Remember Remember the fifth of November

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Todays date is 7 November 2020, and I forgot that it was actually Guy Fawkes Day just 2 days ago. Sadly with the Covid-19 Pandemic preventing crowds from gathering, most celebrations were or should have been cancelled.

So I want to mention the Tar Burning Barrels Carnival which takes place in a small village called Ottery St Mary (yes - the real life basis for Ottery St Catchpole in the Harry Potter books) in East Devon, England. The original plot back in 1605 was to use gunpowder to blow up the Parliament buildings. The Gunpowder was stored in wooden barrels.

These days the Barrels are covered in pitch and tar and set alight. Those who feel up to it, don heavy fire proof gloves and carry these burning barrels over their heads through the village. I'm not sure if this is a timed route, or if its just a case of how long each man can carry their burning barrel.

I chose this celebration because Ottery St Mary is the village that my paternal grandmothers family came from, before they emigrated to New Zealand in 1886. So I made this LO for Genealogical and Historical Family research purposes. LOL.

Supplies

Paper, frame cluster and elements from the Cozy at Home Bundle by Jessica Dunn
https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/jessica-dunn/kits/cozy-at-home-bundle-sweet-staying-in-indoors-mustard-yellow-olive-green-purple

Photo - Tar Burning Barrel - OSM - Nov 2016 - Instagram
https://rove.me/to/england/the-tar-barrels-of-ottery-st-mary

Tar Burning Barrels Carnival cancelled 2020 - due to Covid-19
https://eastdevonnews.co.uk/2020/09/08/tar-barrels-2020-ottery-carnival-are-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-crisis/

Main website - Tar Barrels of OSM
https://www.tarbarrels.co.uk/

More details on Guy Fawkes - and the poem
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4705508/guy-fawkes-gunpowder-plot-fifth-of-november/