Happy Guy Fawkes Night!

The Digs Team would like to wish all our tenants a Happy Guy Fawkes Night!
Here are some interesting facts about Guy Fawkes night:
1 – Bonfire night is also known as Guy Fawkes Night. It is celebrated on the 5th of November because Guy Fawkes was caught in a gunpowder plot underneath Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder.
2 – In Britain, it was once illegal not to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. This was until 1959 when the rule was scrapped.
3 – During the war, no one was allowed to set off fireworks or light bonfires. This is because it would show the enemies where they were. However, was it was illegal not to celebrate, people had to celebrate indoors.
4 – Fireworks were invented by accident in China. A chef mixed charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter together, it burned in a bamboo tube and exploded.
5 – St Peters School is the only school in the UK not to celebrate bonfire night in respect for their former pupil Guy Fawkes.

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