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We all went out to see the Torch Lit Carnival Procession and fireworks for Bonfire night /Guy Fawkes night (UK'S celebration of preserving an age old tradition of Guy Fawkes)

lots of people having lots of fun  dressing up and showing the town some fun.

We have brightly lit carnival floats, costumed walking parties, and marching bands.

This is held every year.

Some photo's of the fireworks

Gunpowder, treason and plot!
On the 5th November 1605 Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament with several dozen barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was subsequently tried as a traitor with his co-conspirators (Thomas Bates, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Robert Catesby and Thomas Wintour) for plotting against the government. Fawkes was tried by Judge Popham who came to London specifically for the trial from his country manor Littlecote House in Hungerford, Gloucestershire. He was sentenced to death and the form of the execution was one of the most horrendous ever practised (hung, drawn and quartered) which reflected the serious nature of the crime of treason.

The Tradition begins…
In 1606, the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving and act the King and Parliament commissioned a sermon to mark the anniversary of the capture of Fawkes. Lancelot Andrewes delivered the first of what became many Gunpowder Plot Sermons. The sermons (and the well known nursery rhyme) ensured that Fawkes’ crime would never be forgotten. “Remember, remember the 5th of November” serves as a warning that treason will never be forgotten.

150 years of Bonfire Societies
Nineteenth century antiquary Mark Antony Lower is credited with starting the “cult of the Sussex Martyrs” and this led to the creation of local Bonfire Societies who commemorated these events. Whereas Guy Fawkes’ night in most parts of Great Britain is traditionally commemorated at large public fireworks displays or small family bonfires, towns in Sussex and Kent hold huge gala events with fires, parades and festivals. The tradition has remained strong for 150 years becoming the highlight of the year for many towns and villages in the area. The Bonfire Societies use the events to collect money for local charities.
Due to the size and number of events it became impractical to hold all the bonfires on the traditional Fifth of November and this resulted in a ten week “bonfire season” starting with the Uckfield Carnival on the first Saturday of September and concluding with Robertsbridge and Barcombe festivals on the third Saturday of November.
The Mayfield bonfire celebrations commemorate two of the Lewes Martyrs who were from the village and four more martyrs that were executed in the village on 24th September 1556. A stone monument to the Martyrs stands in the church’s grounds. Mayfield’s procession and carnival takes place on the Saturday nearest to 24 September.

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