Guy Fawkes night. 5th November.

[bewolf]

Usually at this time of year I post a thread (Or bump a thread) about the people in the UK NOT having a halloween night but celebrating Guy Fawkes night on 5th November...

But over the last few years the shops have been promoting Halloween on us until this year the UK spent $200m on halloween stuff (and remember there are only 60 million people in the UK.)

But as it is Guy Fawkes night tomorrow (5th) and people are already celebrating by letting off so many fireworks that you can smell the cordite in the air. SO..

Very basically in 1605 Guy Fawkes and his friends tried to blow up King James I and his parliment... he was unsuccessful and we have been celebrating 5th of November ever since. In fact until 1959, it was illegal not to celebrate the date of Guy Fawkes arrest in England...

There are many sites that you can find on Guy Fawkes but This one is as good as any (http://www.bonefire.org/guy/index.php)

Follow the firework code!

Wolfie

[Lara]

G'day bewolf. :)

We used to have Guy Fawkes night here while I was very young but we called it cracker night. There's been a total ban in my state for what they called "shopgoods" fireworks since 1972 although we still get to see spectacular fireworks displays on certain occasions here of course, but those can only be put on by licensed fireworks operators. Too dangerous here in this climate and there were so many horrific injuries in the past. They still happen with licensed shows from time to time unfortunately.

I'm suprised that you say people in UK don't celebrate Halloween considering its origins, but I guess you mean the commercialized version. It's been a bit the same here too over the years. The commercialized version seems to have taken off a lot more here in the past few years as well. All I do is light lots of candles. lol ;)

take care there wolfie, good to see you.
Lara

[bewolf]

Halloween, Guy fawkes night, cracker night and I believe the scandinavians have a 'Goose night' all around the time of Samhain (Celtic end of year / new year celebrations)

It is just that with Halloween AND Guy Fawkes we now have at least a week of Dang fireworks ETC

I wish the UK government would make a licenced only firework code Lara.. sounds a good idea... here you HAVE to be 16 before you are allowed to buy them


16 years old! for goodness sake!

[winnie]

:confused:


:confused: ..does one say "Happy Guy Fawkes Day"???

if so.....I raise a pint of Ruddles in commemoration;)

Winnie:o :D

[Lara]

LOL Winnie!

When I was little I thought it was all very morbid and dreer.

[bewolf]

Thanks for the 'Ruddles' winnie :D *hic*

No we don't really say happy Guy Fawkes night... not that I heard anyway.

But we do say...

http://www.fireworksland.com/misc/fawkes.jpg

wolfie

[Lara]

LOL. Good one!

[Tbackpain1]

Remember, remember, the 5th of November...

Its odd, but I actually watched the movie V for Vendetta the other night. Before that, I only knew of Guy Fawkes from a blurb in my Brit. History section in college.

LOL! Too true, too true. They should have a poster like that for the US government houses...all of them. Corrupt bastages, every one of them.

T.

[clouds z]

stormcloud fire told me in chatroom a few years ago he saw ringo starr tear off an outhouse door and burn that, i think he said on guy fawkes when he was a kid in england

i bought movie v for vendetta which is about fawks i guess

[bewolf]

Well... time for the annual bump of this thread :D