1. Guy Fawkes – Bonfires - Fireworks

2. Remember, remember the Fifth of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot
I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot

3. The Gunpower Plot 5 November 1605
Europe was divided between Protestants and Catholics
England was mainly Protestant
In 1603 King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England (and Wales)

5. Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 in Yorkshire, England
He was a Catholic
He went to Spain and called himself Guido
He became a soldier (and officer) in the Spanish army

6. The conspirators

7. Where's this?

8. They put barrels of gunpowder in a boat.
They rowed the boat across the river.
They put the barrels in a cellar under Parliament

9. Caught! (¡pillado!) But somebody told the guards. They were caught.
They were tortured.
They were executed.
Horribly.

10. Burning the guy
Now every 5 November, people make models of Guy Fawkes to put on top of bonfires
At first they made models of the Pope (el Papa) because he is head of the Catholic Church

11. Bonfire Night and Halloween
The idea for bonfire night came from Halloween in Scotland.
On Halloween (All Saint's Eve), Scots made bonfires and burnt models of witches.

12. Penny for the guy
Until around the year 2000, in the week before Bonfire Night, children used to ask for money to buy fireworks - “penny for the guy”
They made the “guy” with old clothes, stuffed with straw or rags
They took the “guy” into the street in an old “pram” (cochecitos)

14. Penny for the guy
Children also used supermarket trolleys

15. Bonfires Some bonfires would be in the street.
Some bonfires would be in the gardens of people's homes.
Now bonfires are usually in parks.

17. Fireworks

18. Fireworks in the 1950s and 1960s
This is a typical “assortment” box of fireworks from the 1950s. Every family would buy a box of fireworks like this.

19. Plus sparklers

20. Jumping Jacks would scare your grandma (abuela)

21. But fireworks are dangerous
Now the English don't usually celebrate Bonfire Night in their own street or back garden.
Instead, bonfires are now organised in parks by specialists.
Children no longer ask for “a penny for the guy” but instead, the week before, celebrate Halloween with “trick or treat”

22. This year's biggest “guy”
15 metres tall
Who is he?
Face like Shrek
Wayne Rooney
Manchester United