no balls, on 30 October 2011 - 06:33 PM, said:

Sadly (Halloween) seems to be taking over from Bonfire night.

 

 

There seems to be no 'independent' bonfires these days, either because the kids are too fooking lazy to collect bommy wood (eeeeh, when I were a lad a rusty nail right through yer foot were a right of passage) or lack of supervising adults - giving the lads in the Fire Service no choice but to be party poopers.

 

So the waning in importance of a British tradition, to be usurped by a North American one, I forward, is due to...

 

A. The majority of kids these days are bone idle and collecting wood is too much like hard work.

 

B. A lot of children are wrapped in cotton wool, even if they wanted to organize a fire, they'd be forbidden from doing so.

 

C. Adults are also too fecking lazy or engrossed in the latest shite on the telly to help supervise, giving the Firemen a major ballache.

 

and

 

D. Many Adults who would help out are too paranoid - of being viewed as some sinister, nonce type figure, for associating with children in normal, healthy pursuits - like having a Bonfire. This situation being totally counter-productive, almost granting a beasts' charter. The less 'normal' folk willing to get involved and keep an eye out for 'suspects', one may argue will increase the chances of a nonce...

 

This isn't coming from someone of the Bill Naughton era - I'm barely into my mid 30s. And when I was a kid we had STs (that's Atari STs NOT STDs, well some did...), Amigas, BMXs/Mountain bikes, Gameboys, Segas, Videoshops (remember them?) and loads of other distractions - The Water Place was newly built for example, the town centre had a cinema etc. but nearly every gang/area would still have a bonfire (and would nick wood from each other). Adults would come along with pasties (from ye olde pastie shop), black peas, homemade meat potato pie and other stuff - this is mid to late 1980s too, not the 1930s...

Edited November 1, 201114 yr by Youri McAnespie

And another thing; it should only be on 5 November, like Christmas never moves

 

 

 

I agree, it was only ever on the 5th when I was a kid - didn't matter if it was a school night too!

Each to their own and all that, but iv never got bonfire night

 

Hated it as a kid as well

 

Im such a miserable twat

couldnn't give a toss about either tbh. Bonfire night is fucking more dangerous now though. when I was 11 almost got hit by a bog standard rocket. Two years ago walking back from pub got pinned behind a car from a 45 shot firework that fell over from some numpty trying to set it off.

Aye Bommy time was great.

 

Start collecting soon as six week holidays started. used to go all over looking for wood , garden gates and tyres,owt that would burn..If you didn't help to collect...you didn't come to our Bommy.

 

Build dens and sleep in em,go bommy raiding.

 

Think the build up to it wer best,Penny fert Guy, try and get a good pitch outside a pub.

 

Always seemed be foggy morning after.

 

Night after, throw some spuds on the embers till the spuds turned black, then eat em.

 

Go home stinking of smoke and with black eyes...Happy days.

 

Wouldn't go near a Bommy now, not done for about 20yrs.

well i'm having one ... i found an old liverpool kit when i was clearing some stuff out ( my sons , before i educated him ) .. my youngest son said i'm not wearing that red thing ... So the guy is made up ready to be burnt on the bonfire with that red thing on it

 

 

have a plus 1!

well i'm having one ... i found an old liverpool kit when i was clearing some stuff out ( my sons , before i educated him ) .. my youngest son said i'm not wearing that red thing ... So the guy is made up ready to be burnt on the bonfire with that red thing on it

Minutes silence at Anfield then

We have a huge bommy at Atherton Collieries every year, it is a great fundraiser for the club, the firework display is fantastic, there is food and a good bar, all for the princely entrance fee of ?3, gates open at around 6.00pm on Saturday evening.

 

Some little local shithouse scrotes set fire to the bommy on Sunday night and we've lost quite a bit of it, everybody will muck in though to ensure the night is a success

 

Everybody welcome

 

The little bastards have been back again tonight [around 6.30] and set fire to it again, I really really hope one [or more] of them gets seriously burnt, tw@ts

Best bonfire and fireworks in North Bolton and Bury has to be our Greenmount Scout Group one, which is in its 42nd year this Saturday from 6.30pm.

 

So popular it has become that this year is all ticket! Last chance to purchase is from Greenmount Old School this Friday.

Best bonfire and fireworks in North Bolton and Bury has to be our Greenmount Scout Group one, which is in its 42nd year this Saturday from 6.30pm.

 

So popular it has become that this year is all ticket! Last chance to purchase is from Greenmount Old School this Friday.

 

Good luck to you mate, hope it goes well

Why does it get called 'bommy' night instead of 'bonny' night? Doesn't make sense to me.

Tottenham had theirs in August

Why does it get called 'bommy' night instead of 'bonny' night? Doesn't make sense to me.

 

My fella is from Yorkshire and he calls it Bonny night. It is correct, but it sounds gay.

Why does it get called 'bommy' night instead of 'bonny' night? Doesn't make sense to me.

 

 

I bet you don't say Chrimbo either. Miserable fucker!

My fella is from Yorkshire and he calls it Bonny night. It is correct, but it sounds gay.

 

And bommy night just sounds awful tbh.

 

 

I bet you don't say Chrimbo either. Miserable fucker!

 

I don't actually. Yes, Miserbale fucker

I bet you don't say Chrimbo either. Miserable fucker!

 

 

Saying Chrimbo or writing 'Xmas' is an insult to Our Lord.

 

Saying Chrimbo or writing 'Xmas' is an insult to Our Lord.

 

Actually, it doesn't bother me that much but thanks for your kind words.

 

Saying Chrimbo or writing 'Xmas' is an insult to Our Lord.

 

The X in Xmas is an accepted shortening of Christ.

 

So only those looking to be offended should be.

 

Saying Chrimbo or writing 'Xmas' is an insult to Our Lord.

 

 

Yes, but Daz, you might not be aware of this, but we killed him.

Yes, but Daz, you might not be aware of this, but we killed him.

 

I had nowt to do with it. Don't pin that on me.

The X in Xmas is an accepted shortening of Christ.

 

So only those looking to be offended should be.

 

Accepted by whom?

 

.. and why does it need shortening? Was it shortened so it would be easier to text?

I had nowt to do with it. Don't pin that on me.

 

 

I meant a different we. Never mind.

I meant a different we.

 

I know you did.

 

... but as I'm not Jewish that still means I'm in the clear.

Edited November 2, 201114 yr by DazBobParr

 

Saying Chrimbo or writing 'Xmas' is an insult to Our Lord.

 

 

Accepted by whom?

 

.. and why does it need shortening? Was it shortened so it would be easier to text?

 

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas