Bonfire Prayers

Remember, remember the Fifth of November The Gunpowder Treason

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Bonfire Anthem

Now is the time for marching Now let your hearts be gay Hark to

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Life In The Lewes Priory

October 13, 2013 at 6:32 pm by v

Lewes Priory Trust presents Excavating The Past : Introducing Lewes Priory. Go and join them for a stimulating day of talks on the history Continue reading…

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Lewes Bonfire Night Blog

October 7, 2013 at 9:50 pm by v

Welcome to my very own Lewes Bonfire Night Blog page on my rebuilt website, many of you will recognize my style, content etc from my old bonfire night website. This website and my bonfire night Twitter, YouTube and Flickr accounts took ten months of planning and motivation before I Continue reading…

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Lewes Operatic : Remember

September 14, 2013 at 10:50 pm by v

Remember, remember! is a musical written about the Gunpowder Plot, featuring the well known bonfire prayer “Remember, remember, the Fifth of November …” Lewes Operatic Society (L O S) are performing this at the Continue reading…

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RIP : Keith Austin Funeral

August 20, 2013 at 11:22 pm by v

Keith Austin, Mr Lewes Bonfire : This fascinating guy died peacefully on his own, in his own home and was a legend in his younger days and was an icon of the Continue reading…

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Holy Smoke Lewes

August 13, 2013 at 10:44 pm by v

HOLY SMOKE : Are the reverberations from a series of brutal 16th century executions still being felt in Lewes today? Continue reading…

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Bricks And Martyrs

August 2, 2013 at 8:23 pm by v

Bricks And Martyrs : “A lasting sermon in stone” Continue reading…

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Lewes Bonfire Origins

July 31, 2013 at 5:19 pm by v

Origins : The Lewes Bonfire Night Celebration tradition is now hundreds of years old, and the exact origins are unknown but probably started after Continue reading…

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Remember My Boys Remember

July 22, 2013 at 9:48 pm by v

Remember, my boys, remember,
No run is allowed at “The Jug”;
And the private rooms, in Continue reading…

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1605 and Since : Poem

July 14, 2013 at 8:23 pm by v

Oh! in ye yeare sixteen nought five
On ye fifth day of Novembre,
Was planned a Continue reading…

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Gunpowder Plot Poem

July 14, 2013 at 8:10 pm by v

For days these curious cardboard buds have lain
In brightly coloured boxes. Soon the Continue reading…

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