Remember Guy Fawkes 400 years this year!

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...


Here’s a contemporary image of Guy Fawkes

Gunpowder plot





A Handsome dude when all is said and done. And here’s a modern likeness.

skeletor Guy


Not quite up to it is it?

These is how the local lads and ladesses from the local estate are traditionally using our contempt (400 years this year – wot no celebrations like Trafalgar???) of one Guido Fawkes and his mates who thought it would be a good idea to blow up Parliament, to raise a couple of quid for fireworks, sweets, a litre of White Lightening or a wrap of cocaine. (They were Roman Catholics as well maybe that had something to do with it too!)

It is a popular idea, (blowing up Parliaments) and one that is being kept alive by that other ‘bogey man’ Osama Bin Laden (I probably have to watch what I say here because the words ‘blow up’, ‘Parliament’ and ‘Osama Bin Laden’ have probably got some machine deep in the depths of MI5 beeping madly.) Perhaps we might see effigies of Osama burning this November?

So this skeletor creation is the first ‘Guy’ of the season, I hope to see some more and take their pics to continue the theme.

If you see any locally, take a picture and post them, lets see who can get the worst/best Guy Fawkes.