Bonfire Night

[renegadefm]

Not sure if its just me, but does society celebrate Bonfire night like we used to?

 

I remember as a kid growing up in the 70's bonfire night was a huge deal, people would be having bonfires and letting off fireworks all evening. 

In fact my neighbour at the time would have a big party outside. 

I don't really see any of that going on these days. 

Is the tradition dying off?

 

In my observation Halloween seems to get bigger each year, and Bonfire night is dying off. 

 

What would the reason be, assuming my observation is correct. 

[Togo]

Don't know what happened there.

[Old_Geezer]

And the same to you.

[Cloverjo]

I haven't seen any 'Penny for the guy' kids in years. I guess they'd be accused of begging or threatening behaviour now. 
 

When I was young we had 4 fireworks in our back garden. A Roman candle, a Catherine wheel and 2 rockets. Plus the sparklers, which still frighten me. 
Remember those public service ads which warned about the dangers of picking up a hot sparkler. You could lose your fingers or an eye!

[Togo]

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[Arksided]

There's loads of fireworks going off all around me as I type and have been since 5pm... I'm used to it.
I have left my curtains in living room open for the free pretty spectacle... but I see some and think... I 'd rather have bought a bottle of Rum.

[dustypuss]

A bottle of rum with you Arky. Probably wouldn't last as long as a fireworks 🎇 😉

[Old_Geezer]

I used to consider them as begging when I was their age.  Could never understand why someone didn't agree to the deal. Give 'em a penny, take the Guy. Fair swop.

[Arksided]

Ahh you know me too well Dusty.

[renegadefm]

Thing is these days a penny for the guy would be at least a pound. 

 

My mum still uses the catchphrase I'm going upstairs to spend a penny, which obviously to most of us means shes going to the toilet. 

She couldn't believe when I told her our local public toilets charge 50 pence to unlock the door to get into the toilet. Which was accessible via a physical 50 pence piece or contactless payments. 

 

She said sort of ruins the saying spend a penny. 

[Togo]

A few months after the gunpowder plot failed parliament passed the Observance of November 5th Act, effectively making the celebration compulsory. Now they are working towards making it illegal but making the observance of Diwali and Halloween compulsory. 

[dustypuss]

I saw some kids with a guy .   Cheeky little *** had a card reader with (Tap to donate £2)

The world's gone mad.

[CrapatCryptics2]

We`ve had 4 consecutive nights of it. The first 3 sounded like organised displays but tonight the 5th is the local stuff. All of them seem to be constant banging where is the entertainment in that.

[barry1010]

Nobody is trying to make Diwali or any other celebration compulsory 

[Peter Pedant]

at a smerican civil war re enactment a dog dragged its owner down a slope in terror

my labby on a loose lead just sat and looked at them

Lie In King at 16:54 - "Also there were many men with wood." As the actress said to the bishop 😉

no no "and there were many men WHO WOULD"

[Peter Pedant]

A few months after the gunpowder plot failed parliament passed the Observance of November 5th Act,

repealed 1859

that in itself got repealed 1975 but did not restore the  act which was regarded as 'spent'

Also the act concerned services  in Church wh were mandated and apparently hadnt got the permission / assent / consent of the Anglican Church convocation

oh  lardy  dah - just shows you when one religion is the state religion

[Peter Pedant]

Just to add - Bishop Santer's obit inn the Times today. Calm down: he  (said he) believed in God.

His view was that the Anglican Church did not start ( ding ding) 1536 - but in the first five centuries of the Early Church. Great

just thought I wd add that

[renegadefm]

I tend to think the more you try to stop people celebrating traditions, the more they do it, but in a less controlled way. 

 

So what was once just a normal traditional thing, which gives pleasure to thousands, also can give thousands a nightmare. 

[Barsel]

.......and these are the nightmares.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/street-turned-bonfire-night-warzone-30305564

[brainiac]

Haven't seen or heard a single firework yet - not even tonight.

[renegadefm]

brainiac, 

I'm surprised its been like world war 3 here. 

That said I think its idiots just setting them off in random areas, and not controlled family events.