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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2009 16:45:16 GMT
I see on the calendar that tomorrow,11/5 is Guy Fawkes Day. Do all you Brits celebrate? Don't know too much about it. Or is it just another excuse for drunken debauchery? I really have no idea.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2009 17:22:37 GMT
It was a really big day in England, we'd go to a big bon-fire, they'd be a huge display of fireworks set up by the local city council, it was good family fun. The whole evening and some of the night neighbors would set off their own fireworks too.
Here, no one knows about it, apart from the other two families who come from the UK, so no, it's not celebrated at all.
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Post by james on Nov 5, 2009 16:12:38 GMT
I don't really celebrate...if i see shit in the air then so be it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 5, 2009 17:05:44 GMT
That could work as a life philosophy!
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 5, 2009 18:29:53 GMT
This is what they do in a nearby village. absolutely mad and very dangerous. I guess Health & Safety will soon take care of this. www.otterytarbarrels.co.uk/ |
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Post by spindrift on Nov 5, 2009 18:40:09 GMT
It's a big celebration in England. I don't think people usually get drunk although it might be this way nowadays. As I sit here I can hear fireworks going off already. There will be a big organised display in my town, probably on Saturday night. Hundreds of people will attend. I won't because I don't like fireworks.
Guy Fawkes' night used to be great when our children were young. Two of three families would get together around a huge bonfire in the garden, the children would be given sparklers to wave around and the father 'host' would ignite the fireworks one by one. We'd be dressed up in sweaters and Barbours and stand around the bonfire in the garden for what seemed like hours. By the time the 'display' was over we'd be frozen and rush into the house to a warm Aga in the kitchen and devour baked potatoes, sausages and beans accompanied by gluwein. Those were the days!
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