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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DunnoKev" data-source="post: 1979338" data-attributes="member: 38448">Well, as usual, the Rye display last night was pretty dramatic; I'm about a mile from the site and the (only three yr old) window frames were shaking at some of the explosions. Thanks to the low cloud and rain the smoke had actually blacked out the whole area like a power cut by the end of the display, by which time the wildfowl disturbed from Castle Water were all up overhead and not knowing which way to go.Catholics needn't worry down here, in Sussex they like to choose their victims. Don't know about last night, but looking at the pics from '09 <a href="http://www.ryebonfire.co.uk/index.php/gallery/" target="_blank">http://www.ryebonfire.co.uk/index.php/gallery/</a> the EU fisheries commission got it big time. I know another of the local towns burnt Wayne Rooney a few weeks back, and Jordan got it last year as well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But when you read the history page of the Rye bonfire Society you'll see Sussex spreads it's bonfires from the end of September to the end of November, so the supporters can get to them all.. there really has to be a good case to limit it to the appropriate date.</blockquote>