Coming from a country where fire crackers have been banned for about 20 years, its a real flashback (pardon the pun) to see firecrackers for sale in shop windows. The difference being that the firecrackers for sale are not the pretty little Welcome Springs and Catherine Wheels that we remember, but rather the industrial strength New Years Eve type that shoot 200ft into the air. This explains the nightly fireworks displays that can be seen for miles around.
Its all to celebrate the foiling of a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London in 1605. If this is how to celebrate a foiled plot, I wonder how the locals would behave if the plot succeeded!
Anyhow, despite the fact anyone can purchase enough fireworks to rival the Sydney New Years Eve show (like the guy two doors down from us did) a lot of the local organisations put on bonfire and fireworks displays for all the locals to attend. We're told these can be lively affairs in some of he less salubrious areas, so we decided to head along to Godalming for its "Family Bonfire Night".
It all started in the High Street, where everyone lit a flaming torch then marched through the town to the bonfire site. It felt like a good old fashioned witch-hunt.... very exciting.
All smiles as the witch-hunt begins
The locals are revolting!!
The bonfire (obviously)
Red-eye reduction has been used in this shot, which explains the weird looking bloke. We bought the fluro sword for Caiti and have regretted the purchase ever since.
And what better way to finish a family bonfire and fireworks show than with some fireworks. They were loud and long.
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