Monday 5 November 2018

Gunpowder

5th November 1605 and the plot to blow up the King and Parliament was foiled. Guy Fawkes, who was caught guarding the explosives, would forever be immortalised as the catholic man who nearly killed England's protestant monarch. His co-conspirators are not as well known by the public but were also rounded up and dealt with. Read more here about the Gunpowder Plot.

Across the UK around this time of year, we still mark the event with firework displays and often a bonfire where an effigy or Guy is burnt. Some displays are large public gatherings and others smaller affairs in people's gardens. Here's a video of the tail end of mine this evening...





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