Do you think we'll celebrate bonfire night forever?
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Freddie the Greek
Striker
safcrob, is that you?
Butcher's Coat
Striker
Hope so.
Part of being British.
Part of being British.
Big Jeff
Winger
I’ve been to Guy Fawkes house, he wasn’t in.Millions spent every year, all because we murdered Guy Fawkes.
Space Hopper
Winger
I was unfairly dismissed from my job at the fireworks factory last week.
It was bang out of order.
It was bang out of order.
Tuono
Winger
Fired?
OOOSH YEAH
Striker
Seems really peculiar doesn’t it? Did we originally celebrate it to remind people if they try anything this is what will happen?
nelford_safc
Striker
Doubt people celebrate as much as they just enjoy setting off fireworks.
ajsafc
Striker
Yeah Hung drawn & Quartered.
The soap powder
Winger
Fireworks are a blast
zinedine
Striker
Yes nobody celebrates Guy Fawkes it's about fireworks and fires. It's the annual excuse for idiots to get hold of explosives and set them off.
Mr Redknapp
Striker
Thought they let you off?
For todays kids, Halloween has massively grown in popularity whilst bonfire night has massively decreased.
You can’t even have bonfires anymore.
Halloween is now huge with full estates decorating the houses and really embracing it whilst the other is now nothing more than a organised fireworks display.
Telling my kids that the run up to bonfire night was weeks in advance, collecting wood, building the fire then the full area coming out to watch it and playing with fireworks. They couldn’t get their heads around it. Plus there was about half a dozen all within walking distance.
It was a real community thing.
Of course times change and health and safety etc had to put a stop to it, but it’s a bit of a shame they couldn’t do fires in a more organised way.
You can’t even have bonfires anymore.
Halloween is now huge with full estates decorating the houses and really embracing it whilst the other is now nothing more than a organised fireworks display.
Telling my kids that the run up to bonfire night was weeks in advance, collecting wood, building the fire then the full area coming out to watch it and playing with fireworks. They couldn’t get their heads around it. Plus there was about half a dozen all within walking distance.
It was a real community thing.
Of course times change and health and safety etc had to put a stop to it, but it’s a bit of a shame they couldn’t do fires in a more organised way.
NYMackem
Striker
It's an odd one because we burn the "guy" on a fire, but in reality he was hung drawn and quartered, not burned to death.
So we caught a bloke trying to kill the king and burn down parliament with explosives and celebrate it by setting off explosives and having a big fire?
More like showing the monarch that he only got one of us, and to wind his neck in.
Long may it continue.
ivanthereasonable
Striker
I won't when i've snuffed it.
Or a parliament/democracy?
Murdered? He was executed for attempting mass murder of our King and parliament, attempting to drag us back under the control of the Pope again.Millions spent every year, all because we murdered Guy Fawkes.
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