Geoff Penn
Firework Night
A part of the Hove Lions firework display at the Sussex County Cricket Ground.
For those not familiar with British customs, we celebrate the uncovering of the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by Guy Fawkes and his mates on 5th Nov 1605. Ever since, bonfires have been lit and fireworks have been let off on this evening. Effigies of Guy Fawkes are burnt on the bonfires, and in some towns, communal celebrations include the burning of effigies of politicians, popes, ne'er-do-wells, and pain-in-the-bum celebrities.
When I were a lad, the custom was to build a guy by stuffing trousers, shirt and a jacket cadged from our dads, putting a cardboard face on it, and dragging it around the streets on a cart asking adults for a 'penny for the guy' for us to buy fireworks with.
Only the British would have permitted their children to beg for cash from complete strangers for them to buy explosives which would then be detonated in the streets.
In our house, our five cats are treated to Planet Rock being played loud on the radio to drown out the noise, the lights left on, and any junk removed from underneath and behind sofas and beds.
Firework Night
A part of the Hove Lions firework display at the Sussex County Cricket Ground.
For those not familiar with British customs, we celebrate the uncovering of the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by Guy Fawkes and his mates on 5th Nov 1605. Ever since, bonfires have been lit and fireworks have been let off on this evening. Effigies of Guy Fawkes are burnt on the bonfires, and in some towns, communal celebrations include the burning of effigies of politicians, popes, ne'er-do-wells, and pain-in-the-bum celebrities.
When I were a lad, the custom was to build a guy by stuffing trousers, shirt and a jacket cadged from our dads, putting a cardboard face on it, and dragging it around the streets on a cart asking adults for a 'penny for the guy' for us to buy fireworks with.
Only the British would have permitted their children to beg for cash from complete strangers for them to buy explosives which would then be detonated in the streets.
In our house, our five cats are treated to Planet Rock being played loud on the radio to drown out the noise, the lights left on, and any junk removed from underneath and behind sofas and beds.