but you can still send for the book. It was sort of a coming of age rite for the women in our family. My grandma used it, my mother used it, I used it and sent for a new edition for my daughters as they left home. Everything in the book is well tried and tested and virtually infallible. I live in France now and constantly produce cakes that make ex-pats weep with remembrance of times gone by or amaze French friends that the English can, contrary to popular belief, cook well! In the discussion of Guy Fawkes Night, nobody mentioned the 4th November. Mischief Night in Leeds where the young went around the streets doing bad things and getting away with it. I wonder if the 'trick or treat' idea actually started with that