Yesterday was Guy Fawks day and people got right into it. At seven o'clock we went to Hyde park and watched probably the biggest bonfire i have ever seen - then a pretty impressive fireworks display before working our way through the massive crowds to the fair that was set up. There were so many people there that we decided against going in and instead went back to Charlie mo.
Guy Fawks is celebrated because an Irish Catholic man back a couple of hundred years ago tried to blow up parliment but was caught and burned or drawn and quartered - I'm not sure if people celebrate him as a martyr or they are celebrating his death. I don't actually know if most people know either - just a good excuse to play with fire!
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