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Southwark Guy Fawkes night

5 November 2011

Time: 6pm - 7.30pm


Location: Bermondsey Park


Cost: Free


Southwark Council's traditional firework display in Bermondsey Park.


Set in the stunning 63 acre Bermondsey Park at the south end near the running track.


As well as the much-loved rockets, roman candles and sparklers the council is also set to provide food and novelty stalls, a mulled wine and spiced cider bar and children's funfair rides.


Renata

Renata Hamvas Wrote:

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> Southwark Guy Fawkes night

> 5 November 2011

> Time: 6pm - 7.30pm

>

> Location: Bermondsey Park

>

> Cost: Free

>

> Southwark Council's traditional firework display

> in Bermondsey Park.

>

> Set in the stunning 63 acre Bermondsey Park at the

> south end near the running track.

>

>

> Renata



Or in other words set as far away from ED as Southwark council possibly could. Go to Lambeth's Brockwell party instead - that's local.

Renata Hamvas Wrote:

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> Southwark Guy Fawkes night

> 5 November 2011

> Time: 6pm - 7.30pm

>

> Location: Bermondsey Park

>

> Cost: Free

>

> Southwark Council's traditional firework display

> in Bermondsey Park.

>

> Set in the stunning 63 acre Bermondsey Park at the

> south end near the running track.

>

> As well as the much-loved rockets, roman candles

> and sparklers the council is also set to provide

> food and novelty stalls, a mulled wine and spiced

> cider bar and children's funfair rides.

>

> Renata


is 'bermondsey park' really southwark park or is it somewhere else?

But last year was rainy for lots of the month - apart from the last 24 hours the ground is pretty parched. The Muddy Hell event at the velodrome last week had to make the ground muddier in certain places to cope with the dry weather.


And the Sports Ground event wasn't that crowded on the other side of the bonfire last year - people chose to congregate closer to the bars etc. rather than to spread into the field.


Either way, I'll be in Brockwell Park.

snowy Wrote:

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>

> Either way, I'll be in Brockwell Park.


xxxxxx


Same here, though I hope they've sorted out the way they get people out of the park at the end of the event.


The last time they had a display there it took what seemed like hours to disperse the crowd.


Everybody was trying to cross the main road, there were massive bottlenecks at at least two different gates, and they really should have had police or other officials controlling the traffic at the relevant crossings.

Sue Wrote:

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> snowy Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Sorry for tempting fate with the weather

> > comment...

>

> xxxxxx

>

> Is your forum name significant?

>

> If it rains or snows we will all blame you :)



And in a tribute to the pagan origins of the night we will burn you inside a wicker cup-cake to appease the rain/snow Gods.

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