Penny for the Guy?

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I believe the famous Lewes bonfire boys are expected to " do " Boris Johnson this year for their guy

[Denis O'Shea]

As my old Daddy used to say he was the only person who went to the Houses of Parliament with honest intentions.

[j.sabourn]

#9... Don’t know about other parts , but in WA more emphasis is placed on Halloween. The 27 years have been out here the numbers of miniature witches and wizards knocking on the door and saying trick a treat has never diminished in fact seems to have increased if anything, my wife insists I go and buy sweets for same, which I am always hopeful there are some left over, but never happens. The parents of these miniature spellbinders hovering in the background bear a strong resemblance to the present day ones just a few years older. However must say when an Australian gets engrossed in past rituals he passes it on to his/her kids, the proof of this is the attendance of all the children and youngsters present at Anzac Day parades. Gives them an idea of the past and hopefully they will grow up better citizens of their country. Guy Fawkes out here mustn’t have got past immigration as is not as popular . Cheers JS

[Keith at Tregenna]

Australia may not have been invented then ?

K.

[happy daze john in oz]

#9... Don’t know about other parts , but in WA more emphasis is placed on Halloween. The 27 years have been out here the numbers of miniature witches and wizards knocking on the door and saying trick a treat has never diminished in fact seems to have increased if anything, my wife insists I go and buy sweets for same, which I am always hopeful there are some left over, but never happens. The parents of these miniature spellbinders hovering in the background bear a strong resemblance to the present day ones just a few years older. However must say when an Australian gets engrossed in past rituals he passes it on to his/her kids, the proof of this is the attendance of all the children and youngsters present at Anzac Day parades. Gives them an idea of the past and hopefully they will grow up better citizens of their country. Guy Fawkes out here mustn’t have got past immigration as is not as popular . Cheers JS

Like you John we got it all.
But until about 40 years ago November 5 was celebrated here, mainly by ex pats, but there was an horrific incedent with fireworks where some kid died I was told. So that brought about a ban on fireworks.
But we still get some at times, mainly in Canberra.

[happy daze john in oz]

Think you may find that the Great Southern land, later named Australia was first found and mapped by the Dutch possibly before Gudio Fawkes.
Discovered on the way to the 'Spice Islands; now Indonesia.

[Keith at Tregenna]

First found ? Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians for about 60,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th century.

Until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as "New Holland", a name first applied by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 (as Nieuw-Holland) and subsequently anglicised. Terra Australis.

The Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605 - The first recorded European sighting of the Australian mainland, and the first recorded European landfall on the Australian continent (in 1606)

K.

[Keith Tindell]

Maybe my memory is completely shot, but trick or treat was not ever heard of when i was a kid, i am sure this came in from America. We did make a guy and hope to get some money for fireworks, and most villages had bonfires, with a big gathering of people. Trick or treat has caused problems here over the years, kids throwing flour over the windows etc, and a lot of them are not kids, but teenagers. But like Xmas its all bah humbug !!! kt

[j.sabourn]

#17 ... It could be hard enough to find big as it is in 1956 never mind 1606, especially if the mate was disinclined to take star sights and had to do it on running fixes of the sun. What happened to the post about lying on the equator ,on the date line on New Year’s at midnight. The only genuine word was the first one lying. The one who disclaimed it as authentic never came back with any further observations , be they star sun planet or moon, to make such a statement as to a vessel of those times being in such an enviable position. The only thing the original people of Australia invented was according to history was the boomerang which seldom came back as was just a throwing stick. The wheelbarrow was probably imported by Irish navvies as they introduced the wheel into Australia. Australia has gone from strength to strength over a couple of century’s due to its colonists. The biggest mistake is trying to emulate others in the western world . A bit like keeping up with the Jones “s which never worked in any case. JWS

[Keith at Tregenna]

RE: The biggest mistake is trying to emulate others in the western world . A bit like keeping up with the Jones “s which never worked in any case.

Coronation Street / EastEnders V Neighbours and Home and Away ?

K.