Do you think we'll celebrate bonfire night forever?



Pnematic1 said:
My daughter and I were chatting last night how remarkable it is that Guy Fawkes night has endured for over 400 years.

We thought about several more worthy celebrations / events / people - I mean old Guido actually didn’t succeed in his attempt !

Typically British and rather wonderful .
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Well, except for the years when the Puritans were in charge and banned it as being too exciting. This is despite bonfire night being originally proposed by a Puritan member of parliament ...
 
AlpineExile said:
Well, except for the years when the Puritans were in charge and banned it as being too exciting. This is despite bonfire night being originally proposed by a Puritan member of parliament ...
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By law it had to be observed, only repealed in 1859.
There was an interesting programme on it last weekend on Ch4 or Ch5.
 
CEF said:
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.
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Gunpowder plot wasn't about changing the political structure, just about knocking off Protestant rule to bring back Catholic rule. Hence why a warning letter telling someone to avoid going to Parliament became the undoing of the plot.
 
PJH said:
Gunpowder plot wasn't about changing the political structure, just about knocking off Protestant rule to bring back Catholic rule. Hence why a warning letter telling someone to avoid going to Parliament became the undoing of the plot.
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And why the Vatican and its supporters can't complain that we're still wary about them. They are still 'accidentally' sending similar letters.
 
Tuono said:
Luckily for him his neck broke when they hung* him so I'm not sure if the bothered with the drawn and quartered bit.
* Is it hung or hanged?
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They still went through with it.
Apparently he leapt from the ladder before it could be twisted away snapping his neck.
 
I do think it’s on the way out.

We sell fireworks from about a few weeks before the big day and I remember in 2021 I think it was a colleague who later went to the North Shields ASDA to be closer to home, was serving on the cabinet on Nov 4 iirc (it might have been the 5th) and I vividly recall seeing a long queue all the way along the glass barrier outside the self service area in our branch just of customers wanting to purchase fireworks with tickets and receipt in hand.

I was on it on Saturday night (Nov 4) and never saw anything like the long queue my former colleague experienced on the same day 2 years earlier. Not the kind of queue you would expect 24 hours or less before the start of the night.

I was looking outside of my room at all the displays going on and it doesn’t seem as lively as when I was little. Not as many big fireworks.

I think the novelty is waning.
 

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