One-Minute Facts: Bonfire Night

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ouses of Parliament as part of a Catholic plot against the Protestant monarchy.</p><p id="2182">Poor old Guy was hung, drawn and quartered. The 5th of November became a day of thanksgiving. It evolved into one of the best nights of any child’s year.</p><p id="149d">We would build a bonfire in the street and make stuffed guy effigies. Penny for the guy anyone?</p><p id="ca34">On the night, we lit the bonfire and threw on a guy or two. It was a night of sparklers, fireworks and tooth-breaking homemade toffee apples.</p><p id="7019">Ah, the good old days. We have Fireworks Night now. Nice, but not as much fun as a

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Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot

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Before Halloween became a thing, Bonfire Night was the British Autumn celebration. Like many of our traditions, this started in the waybackwhens.

On the 5th of November 1605, Guy Fawkes was caught trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament as part of a Catholic plot against the Protestant monarchy.

Poor old Guy was hung, drawn and quartered. The 5th of November became a day of thanksgiving. It evolved into one of the best nights of any child’s year.

We would build a bonfire in the street and make stuffed guy effigies. Penny for the guy anyone?

On the night, we lit the bonfire and threw on a guy or two. It was a night of sparklers, fireworks and tooth-breaking homemade toffee apples.

Ah, the good old days. We have Fireworks Night now. Nice, but not as much fun as a bunch of neighbours setting fires in the street.