Bonfire Night (or Guy Fawkes Night) is celebrated on the 5th of November every year in Britain. It commemorates the foiling of the plot (known as the Gunpower plot) to blow up the parliament buildings by radical Catholics, among them Mr. Guy Fawkes, on this day in 1605. After being caught red-handed, Guy Fawkes was tied to a stake and burnt, hence the tradition of burning effigies began.
Bonfire Night was, up until very recently, more celebrated than Halloween in the U.K. Most towns and villages have a fireworks display or a bonfire, and for weeks leading up to the day, firecrackers can be heard going off at night across the land…
We spent Bonfire Night with a group of Gary’s university friends in Birmingham, with whom we are always guaranteed some amusement (both kids and adults alike!).
A Light Year Family 