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New article by Jim Bassett

Image of Bonfire

Bonfire Night celebrated in the 1950s

Sam Dodds describes bonfire night in the 1950s in a North Northumberland village, very different to now!

Teenagers and children built the bonfire, and set off the fireworks themselves!

Image of Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot

Sam Dodds describes the conspiracy on November 5th led by Robert Catesby, but remembered for Guy Fawkes, caught red-handed!

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