Our Thanks To
Eastbourne Bonfire Society would like to extend their thanks to all those both within the Society and the community that enabled us to put on this evening for the town; to Eastbourne Borough Council for their permission to allow the event to take place and for their practical support; to Travis Perkins for their generous [...]
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
What a month! Our Tenth Anniversary as a rekindled society and our first year processing on the road. A procession of 500 bonfire boyes and girls, 7 bands, 2 Morris sides and a spectacular firework display. Yet, it so nearly didn’t happen. As always, fund-raising has been an issue – too few people doing too [...]
10 Things you didn’t know…
1. The first fireworks were made in China around 2,000 years ago. 2. Coloured fireworks did not exist until the nineteenth century. 3. The 1995 VJ Day commemoration was Britain’s biggest display within living memory. It used over 18 tonnes of fireworks and spanned two miles. 4. The first recorded use of fireworks in Britain [...]