Fireworks revisited

Some people asked me for a bit more background on all the fireworks celebrations here on the 5th of November, and so I did some research and used it to make another couple of layouts. The photos in these are from last year's fireworks - I hadn't looked at them for a long time and was surprised by how different they are from this year's! (Compare to pages in post further down...) Anyway - the text in the layouts is too small for reading here but I've copied it all below the photos - the rhyme as well as the tradition, so I hope you'll find this little excursion interesting!

Credits: scans of paper LOs made with Club Scrap "Time & Space" kit

Remember remember
the 5th of November:
gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason
why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.

A Tradition Begins...

The words of the famous rhyme have their origins in 17th century English history. On 5th November 1605, Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament with several dozen barrels of gunpowder. He and his co-conspirators were subsequently tried as traitors with for plotting against the government. Fawkes was sentenced to death by a form of execution most horrendous; hung, drawn and quartered, which reflected the serious nature of the crime of treason.
Beginning the following year, in 1606, it became an annual custom for the King and Parliament to commission a sermon to commemorate the event. This practice, together with the nursery rhyme, ensured that this crime would never be forgotten! The poem is sometimes also referred to as 'Please to remember the fifth of November'. It serves as a warning to each new generation that treason will never be forgotten. In England, the 5th of November is still commemorated each year with fireworks and bonfires.