"It’s a tradition that I think had peaked and is slowly declining I feel with everyone being so safely conscious. "
Agree with this. I think ppl are becoming more conscious environmentally and then there's the safety aspect. I haven't seen a Halloween bonfire lit in my area in many years. I don't disagree with them now before someone bounces on me and I loved them as a kid but there was always lots of parentental supervision too and not tyres |
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"It’s a tradition that I think had peaked and is slowly declining I feel with everyone being so safely conscious.
Agree with this. I think ppl are becoming more conscious environmentally and then there's the safety aspect. I haven't seen a Halloween bonfire lit in my area in many years. I don't disagree with them now before someone bounces on me and I loved them as a kid but there was always lots of parentental supervision too and not tyres"
jesus there was a nice few lit last night around my area and further afield. Tyres etc all over the place. |
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I didn’t realise the south celebrated the failure of the great gunpowder plot with bonfires  seems bizarre
Even those of a certain persuasion don’t celebrate it up north
Maybe the pallets are too wet up north at this time of year for another bonfire |
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Dublin Fire Brigade dealt with 629 call outs over Halloween. 244 of the calls were to handle fires, mainly bonfires.
I guess it's the same in the north with the added fun of Guy Faulks night and the burning of the tricolour/poorly made Leo effigies/pallets/tyres in all the July stupidity.
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"Didn’t bonfires begin and take off as English thing from guy Fawkes night?
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The 5th of November !!yep the English bonfires."
Was it not a pagan ritual that the High King used to oversee and then St. Patrick lit his before the King....or something to do with that bullshit, ha |
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"It’s a tradition that I think had peaked and is slowly declining I feel with everyone being so safely conscious.
Agree with this. I think ppl are becoming more conscious environmentally and then there's the safety aspect. I haven't seen a Halloween bonfire lit in my area in many years. I don't disagree with them now before someone bounces on me and I loved them as a kid but there was always lots of parentental supervision too and not tyres"
Possibly this but also I think people are more lazy to set them up and also, aren't as many large grass areas or small fields that people owned so you can set them up as a lot has been sold for a bunch of house and whatever to be built on....suppose you could say it's a bunch of factors why you don't see many  |
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I guess also schools and organisations who like to be thought of as being responsible and sustainable aren't going to be lighting massive fires in organised events so much. When I was at school there used to be a massive bonfire, but few schools will do this now. Insurance probably plays a part too. |
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