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 11/05/2005 05:55:40 AM · #1


:-)
 11/05/2005 06:01:23 AM · #2
Nice shot Chris!!

Didn't make it into town tonight, spent the evening here with a terrified, quivering Bailey dog on my knee. She's finally settled now.
11/06/2005 04:17:09 AM · #3
I was covering the Rolleston fireworks for the paper, in theory, although I would have been there anyway.

This is a huge event, attracts 10,000 or so people, they have fairground rides, sideshows etc before the fireworks.. And it's just a gold coin donation ($1 or $2 for non-kiwis) to get in.. The rides etc are free as well I think..

I'll post some more photos when I get out from under the pile of photos I've got to edit this evening (cricket, Tennis, fireworks and some portraits...)

Cheers, Me.
 11/06/2005 04:24:16 AM · #4
Look forward to seeing them.
 11/06/2005 07:04:50 AM · #5
man did I ever not read the title to this thread right.
 11/06/2005 07:28:18 AM · #6
Now that is something I haven't heard of for many a year! Is it still largely celebrated? I remember making Guy's when I was a kid and pulling it around on a trolley and singing to the neigbours for money :) Do they still do that?
 11/06/2005 07:34:20 AM · #7
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Now that is something I haven't heard of for many a year! Is it still largely celebrated? I remember making Guy's when I was a kid and pulling it around on a trolley and singing to the neigbours for money :) Do they still do that?


The Guy side has all but stopped now...now they just mug you in the street and demand money for fireworks! It's crazy time here, fireworks every night for weeks!

Steve
 11/06/2005 08:12:50 AM · #8
I've been trying desperately to get some decent photos of fireworks but to no avail, they're just average pics. I've got a Canon 350D and used my 18-55mm lens. I used between 1 and 2sec shutter speed with between F3.5 and F5.6 and of course a tri-pod.

Any Ideas for future reference?

Fran
 11/06/2005 09:27:20 AM · #9
Happy set-things-on-fire night to you too! :D

11/06/2005 10:11:19 AM · #10
Bonfires on Guy Fawkes Night were always a big thing growing up in Newfoundland. For a couple of weeks beforehand, we would go in the woods and get trees and boughs in preparation. We'd collect anything that would burn practically, even old tires. I can't imagine doing anything like that today but it was fun at the time.
 11/06/2005 10:39:10 AM · #11
Originally posted by ziggy_faw:
I've been trying desperately to get some decent photos of fireworks but to no avail, they're just average pics. I've got a Canon 350D and used my 18-55mm lens. I used between 1 and 2sec shutter speed with between F3.5 and F5.6 and of course a tri-pod.

Any Ideas for future reference?

Fran


Check this out.
 11/06/2005 11:19:59 AM · #12
I've always wondered about this Guy Fawkes Day. Are they (A) celebrating the fact that he tried to blowup parliament, or (B) the fact that he got caught and didn't blow 'em up?

I've always suspected the answer was A.

11/06/2005 11:27:56 AM · #13
Originally posted by micknewton:
I've always wondered about this Guy Fawkes Day. Are they (A) celebrating the fact that he tried to blowup parliament, or (B) the fact that he got caught and didn't blow 'em up?

I've always suspected the answer was A.


Wish he had succeeded! :)

Steve
 11/06/2005 12:15:11 PM · #14
Originally posted by micknewton:
I've always wondered about this Guy Fawkes Day. Are they (A) celebrating the fact that he tried to blowup parliament, or (B) the fact that he got caught and didn't blow 'em up?

I've always suspected the answer was A.


Think it's more about celebrating burning him to death on a bonfire. A wonderful family event!
 11/06/2005 12:32:12 PM · #15
Originally posted by micknewton:
I've always wondered about this Guy Fawkes Day. Are they (A) celebrating the fact that he tried to blowup parliament, or (B) the fact that he got caught and didn't blow 'em up?

I've always suspected the answer was A.


I think you're probably right!

I'm interested that Bonfire night is celebrated in other countries too. My wife and I were chatting about this last night on our way home from a fireworks party (incedently, driving though the thick 'fog' of gunpowder smoke that replaces fresh air across the country every 5th November) and we were saying that it is one of very few English traditions that still exists. (My wife has a thing about our heritage/history disappearing.)

So which countries out there actually celebrate Nov 5th? I'd be really interested to hear.
 11/06/2005 12:34:49 PM · #16
Originally posted by moodville:
Originally posted by micknewton:
I've always wondered about this Guy Fawkes Day. Are they (A) celebrating the fact that he tried to blowup parliament, or (B) the fact that he got caught and didn't blow 'em up?

I've always suspected the answer was A.


Think it's more about celebrating burning him to death on a bonfire. A wonderful family event!


If my memory serves me correctly, he wasn't burned to death on a bonfire. He was hung, drawn and quartered. I guess his remains may well have been thrown on fire?

Steve
 11/06/2005 12:44:48 PM · #17
Originally posted by Formerlee:
Originally posted by moodville:
Originally posted by micknewton:
I've always wondered about this Guy Fawkes Day. Are they (A) celebrating the fact that he tried to blowup parliament, or (B) the fact that he got caught and didn't blow 'em up?

I've always suspected the answer was A.


Think it's more about celebrating burning him to death on a bonfire. A wonderful family event!


If my memory serves me correctly, he wasn't burned to death on a bonfire. He was hung, drawn and quartered. I guess his remains may well have been thrown on fire?

Steve


"Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder treason and plot.
We see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!

Guy Fawkes, guy, t'was his intent
To blow up king and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England's overthrow.

By god's mercy he was catch'd
With a darkened lantern and burning match.
So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring.
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king.

And what shall we do with him?
Burn him!"

It is my understanding (from what I learnt at school mostly) that the people set up bonfires to celebrate the king being alive and as a show of distaste in what Guy Fawkes did it evolved that they threw an effigy onto the fire to 'kill' him and what he stood for. The government didnt burn him but that's what the people would do had they gotten ahold of him. Think peasants with pitchforks.

11/06/2005 01:16:18 PM · #18
Originally posted by scales:
Originally posted by micknewton:
I've always wondered about this Guy Fawkes Day. Are they (A) celebrating the fact that he tried to blowup parliament, or (B) the fact that he got caught and didn't blow 'em up?

I've always suspected the answer was A.


I think you're probably right!

No doubt, but then I̢۪m an American and probably have a slightly different viewpoint. :)

Originally posted by scales:
I'm interested that Bonfire night is celebrated in other countries too. My wife and I were chatting about this last night on our way home from a fireworks party (incedently, driving though the thick 'fog' of gunpowder smoke that replaces fresh air across the country every 5th November) and we were saying that it is one of very few English traditions that still exists. (My wife has a thing about our heritage/history disappearing.)

So which countries out there actually celebrate Nov 5th? I'd be really interested to hear.

Unfortunately, fireworks are gradually becoming more and more politically incorrect. Most cities and states in the US have already enacted statutes that place severe restrictions on the private possession and use of most types of fireworks. For instance, here in Oregon you cannot buy anything much more exciting than a sparkler, and even those are outlawed for most of the year. Fireworks can only be sold and used for the few days surrounding the 4th of July. Some states are slightly more reasonable, and some are even more restrictive. I̢۪ve heard that in some states there are groups trying to pass legislation that would place a total ban on all fireworks. It̢۪s yet another example of how a small group of zealots can chip away the freedoms of American citizens. It̢۪s really a shame, but if things keep going the way they have been, then it won̢۪t be long before celebrating our own Independence Day with fireworks is a thing of the past, let alone another country̢۪s holiday like Guy Fawkes Day.


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