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Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is an annual celebration on the evening of 5 November. It celebrates the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, England.

I love fireworks two weeks left till 5th NOV

I heard they were framed.

I prefer Oliver Cromwell better.

Originally posted by coolmovies
Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is an annual celebration on the evening of 5 November. It celebrates the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, England.

I love fireworks two weeks left till 5th NOV

What do the Catholics in England think of this?

Remember, remember the fifth of November: the gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

Does this bring people any sort of joy? If so I they are stupid sheep and I hate them for it.

they wanted to get rid of the king thats why they wanted to blow up parlimament

Originally posted by One Free Man
Remember, remember the fifth of November: the gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

Originally posted by One Free Man
Remember, remember the fifth of November: the gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

V for Vendetta, my only exposure to British culture outside of Heathrow and Monty Python!

Originally posted by coolmovies
they wanted to get rid of the king thats why they wanted to blow up parlimament Actually they wanted to get rid of the rich protestants who would be at the parliament buildings as well as the first king of Scotland and England.

The lantern Guy Fawkes carried in 1605 is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Sounds intresting

The plotters

They all look the same.

Originally posted by Robtard
They all look the same.

Must be Chinese.

They're wearing Cowboys hats!

Yes, can't wait. Where I live, the community builds a massive bonfire, and buy the fireworks for a lovely display. Also serving free soup, hot potatoes, toffee and so on. Yay.



Just hope it doesn't rain again, rained last year and most of the fireworks didn't blast off properly...

Originally posted by One Free Man
Remember, remember the fifth of November: the gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

I wonder how many people knew all the words to that before V for Vendetta came out?

I certainly didn't know anything beyond the 1st line.

Guy Fawkes was a Terrorist maybe they should put all Catholics on the terrorist list because of this, especially as its a cult more than a religion seeing as most of the practices are Pagan

Originally posted by Bicnarok
Guy Fawkes was a Terrorist maybe they should put all Catholics on the terrorist list because of this, especially as its a cult more than a religion seeing as most of the practices are Pagan

makes sense to me...

Originally posted by MildPossession
Yes, can't wait. Where I live, the community builds a massive bonfire, and buy the fireworks for a lovely display. Also serving free soup, hot potatoes, toffee and so on. Yay.



Just hope it doesn't rain again, rained last year and most of the fireworks didn't blast off properly...

Yes i hate when that happens

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I heard they were framed.

http://www.bonfirenight.net/framed.php

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
http://www.bonfirenight.net/framed.php

Not to mention that Fawkes himself was believed to be the single most minor player in the whole plot.

We used to go around the bonfires the night before and put aerosol cans and battery's in the pile, was fun to watch them go up the following night, probably dangerous though so don't do it.

i don't know if i have the era right, but if we're talking about scotland and england, weren't they both like... CATHOLIC catholicism? because england didn't become protestant until henry VIII, then his daughter, bloody mary, started a sort of spanish inquisition and rooted out all protestants and jews.

could someone help me with this? because i'm very confused.

Bloody marry died in 1558, her anti protestant actions were reversed by her successor and half sister Elizabeth I.

The gunpowder plot happened in 1605.

Originally posted by One Free Man
Bloody marry died in 1558, her anti protestant actions were reversed by her successor and half sister Elizabeth I.

The gunpowder plot happened in 1605.
ahh. this makes a lot more sense. i just had my centuries mixed up.

The last person to enter parliament with honest intentions was Guy Fawkes.

Originally posted by One Free Man
Bloody marry died in 1558, her anti protestant actions were reversed by her successor and half sister Elizabeth I.

The gunpowder plot happened in 1605.

Excellent, I´m making up for sleeping through history lessons at school in this thread. Was Guy Fawkes a Jesuit by any chance?

Originally posted by Bicnarok
Excellent, I´m making up for sleeping through history lessons at school in this thread. Was Guy Fawkes a Jesuit by any chance? don't get sassy with me young man, it was only two sentences haermm