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I didn't even know that there was an anti-Catholic element to it, until I went to Lewes one year. It was eye-opening. For example, the Cliffe bonfire society r
by voidifremoved 9y ago
I didn't even know that there was an anti-Catholic element to it, until I went to Lewes one year. It was eye-opening.
For example, the Cliffe bonfire society refused to join the main parade because it meant giving up their "No Popery" traditions.
http://www.cliffebonfire.com/history.html http://www.cliffebonfire.com/history.html
- celticninja 9y agoI have been to bonfire night in many places in the UK and never saw anything other than the guy being burned. Lewes is not representative of the UK as a whole.
- andygates 9y agoSeconded. Lewes is a huge outlier.
- voidifremoved 9y ago> evident in some parts