What's Bonfire Night?
Guy Fawkes the anniversary of the plot that was foiled to blow Parliament up.
Children make guys (figures a bit like scarecrows) and they are burnt on a bonfire on the 5th November or in most cases the nearest Saturday.
The childrene go door to door a bit like trick or treaters but with the refrain penny for the guy. What is supposed to happen is that this money goes to some charity but often the kids just keep the money for themselves.
It is often referred to as Firework Night as well because we also let fireworks off. There will be offiical displays and events as well as people just doing it in their own garden.
There are also bonfire societies in Sussex the next county to me and then have a parade in the street, here is a link to some of their photos
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=lewes+bonfire+night&rs=1&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&vf=