Rye Fawkes 2013 bonfire, parade and fireworks - video & photos

Brilliant parade, fireworks and bonfire in Rye last night!

Here's a short video I put together of the highlights...

Loads of burning torches in the parade, and no accidental fires as far as I could see!

though it did look like this guy might have an accident...

Big crowds as usual, thousands of people there!

Looking forward to the next time...

Mike

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Rye Fawkes 2012 video

Last Saturday was Rye Fawkes, so as usual we went to watch and capture the event on video - so here you go:

The parade was good, as ever:

Thankfully the early rain stopped for it! Certainly didn't stop the bonfire burning anyway!

Mike

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Rye Fawkes 2011

Here's a video of this year's Rye Fawkes procession, and the full firework display. Enjoy...

Mike

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Rye Fawkes 2010

Rye Fawkes 2010 parade, bonfire and fireworks were great fun last night! Here's a short video of what was going on, followed by some still photos of the parade:

Mike

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Rye Fawkes - bonfire night 2008

Last night was Rye Fawkes - Rye's bonfire night celebration. As usual it was a huge event, and I've got some pictures and a couple of videos to show you.

We watched from the east end of Cinque Ports Street, so we were fairly near to the field where the bonfire and fireworks were going to be. The parade itself follows quite a long loop around Rye before it gets to the bonfire. Here's the crowds in the street waiting for it all to start:
And here's some pics of the parade, and then a video:
(If the video is jerky, pause it and let it download before playing)


The field with the bonfire was a quagmire, but we had boots on. After a while the parade caught up with us, arriving with a red flare leading the way. They used the torches they were carrying to light the bonfire, and then the fireworks started (If the video is jerky, pause it and let it download before playing):

Here's a still picture of the fire. It got going better later on, but it also started to rain a bit, so I didn't bother getting the camera back out for it.
Overall it was a good night, despite the bit of rain that came towards the end. If you missed them, here's the video and pictures from the 2007 Rye Fawkes.

Mike

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Rye Fawkes

IMPORTED POST FROM OLD BLOG. ORIGINAL DATE: 12/11/2007

UPDATE: Video and photos from 2008 Rye Fawkes are here.

Sadly we've been so busy doing other things we've hardly been to the wood this week! Tracy spent the weekend learning to make baskets from willow (we'll post a photo of one later...) while I seemed to spend a lot of time cooking curry!

Also, it was Rye's biggest night of the year - bonfire night, or "Rye Fawkes" as it's known locally. A lot of the towns around here do a special event for bonfire night, and Rye is no exception - thousands of people cram themselves into the fairly small town centre to watch the parade, then head down to the town salts to watch the fireworks and bonfire.

Here's a video of the parade, taken from the window of our neighbours upstairs, Justin and Emma:



And here's a video of the fireworks and bonfire. After the fireworks, the men of the Rye Bonfire Society continue throwing bangers (big ones!) into a steel drum for some time - someone said they do it until the fire goes out, but I don't know if that's true!


Mike

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