BONFIRE NIGHTS
Basically, on November 5th 1605 this guy named Guy Fawkes tried to blow up parliament and ever since then people have been lighting massive fires, with depictions of Guy Fawkes on top, in early November. I guess it’s no stranger than giving young strangers sweets at their demand!
I’ve loved bonfire nights since I’ve been here. I was glad to go this year as I haven’t been in a few years and it may be my last!
It normally involved some element of fireworks and if you go to an organised display, as Val and I did last night, the fireworks tend to be brilliant. They really know how to put on a good fireworks show in England.
In fact if in 1605 Guy Fawkes hadn’t been caught, I wouldn’t exist. My great grandmother, an English woman, was in a pub one November 5th when some, likely wasted, bloke set a firecracker off in the pub. It shocked her and pregnant she went into premature labour and died. As orphans her children were sent to Canada.
Congratulations to Val on her Deputy Headship at the middle school.
I’ve loved bonfire nights since I’ve been here. I was glad to go this year as I haven’t been in a few years and it may be my last!
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