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| forrest |
Battel 1/11/08All information on Battel here please. |
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| forrest |
Some times for Battel.
10.00 am The Bells of St Mary will signal the arrival of The Oldest Guy in the World on the Abbey Green accompanied by Saxon Warriors and children from around Battle. Information and souvenir stall opens. 6.00 pm abbey green - judging of children's guy competition and prize giving. 6.05 pm abbey green - Hunters Moon Morris. 7.45 pm - A maroon will signal the departure of the procession from the market square. 9.00pm - The bonfire will be lit to the traditional cry to be followed by the effigy and fireworks. Road closures will be in effect from 6pm until midnight |
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| rockape65 |
Hailsham will be there, all looking forward to this one, espaecially as we 'll be entering the firesite through the Abbey gates again!! 
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| bonfire_matt |
Yep entering via the abbey gateway which is a great catch for us.
Please remember there are strictly no fireworks from the gateway until the field. Its a condition of English Heritage allowing us to use the gateway. Battel dont usually ban any fireworks from anywhere so when we do we really do mean it. Please respect that Apart from that no other ban on flares or fireworks so come and have fun Matt |
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| Stew |
What about in the procession?! 
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| rockape65 |
No worries Matt we guessed that already, just looking forward to the atmosphere of entering the abbey not the acoustics. Looking forward to this one see you there!!! | ||
| bonfire_matt |
Banger barrels are allowed so you can freely do what you want if you have one of those. Otherwise the official tone is "its an offence to set off a firework in a public place" which read between the lines as this is bonfire means dont get caught 
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| Lady Treason |
Hailsham will be there, we like to play 
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| Pikelet |
Another excellent night! Got soaked. Regularly. Loved it! Superb effigy! Got soaked! Pictures are gradually going up here http://www.zenfolio.com/rozsouth/p458746432 Normal service may be disrupted due to the leg that was shot by a home-made squib refusing to stop bleeding! |
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| bonfire_matt |
Thanks to everyone who came on Saturday. Weather during the day was horrid but did seem to get better in the eve. I know a few people mentioned that our torches were heavy but thats just because they are traditional made and dipped. Picked some discarded ones up on Sunday morning gave them a hit and they light up again!!! couldnt believe it myself
Our effigy seems to have done the rounds on cnn, sky news, bbc etc and some american do take it a bit to heart lol Anyway a couple of vids from youtube of the effigy http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZM5crm9ic0 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ole1eYXq8kk |
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