Guy Fawkes

jimess | 17:34 Sat 12th Nov 2005 | History

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When did the tradition of 'Bonfire Night' start? Was it suspended during WW2?

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I think it started the year after the plot, which would be 1606. In the earliest traditions, people burnt an effigy of the Pope and not Guy Fawkes.

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I wasn't around in WW2 but it could not have been allowed, it would have told the German air crews where to bomb.

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