Guy Fawkes Night

Coventry

Outside our window

It is Guy Fawkes Night here in England.

That means lots of fireworks, bonfires and celebration 

even though it is raining out.

Not more than 30 minutes ago a neighbour started letting off

fireworks.  I can tell it is going to be a noisy night.

Baginton Village Bonfire (Before & After)

BEFORE:

Bonfire is ready with Guy Fawkes on top.
(Note the white doors to give you a perspective of the mammoth size.)

Yesterday was Guy Fawkes Day.  To celebrate the failure of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators to destroy Westminister in 1605....on or around the 5th of November (weather permitting) the Citizens of Great Britain build bonfires, set them alight and set off fireworks too.  This is how they celebrated in Baginton, a village that borders Coventry.

That would be 'Guy Fawkes' sitting there with no chance of escape.  This was how it all looked on Saturday just before 6pm.


AFTER:

Taken Monday (2 days later)

PS.     Note the blue sky....hooray!  (And, that the houses are still standing...phew.)

Linking with OUR WORLD TUESDAY. (Click the link for more 'Our World Tuesday' photos from around the world.)

Year 1605 - Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

Today is Guy Fawkes Day, named after the Gunpowder Plot conspirator, Guy Fawkes.  The plot? To blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I on 5th November, 1605.  Fawkes had the job of guarding gunpowder hidden in the undercroft of the House of Lords.  He was caught!  In the meantime, his fellow conspirators waited in the Old Lion Inn (below), Dunchurch, not far from Coombe Abbey in Coventry.

Known as the Old Lion Inn in 1605.
Guy Fawkes House now and a
residential property.

As you can see from the plaque, Coombe Abbey had a part to play in this story.  (If you go back to my photo for 1st November, I wonder if the scene at Coombe Abbey in 1605 might be something like that.  Ooooooh!)

As for the fate of Guy Fawkes, he was tried and found guilty of High Treason along with 7 others.  For the whole story, look HERE .   

            

Dunchurch, Warwickshire
Road to London to the south and Glasgow to the north.
Main door to Old Lion Inn is in the middle.

Tomorrow, I'll you show you preparations for a village Bonfire Night in Baginton.