the 5th of November
The Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
Guy Fawkes day is not my favourite holiday, even if I do like bonfires and fireworks.
Many years ago I went to bonfire night in Lewes, Sussex, where some of the protestant martyrs were burned. They seem to still take it personally after all these years. And that is in a quiet peaceful country.
One of the very few times I have been scared of a mob, and none of it was directed at me.
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He wore sex appeal like good cologne, just enough to be a constant undercurrent without knocking anyone over at ten paces..... he stood out against the backdrop of her sleek modern office of steel, leather and glass like a bonfire in a snowdrift.
OK, I don't know quite what to make of this: it's a site called The Atheist Conservative.
the fifth of november...
I always wonder how it came to take so thoroughly in British society - literally everybody takes part, I certainly don't remember ever hearing of anyone staying away for religious reasons. Perhaps it latched on to pre-existing local traditions? There's certainly something northern and pagan about it - a good communal burn-up just as the nights start to get long and dark.
That would have been a great opportunity to inform them that you were a Viking invader.
Where I come from in the Yorkshire Dales, we'd have said "Good to have you back.."
Well depends, eh? I don't think there are any actual hard feelings down in Sussex - not the French, we don't talk about the French there...
As for York; while we do provide for a good tourist attraction, there is always that good old "pit of snakes" welcome back, that was famously provided once.
Oh well, there's always the Battle of Stamford Bridge solution ..
Sunderland man injured after launching firework from bottom
Sunderland man injured after launching firework from bottom
Viking ship to ply North Sea; no invasion planned
No invasion planned - that's what they always say.