Bonfire Night Info
Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes night, is most vigourosly celebrated in the usually peaceful county town of Lewes , East Sussex, every year on November 5th, and is known as the Lewes Bonfire Celebrations or Lewes Bonfire Night. But there are more bonfires in and around the area that choose their own celebration day to celebrate the failed treason.
Evolving mainly from the Seventeen Martyrs burned at the stake in the Town during the period 1555–1557 and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, the Lewes and Sussex Bonfire Celebrations are now one of the most well known and talked about traditions in the UK, attracting tens of thousands of visitors each year.
The season starts in September and lasts through to the middle of November, Many Sussex villages and towns celebrating most weekends during the above period. Many bonfire boyes and belles will endeavor to go to them all, this is known as an outmeeting, these outmeetings can sometimes be more fun than your own society night. As you can let your hair down and let somebody else do the work ! . . . 
Lewes Bonfire Celebrations
Bonfire Night T`is time for joy
Dress up now you girl and boy
Bring your rookies bring your smile
Line up now in orderly file.
Bright red flares pushing darkness back
Blinding many in a dance attack
Feet of many and hands held high
Lifting the torches in the sky.
Many costumes many shades
Walking steady in the haze
Sounds of drumming and of horn
Lewes has now been reborn.
Burgers filled with hot tender meat
Colourful people in the street
Drinking laughing singing high
Watching procession drifting by.
Down to the bonfire blazing bright
Push back the chill of winter's night
A faint sound echo's as if to start
A beat of music, a beat with heart.
The dark sky is filled with fires passion
The music is power with a fashion
Fireworks of colour light up the sky
Many sparks fly down as if to sigh.
Heads are looking up into the air
Eyes wide open many smiles they share
The music stops the cheering starts
Now they want more it's in their hearts.
Goodbye my friends for another year
Many years of laughter and of cheers
Thank you for bringing me a night full of love
And a night of passion coming from above.
The proud feeling of awe when watching this sight
Looking forward to it on a winters night
The Lewes bonfire celebrations will never rest
It will be always in my heart and always the best.
Original By Audrey Haney : Adapted By
Within the pages of this website you will find a wealth of information , history and theories. I have tried to be as accurate as my knowledge allows me . There should be something for everybody in this site , Whether as a spectator , bonfire boye / belle , history or just simply interested in the Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes celebrations. I am constantly adding bits and pieces as I find or think of them.
Sometimes it may seem that I am rambling ! . . Perhaps I am . . I like to think that this site is alive with unpredictable anecdotes , facts and pictures to liven things up. But it is all relevent to the Sussex bonfire celebration history.
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It appears that Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and the Newspapers are sharing the same birthday !. It will be interesting to see if any of the bonfire societies have picked this up for an idea for a tab / effigy. Click Here For More Info
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