Another Successful
Bonfire Night
I have complete
confidence in saying that Bonfire Night is one of the greatest events of the
year. What improves its credibility is it’s exclusivity to the British nation.
If you don’t fancy staying at home eating sausages and jacket potatoes out of tinfoil,
deciding the least flammable place to attach the Catherine wheel and nervously
waiting for the moment when your Dad will receive a poorly planted rocket to
the face, then the fireworks display at Danson Park is the place to be.
Saturday the 3rd
of November saw the event, hosted by the Welling
Round Table, in its 39th year of glory. Thousands of people
gathered in the park to be entertained by not just the fireworks, but live
music and the quintessentially British funfair. The gates opened at 6pm,
however the night only came into full swing as the Mayor of Bexley gave a
speech and the countdown to the fireworks commenced. At 8 o’clock, fireworks
exploded into the sky, followed by choruses of “ooos”“and “wows!” which didn’t
just emanate from the mouths of children but full grown adults as well. After
39 years it’s not difficult to see that the organisers of the event have learnt
how to improve the quality of the firework display.
As with every
Bonfire Night event, the cold weather nipped noses and cheeks encouraging
families and friends to huddle together, but throughout the crowds of people,
the atmosphere was thick with the unmistakeable sense of community.
Some may say that
Bonfire night is being pushed off of our event calendars to make space for the
more “exciting” and outrageous events given to us by our American cousins like
Halloween. This year the members of the Welling Round Table definitely proved
those people wrong.
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