What do a cat, a ballerina, a clown and a little bride have in common? They all answered the call to revel on All Hallows Eve at Hofheimer’s Shoe Store on Granby Street in the late 1920s. There were private parties throughout the city, where guests popped corn and bobbed for apples; dance parties for costumed adults, large gatherings at public parks and a parade of what seemed like thousands of Norfolk residents downtown. The newspaper reported that the crowds were generally well-behaved and the pranks were generally minor on the mischief scale. As we see here, some downtown merchants stayed open late on Halloween and offered treats to little goblins and witches. Staying out past curfew was overlooked for this one special night, so that the magic could last as long as possible. Tomorrow it would all be a happy memory.